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Tomson Family Foundation Trust Grants

Private foundation · EIN 35-6947483 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$2.1M
Grants reported
156
Typical grant
$5K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
O Jay Tomson Patricia A Tomson
Deadlines
Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
Application materials
No standard form
Restrictions
The requests must be exclusively for educational, scientific, and charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the code.
Original filing text
Contact
O JAY TOMSON PATRICIA A TOMSON
Address
2601 FOURTH STREET SW MASON CITY, IA, 50401
Phone
6414231600
Deadlines
N/A
Application materials
NO STANDARD FORM
Restrictions
THE REQUESTS MUST BE EXCLUSIVELY FOR EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE CODE.

Reported organization name: TOMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION TRUST

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202579$965.5K
202477$1.2M

Where Tomson Family Foundation Trust gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Iowa$1.5MMinnesota$346.5KVirginia$100KGeorgia$59KIllinois$51K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

University of Northern Iowa Foundation

CEDAR FALLS, IA

$250KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Center for violence prevention

St Olaf College

NORTHFIELD, MN

$125KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

St. Olaf choir broadcase of christmas concert

Waldorf Lutheran College

FOREST CITY, IA

$100KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General support, building a permanent endowment for waldorf

Norwegian American Historical Society

NORTHFIELD, MN

$100KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General support

Vesterheim Norweigan-American Museum

DECORAH, IA

$65KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Vesterheim commons project matching pledge

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (156 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Tomson Family Foundation Trust's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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