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Tomara Corporation

Accepts applications Collinsville, Illinois · EIN 371193115

Tomara Corporation is a private foundation in Collinsville, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $138,000 in 24 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $91,000 the year before.

17% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$91,00029$188,662
2024$138,00024$158,369

How to apply

ContactPaul A Welch
104 Irene Drive, Collinsville, IL 62234
Phone or email(618) 345-6303
What to submitApplication (approved by internal revenue service)

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Tomara Corporation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois24$138,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 24 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Collinsville Memorial Public Library Foundation
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purchases$25,000
Friends of the DD Collins House
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposes$23,000
Collinsville Tepee
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposes$10,000
Children's Dyslexia Center
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposes$5,000
St John Home & Community Care
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposes$5,000
Miners Institute Foundation
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purchases$5,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
Boy Scouts of America Troop 83
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposesgeneral corporate purposes$4,000
Boy Scouts of America Troop 86
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposes$4,000
Boy Scouts of America Troop 93
Troy, IL
General corporate purposes$4,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
IL
General corporate purposes$4,000
Individual
IL
General corporate purposes$4,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$4,000
First United Presbyterian Property & Grounds & Friends of the Glenwood Ceme
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposes$3,000
Tote Me Home Program
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposes$3,000
Individual
IL
General corporate purposes$2,000
Collinsville Garden Club
Collinsville, IL
General corporate purposes$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Tomara Corporation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Tomara Corporation give?

$138,000 in tax year 2024, across 24 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs Tomara Corporation?

Its 2024 filing lists Thomas Welch (President and Trustee), Kevin M Welch (Trustee and Secretary/ Treasurer), Robert Herr (Trustee) and Carolyn J Welch (Asst Secretary/ Treasurer) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Tomara Corporation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and youth programs.

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