The Tyler Foundation
Lebanon, NJ · EIN 22-6499512. Reported 191 grants totalling $2,605,629 to 64 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 Tyler Foundation 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,780 and the largest $75,740. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Heart Association | Robbinsville, NJ | $238,537 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering | New York, NY | $238,537 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Last Chance Ranch | Quakertown, PA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raptor Trust | Millington, NJ | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mylestone Equine Rescue a New Je | Phillipsburg, NJ | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crossroads 4 Hope (cancer Support Community Central) | Bedminster, NJ | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Great Swamp Watershed Associatio | New Vernon, NJ | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| King's Daughters Day School | Plainfield, NJ | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Americas Grow a Row Inc | Pittstown, NJ | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mane Stream Inc | Oldwick, NJ | $63,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Home for Good Dog Rescue | Berkeley Heights, NJ | $61,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Hope Inc | Parsippany, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cooperative Housing Corporation | Somerville, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Highlands Coalition | Boonton, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Summit Speech School | New Providence, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Visions & Pathways | Bridgewater Township, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wardlaw Hartridge School | Edison, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Literacy New Jersey Inc | Edison, NJ | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Health Services Corp | Plainfield, NJ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Somerset County Inc | Bound Brook, NJ | $49,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Midland School | North Beach, NJ | $47,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Preschool Advantage Inc | Morristown, NJ | $45,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fleming Food Pantry | Flemington, NJ | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Adult Day Center of Somerset County | Bridgewater, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Great Expectations | Somerset, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raritan Headwaters Association | Far Hills, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sage Eldercare | Summit, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Connection | Summit, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Eastern Union County | Elizabeth, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mt Pleasant Animal Shelter | East Hanover, NJ | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hunterdon Land Trust | Flemington, NJ | $33,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Caring Contact | Westfield, NJ | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nourish Nj | Dover, NJ | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Prevention Education Inc | Lawrenceville, NJ | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run Central Nj | Hillsborough, NJ | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moms Helping Moms | Warren, NJ | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Union Inc | Union, NJ | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eversight | Clark, NJ | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Jersey Housing Resource | Raritan, NJ | $20,075 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA of Somerset | Lebanon, NJ | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cresthaven Academy Foundation in | Plainfield, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Promise of Hunterdon County | Elizabeth, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hark Girls on the Run | Millburn, NJ | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bonnie Brae | Liberty Corner, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Guardianship | Flemington, NJ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Cancer Hope Network | Chester, NJ | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Somerset Hills | Bedminster, NJ | $13,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bridges | Summit, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge | Medford, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our House Inc | New Providence, NJ | $9,280 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children on the Green | Morristown, NJ | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alina Lodge | Hardwick Township, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin Food Bank | Somerset, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Freedom House | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater YMCA Somerset | Basking Ridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hunterdon Helpline | Flemington, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morris Educational Foundation | Morristown, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Project | Millburn, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pilots to the Rescue | Merrifield, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plan Nj | Green Brook, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sourland Conservancy | Skillman, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tabby's Place | Ringoes, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tamerlaine Sanctuary and Preserve | Montague Township, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empower Somerset | Somerville, NJ | $4,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
48 of 64 (75%) 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 92%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Community Hope Inc
SERVICES FOR VETS AND DISABLED - New Jersey Highlands Coalition
PROTECTING NJ WATER & CULTURE - Literacy New Jersey Inc
DESTINATION US CITIZENSHIP - Midland School
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE DOORS - Adult Day Center of Somerset County
THERAPIES AND MED MONITORING - Raritan Headwaters Association
PROTECTING WATER AND RESOURCES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 97 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $621,492 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $660,994 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $615,480 | $12,000 |
| 2024 | 57 | $707,663 | $10,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 87% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Jersey. 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 $10,000. 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 New Jersey.
- 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 Tyler Foundation'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: 2 Water Street, Lebanon, NJ, 08833. 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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