TomKat II Foundation demonstrates a strong, place-conscious commitment to environmental resilience, climate action, and community-based wellbeing, while also funding local arts, youth services, and food/education initiatives. Their largest grants support systems-change organizations working on ecological education, climate advocacy, and neighborhood regeneration, alongside smaller, targeted gifts to Bay Area cultural, youth and health-related programs. The portfolio blends big strategic investments with many modest local grants that often serve youth, schools, and community development.
Concentrated but diversified: a few large, multi-hundred-thousand dollar grants to strategic national/regional environmental and systems-change organizations, supplemented by numerous smaller, mostly Bay Area-focused grants to community nonprofits, youth programs, arts groups, and local foundations. The foundation repeats thematic support across similar organizations rather than funding only one sector, showing both targeted big bets and broad community-level giving.
A $750,000 general operating grant to the Center for Ecoliteracy is the largest recent gift on file for Tomkat II Foundation, and it points to a grantmaker that backs education, climate, and community organizations with flexible support. Across the latest grants, the foundation funds groups working on ecological education, climate advocacy, neighborhood regeneration, youth-serving programs, and land stewardship. The portfolio includes large operating awards to NextGen Climate America in San Francisco and Regenesis Community Development in Spartanburg, showing a mix of policy-oriented and place-based community work. It also reaches into schools and food systems through grants to Eat Learn Play Foundation, The Edible Schoolyard Project, and related education efforts. The foundation’s pattern is not limited to major strategic gifts. It also supports Bay Area arts and youth organizations such as Performing Stars of Marin, Museum of Jazz & Art, Curiodyssey, and Grabhorn Institute, alongside environmental and agriculture groups including Mad Agriculture, White Buffalo Land Trust, Family Agriculture Resource Management, and League to Save Lake Tahoe. Most awards on file are general operating support, which gives recipients flexibility in how they use the funds.
Tomkat II Foundation gives across several connected cause areas, with ecological education as one of the clearest themes. It awarded $750,000 to Center for Ecoliteracy for general operating support and $25,000 to The Edible Schoolyard Project for the same purpose, both tying the foundation to food, learning, and environmental education. Climate advocacy and policy is another visible strand. The foundation gave $650,000 to NextGen Climate America for general operating support, and it also supported Meridian Institute with a $175,000 grant, indicating interest in organizations that work on climate-related systems change. Community development appears in both California and beyond. Grants include $100,000 to Compton Kidz Club, $650,000 to Regenesis Community Development, and $25,000 to Puente De La Costa Sur. The portfolio also includes sustainable agriculture and land stewardship through $100,000 to Family Agriculture Resource Management and $25,000 to White Buffalo Land Trust.
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Notable grantees: Center for Ecoliteracy, NextGen Climate America, Regenesis Community Development, Eat Learn Play Foundation, Compton Kidz Club
The recent grants cluster around large flexible awards, led by $750,000, $650,000, and $500,000 gifts, with a wide middle tier that includes $250,000, $175,000, and many $25,000 to $100,000 grants. Every listed award is general operating support. The filing shows 50 grants in the United States and no individual giving or program-related investments. The latest 990 year on file is 2025, and the grants list presented here is all from that year, so this snapshot reflects a single-year pattern rather than multi-year recurrence.
Grant recipients are spread across California and several other states, with California sites appearing frequently in Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland, Marin City, Novato, San Mateo, South Lake Tahoe, Bakersfield, Pescadero, and Santa Barbara. Outside California, recipients include Cambridge, Tulsa, Dillon, Carson City, Estelline, Charlotte, New York, Ruston, Germantown, Boulder, and Cohagen. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the data provided, with 50 grants to U.S. organizations.
The foundation funds ecological education, climate advocacy, community development, youth programs, arts, and sustainable agriculture. Examples in the recent grants list include Center for Ecoliteracy, NextGen Climate America, Regenesis Community Development, Performing Stars of Marin, and White Buffalo Land Trust.
Yes. Every grant listed in the recent grants table is marked general operating support, including awards of $750,000, $650,000, $250,000, and many smaller gifts. That pattern suggests flexible, unrestricted funding is central to its grantmaking.
Recipients are heavily concentrated in California cities such as Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland, Marin City, Novato, San Mateo, South Lake Tahoe, Bakersfield, Pescadero, and Santa Barbara. The recent grants list also includes organizations in Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina, Louisiana, Maryland, and Montana.
The recent grants range from $25,000 to $750,000, with several large awards at $250,000, $500,000, $650,000, and $750,000. Many of the smaller grants sit at $25,000 to $100,000, showing a mix of major operating support and modest program backing.
Yes. The recipient-country distribution shows 50 grants in the U.S. and no non-U.S. countries in the data provided. The recent grants list also names only U.S.-based recipient organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY | BERKELEY, CA | $750,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| NEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $650,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| REGENESIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | SPARTANBURG, SD | $650,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION | OAKLAND, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GLENBROOK UNDERGROUND | CARSON CITY, NV | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GOOD SAMARITAN | TULSA, OK | $235,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MERIDIAN INSTITUTE | DILLON, CO | $175,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PERFORMING STARS OF MARIN | MARIN CITY, CA | $157,500 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | NOVATO, CA | $111,630 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GRABHORN INSTITUTE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ECDYSIS FOUNDATION | ESTELLINE, SD | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| COMPTON KIDZ CLUB | PLAYA VISTA, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FAMILY AGRICULTURE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | CHARLOTTE, NC | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE FIELD | NEW YORK, NY | $80,500 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CURIODYSSEY | SAN MATEO, CA | $60,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MUSEUM OF JAZZ & ART (MOJA) | OAKLAND, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CANA | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CAMPTI FIELD OF DREAMS | RUSTON, LA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE | SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA | $35,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FREEDMEN HEIRS FOUNDATION | GERMANTOWN, MD | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WOMEN IN RANCHING | COHAGEN, MT | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD PROJECT | BERKELEY, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR | PESCADERO, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| DOLORES HUERTA FOUNDATION | BAKERSFIELD, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CALIFORNIA FARMLINK | APTOS, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GLADSTONE INSTITUTES | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MAD AGRICULTURE | BOULDER, CO | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| REMAKE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| RADIO BILINGUE | FRESNO, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | TEMPE, AZ | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE FUTURO MEDIA GROUP | NEW YORK CITY, NY | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| YOUTH RADIO | OAKLAND, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE | LONGMONT, CO | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| COMMUNITY MOVEMENT BUILDERS | CLARKSTON, GA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WESTERN LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE | DENVER, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT | SANTA CRUZ, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INTERTRIBAL FRIENDSHIP HOUSE | OAKLAND, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| SWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC | SONOMA, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PLANTING JUSTICE | OAKLAND, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CENTER FOR RURAL ENTERPRISE & ENVIRONMENT | MADISON, AL | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN GARDEN PROJECT | OAKLAND, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM (CHESHIRE PROJECT) | LINCOLN, VT | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| REAL ORGANIC PROJECT | EAST THETFORD, VT | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| NEW VENTURE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
NEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA
$650,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
REGENESIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
$650,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
GOOD SAMARITAN
$235,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PERFORMING STARS OF MARIN
$157,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
COMPTON KIDZ CLUB
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
FAMILY AGRICULTURE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
MUSEUM OF JAZZ & ART (MOJA)
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CANA
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CAMPTI FIELD OF DREAMS
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
FREEDMEN HEIRS FOUNDATION
$30,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
GLADSTONE INSTITUTES
$25,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CENTER FOR RURAL ENTERPRISE & ENVIRONMENT
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
ACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN GARDEN PROJECT
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM (CHESHIRE PROJECT)
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT