The John H and H Naomi Tomfohrde
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3338742. Reported 80 grants totalling $1,337,000 to 55 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. The John H and H Naomi Tomfohrde 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bhcc Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leap for Education Inc | Salem, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ace Mv Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Flare Education | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Man With a Plan | Hyde Park, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jumpstart for Young Children Inc | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Essex Community College Foundation Inc | Haverhill, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Breaktime United Inc | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Found in Translation | Dorchester, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Enroot Inc | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Vocational Service Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lawrence Boys and Girls Club Inc | Lawrence, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mujeres Unidas Avanzando (mua) | Dorchester, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Learn Inc | Lowell, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Mary's Center for Women and Children | Dorchester, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Loop Lab | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West End House Inc | Allston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chica Inc | Quincy, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeast Arc | Danvers, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ria Inc | Framingham, MA | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Music Center of Boston | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quinsigamond Community College Foundaton Inc | Worcester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Steps to Success Inc | Brookline, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Uaspire | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Arts Academy Foundation | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough Greater Boston | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Social Services of Fall River | Fall River, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Easter Seals of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edvestors | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elevated Thought Inc | Lawrence, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evkids Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Services of the Merrimack Valley | Lawrence, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Literacy Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Vida Inc | Lynn, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Missionsafe | Roxbury, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| More Than Words | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Root Ns Inc | Salem, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roots Ns Inc | Salem, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Third Sector New England Dba Future Chefs | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Top Notch Scholars Inc | Lawrence, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Utec Inc | Lowell, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Build Boston | Roxbury, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coaching for a Change Inc | Taunton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coaching for Change | Taunton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Shore Community Development Coalition Inc | Salem, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Raw Art Works Inc | Lynn, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| School on Wheels of Massachusetts | E Bridgewater, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family and Children's Service of Greater Lynn Inc | Lynn, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Haven Project Inc | Lynn, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Middlesex Community College Foundation | Lowell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Boston Debate League Incorporated | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
21 of 55 (38%) 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 18%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Northern Essex Community College
FOR NECC HEALTHCARE PATHWAYS DESIGN INITIATIVE - Bhcc Foundation Inc
FOR EMPLOYER OUTREACH AND INTERN MENTORSHIP COORDINATOR, PART-TIME - Leap for Education Inc
FOR TEEN CENTER AT LYNN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL - Flare Education
FOR FLARE EDUCATION 3-YEAR PROGRAM EXPANSION PLAN - Chica Inc
FOR CHICA PROJECT: EARLY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INST. OF TECHNOLOGY - Young Man With a Plan
FOR YMWAP HOLISTIC MENTORING PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 62 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $275,000 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $352,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $305,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $405,000 | $15,000 |
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
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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 $15,000. 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 Massachusetts.
- 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 The John H and H Naomi Tomfohrde'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: Co Verrill One Federal St 20TH, Boston, MA, 02110. 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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