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Tummala Charitable Foundation

Flint, MI · EIN 20-8021751. Reported 101 grants totalling $307,746 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$307,746granted, 2021-2025
50recipients, as named on its returns
60%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,251,552assets, 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. Tummala Charitable 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $4,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $21,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
34 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
43 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
ApfedAtlanta, GA$50,000552025
Community Foundation of Greater FliFlint, MI$43,000552025
Food Bank of Eastern MichiganFlint, MI$30,700552025
Boys and Girls Club of Greater FlinFlint, MI$30,500332023
The YWCA of Greater FlintFlint, MI$26,000442025
Kasi TempleFlint, MI$23,705552025
The Foundation for Mott CommunityFlint, MI$10,000112021
Chinmaya Mission FlintFlint, MI$8,000552025
United Way of Genesee CountyFlint, MI$7,300332024
Flint Public LibraryFlint, MI$7,000442024
Sloan Museum of DiscoveryFlint, MI$7,000332025
Akshaya Patra Foundation USAFremont, CA$6,000222025
Catholic Charities of Shiawasee andFlint, MI$6,000112025
Catholic CharitiesFlint, MI$5,500332023
The University of Michigan School OAnn Arbor, MI$5,000112022
Cord USADiamond Bar, CA$4,000222022
Flint Jewish FoundationFlint, MI$4,000332025
Flint Institute of ArtsFlint, MI$3,000112024
American Red CrossWashington, DC$2,500222025
NmdiFlint, MI$2,400552025
Ann FoundationSuwanee, GA$2,000222022
Chinmaya Education FoundationFlint, MI$2,000112023
Chinmaya Education Fund IncFlint, MI$2,000112021
St John Vianney Catholic SchoolFlint, MI$2,000112025
Voices for Children Advocacy CenterFlint, MI$2,000112023
Blind Foundation of IndiaNaperville, IL$1,500222025
The Foundation for Mott Community CFlint, MI$1,500222024
University of Michigan-FlintFlint, MI$1,375112025
Feeding AmericaWashington, DC$1,250222022
Chinmaya Mission New YorkWoodbury, NY$1,000112024
Flint Jewish FederationFlint, MI$1,000112021
Genesee County Free Medical ClinicFlint, MI$1,000112025
Penrickton Center for Blind ChildreTaylor, MI$1,000222025
Sankara Eye FoundationMilpitas, CA$1,000112024
Chinmaya Mission San JoseSan Jose, CA$751112025
Blind Foundation for IndiaNaperville, IL$500112021
Flint Institute of MusicFlint, MI$500112025
GlacLake Orion, MI$500112024
Hurley FoundationFlint, MI$500112022
Rsna - R&d FoundationOak Brook, IL$500112024
UnicefNew York, NY$500112022
Shirdi Saibaba TempleMonroeville, PA$400332024
Michigan Humane SocietyBurton, MI$350222024
Unicef USANew York, NY$350112024
Chinmaya Mission WestPlano, TX$250112021
The Salvation ArmyFlint, MI$105112022
Carriage Town MinistriesFlint, MI$100112021
Chinmaya Mission Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI$100112022
National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyNew York, NY$60112022
Wounded Warior ProjectJacksonville, FL$50112022

23 of 50 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 60%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 50 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
9 grants
Food & Nutrition
7 grants
Medical Research
5 grants
Human Services
5 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202120$55,952$1,250
202223$68,566$1,000
202315$47,100$1,000
202424$64,701$1,000
202519$71,427$1,375

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

76% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Michigan
$235K
Georgia
$52K
California
$12K
District of Columbia
$4K
Illinois
$2K
New York
$2K
Pennsylvania
$400
Texas
$250

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund22 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc18 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc17 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program14 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation of Greater Flint13 shared recipientsStella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust11 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Tummala Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 1240 Woodkrest Dr, Flint, MI, 48532. 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 20-8021751 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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