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Toyota USA Foundation

Plano, TX · EIN 95-3255038. Reported 89 grants totalling $35.6M to 77 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$200,000median grant
$35.6Mgranted, 2020-2023
77organizations funded
26%of grantees funded again the next year
$156.3Massets, latest filing

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. Toyota USA 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $200,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $100,000 and $440,000; the smallest was $20,000 and the largest $2,541,960. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$10,000 - $25,000
2 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
15 grants
$100,000 and Up
67 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce FoundationHuntsville, AL$3,628,292222023
Eastern Michigan University FoundationYpsilanti, MI$3,560,000222023
Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX$3,000,000332022
Evsc FoundationEvansville, IN$2,745,709222023
Fulton Education FoundationAtlanta, GA$2,098,013112023
North Gibson Education FoundationPrinceton, IN$1,708,255112022
National Math Science InitiativeDallas, TX$1,000,000112020
Chandler Education FoundationChandler, AZ$873,322112023
Community Coordinated Child Care Dba Building BlocksEvansville, IN$850,000112022
SkillsusaLeesburg, VA$845,000112020
National Center for Families Learning (ncfl)Louisville, KY$800,000112021
Youth First IncEvansville, IN$773,802222023
National Center for Families LearningLexington, KY$770,000222023
University of Texas at DallasAustin, TX$750,000222022
Scott County Board of EducationGeorgetown, KY$697,257222023
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc (fayette Education)Lexington, KY$664,547222023
Tempe Impacts Education FoundationTempe, AZ$633,016222023
Lee County School DistrictTupelo, MS$592,047112023
Shift EducationGreensboro, NC$529,500112023
New Teacher CenterSanta Cruz, CA$494,000222023
Community Transportation Association of America- MiWashington, DC$443,000112022
National Alliance for Partnerships in EquityGap, PA$402,280112020
High Tech High HeelsDallas, TX$400,000112020
University of EvansvilleEvansville, IN$368,179112023
Community Transportation Association of AmericaWashington, DC$366,895112023
Guilford County SchoolsGreensboro, NC$317,549112023
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$250,000112020
Project Lead the WayIndianapolis, IN$250,000112020
Sci-Tech Discovery CenterFrisco, TX$250,000112020
The Prichard Committee for Academic ExcellenceLexington, KY$250,000112022
Dallas Education Foundation (fbo Dallas Isd)Dallas, TX$200,000112020
Evsc Foundation (fbo Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation)Evansville, IN$200,000112020
Kettering UniversityFlint, MI$200,000112020
Lincoln County R-III Education Foundation IncTroy, MO$200,000112020
Merit NetworkAnn Arbor, MI$200,000112020
Putnam County SchoolsWinfield, WV$200,000112020
Somerset Isd Education FoundationSomerset, TX$200,000112020
West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation (fbo Jackson Madison County School SyJackson, TN$200,000112020
West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV$189,000112020
Special Olympics of TexasPflugerville, TX$181,470112020
Higher GroundTucson, AZ$180,000112023
Plano Isd Education FoundationPlano, TX$156,000112020
Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico IncCarolina, PR$150,000112020
Boys & Girls Clubs of the ValleyPhoenix, AZ$150,000112020
Boys and & Girls Clubs of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, NV$150,000112020
Cedar Rapids Community School District FoundationCedar Rapids, IA$150,000112020
My PossibilitiesPlano, TX$150,000112020
Ypsilanti County SchoolsYpsilanti, MS$150,000112023
Fayette County Public SchoolsLexington, KY$120,000112020
Scott Education and Community Foundation (fbo Scott County Board of EducatSadieville, KY$120,000112020
Chandler Care CenterChandler, AZ$110,000112023
Native HealthPhoenix, AZ$110,000112023
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$100,000112020
Fund for Educational Excellence (fbo Baltimore City Public Schools)Baltimore, MD$100,000112020
Kettering UniversityFlint, TX$100,000112022
United Food BankMesa, AZ$100,000112023
Uplift EducationDallas, TX$100,000112020
Community Transportation Association of America- KyWashington, DC$92,000112022
Itawamba County Development Council (fbo Itawamba County School District)Fulton, MS$90,000112020
South Tippah County School DistrictRipley, MS$90,000112020
Clark County Public SchoolsWinchester, KY$80,000112020
Harrison County Board of EducationCynthiana, KY$80,000112020
City of Madison Board of EducationMadison, AL$67,000112020
Huntsville City SchoolsHuntsville, AL$67,000112020
Madison County School SystemHuntsville, AL$67,000112020
East Gibson School CorporationOakland City, IN$66,667112020
North Gibson School Corporation Education FoundationPrinceton, IN$66,667112020
South Gibson School CorporationSouth Fort Branch, IN$66,667112020
Marion Independent School Foundation & Alumni AssociationMarion, IA$50,000112020
Vehicles for ChangeHalethorpe, MD$50,000112020
Pathways to IndependenceLos Alamitos, CA$40,000112020
YMCA of Greater Long BeachLong Beach, CA$40,000112020
Puerto Rico Community Foundation Inc Fbo Colectivo IleSan Juan, PR$39,000112020
Southwest Behavioral Health ServicesPhoenix, AZ$34,000112023
CASA De Ninos Manuel Fernandez Juncos IncSan Juan, PR$30,000112020
Boys & Girls Clubs of Long BeachLong Beach, CA$20,000112020
Create Foundation (fbo Monroe County School District)Tupelo, MS$20,000112020

11 of 77 (14%) 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 26%, across 2 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 43 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
23 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
4 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants
Health Care
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202049$9,393,751$150,000
20212$1,800,000$900,000
202216$12.3M$418,250
202322$12.1M$348,447

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.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Toyota USA Foundation has 25 of them, worth $45.9M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Eastern Michigan University FoundationYpsilanti, MI$7,120,000
Fulton Education FoundationAtlanta, GA$6,067,411
Evsc FoundationEvansville, IN$4,425,645
Pontotoc City School DistrictPontotoc, MS$3,501,960
Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce FoundationHuntsville, AL$3,432,242
Chandler Education FoundationChandler, AZ$2,896,885
Youth First IncEvansville, IN$2,439,057
Tempe Impacts Education FoundationTempe, AZ$2,301,104
Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX$1,995,019
University of EvansvilleEvansville, IN$1,528,949
National Center for Families LearningLexington, KY$1,320,000
Scott County Board of EducationGeorgetown, KY$1,313,109
Lee County School DistrictTupelo, MS$1,237,987
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc (fayette Education)Lexington, KY$1,227,836
Guilford County SchoolsGreensboro, NC$1,197,701

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 20% of this one's giving went to organizations in Indiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Indiana
$7.1M
Texas
$6.5M
Michigan
$4.0M
Alabama
$3.8M
Kentucky
$3.6M
Arizona
$2.2M
Georgia
$2.1M
Mississippi
$942K

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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.

American Online Giving Foundation Inc24 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund21 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc16 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America16 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust14 shared recipientsEnterprise Holdings Foundation14 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $200,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Toyota USA Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 6565 Headquarters Drive W1-3C, Plano, TX, 75024. 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.

EIN 95-3255038 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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