Boller Thomas Foundation of Oregon
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 93-1162268. Reported 85 grants totalling $90,013 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Boller Thomas Foundation of Oregon did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $875. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,200; the smallest was $250 and the largest $3,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley | Los Gatos, CA | $12,710 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $3,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ucc Transition House | Honolulu, HI | $3,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sammies Friends | Grass Valley, CA | $3,525 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $3,483 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sammie's Friends | Grass Valley, CA | $3,317 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $3,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Caring Place | Georgetown, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army of Austin | Austin, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Ranch Ministries | Springfield, OR | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Save the Children | Guntown, MS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Koinonia Foster Homes | Loomis, CA | $2,350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Promise of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Settlement Home for Children | Austin, TX | $1,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mary Bridge Childrens Foundation | Tacoma, WA | $1,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Restored to Freedom | Mckinney, TX | $1,580 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bear Yuba Land Trust | Grass Valley, CA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| International Fellowship of Christia | Washington DC, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nagomi Foster Homes | Honolulu, HI | $1,425 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gold Country Senior Services | Grass Valley, CA | $1,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Save the Manatee Club | Maitland, FL | $1,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children of the Night | Los Angeles, CA | $1,245 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womenspace Inc | Eugene, OR | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Food Ministry of Nevada Count | Grass Valley, CA | $1,135 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospitals Fdn | San Francisco, CA | $1,113 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Against Malaria Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beacon of Hope House | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Rescue Committee | Charlottesville, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oregon Food Bank | Portland, OR | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Access Inc | Akron, OH | $875 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Als Norther Ohio | Independence, OH | $875 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parent to Parent of Miami Inc | Miami, FL | $875 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Athens Area Humane Society | Athens, GA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brown County Humane Society | Georgetown, OH | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbus Organizing Project | Columbus, OH | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| March of Dimes | Harlan, IA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mobil Loaves and Fishes Inc | Dallas, TX | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | Austin, TX | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Caring Place | Cleveland, TN | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Caring Place | Georgetown, TX | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Horn of Africa Education Dev Fund | Worcester, MA | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tunnels to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $580 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Go Purple USA | Huntsville, AL | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maggie's Place | Phoenix, AZ | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Felix Gillet Institute | N San Juan, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Network Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interfaith Food Ministry | Grass Valley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mahoning Valley Animal Care | Youngstown, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Source | Cedar Ridge, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Food Bank of Nevada County | Grass Valley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Intn'l Fellowship of Christians & Jews | Chicago, IL | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tunnels to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $375 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAMI Placer County | Auburn, CA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
16 of 58 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 38%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $28,067 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $23,635 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $21,795 | $800 |
| 2024 | 18 | $16,516 | $800 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 34% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $875. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Boller Thomas Foundation of Oregon's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 0634, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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