The Trompeter Family Foundation

• The foundation accepts requests only by invitation and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold approach is unlikely to be considered; contact it only if you already have a route in, and otherwise look at other funders.
• Its stated priorities are seed funding for new start-up nonprofits, scholarships for students at established educational institutions, and services that support the success of the whole student, so work that clearly fits one of these is the closest match.
• Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 106 grants fall between $5,000 and $100,000, and half are $20,000 or less, so a request towards the lower end of that range suits it best, though its largest grant of $300,000 shows that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
• In the latest filing, 28% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in one of the two previous filings, so a first grant may lead to further support over time.
• The foundation states no geographic focus, and its website gives no submission steps beyond invitation, so the first move is to find a way to be invited and timing is hard to plan from the information available.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Greater Toledo Community Foundation · General operating
  $300,0002025 tax year
• ST Ursuala Acadamy · General operating
  $150,0002025 tax year
• Toledo Museum of Art · General operating
  $125,0002025 tax year
• University of Toledo · General operating
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Toledo Humane Society · General operating
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Cherry Street Mission Ministries · General operating
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Lourdes University · General operating
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Moms House · General operating
  $100,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.