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Tummala Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Flint, Michigan · EIN 208021751

Tummala Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Flint, Michigan. In tax year 2025 it gave $71,427 in 19 grants; the typical grant was $1,375 and the largest $21,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $64,701 the year before.

32% of its 2025 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$47,10015$1.2 million
2024$64,70124$1.4 million
2025$71,42719$1.3 million

How to apply

ContactMadhusudana Rao Tummala
1240 Woodkrest Drive, Flint, MI 48532
Phone or email(810) 733-8673
What to submitWritten application detailing amount requested and proposed use of funds
RestrictionsMust satisfy the purpose of the foundation

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Tummala Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Michigan.

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan14$57,676
Georgia1$10,000
California2$1,751
District of Columbia1$1,000
Illinois1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 19 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Community Foundation of Greater Fli
Flint, MI
General$21,000
Apfed
Atlanta, GA
General$10,000
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
Flint, MI
General$10,000
Catholic Charities of Shiawasee and
Flint, MI
General$6,000
The YWCA of Greater Flint
Flint, MI
General$5,000
Kasi Temple
Flint, MI
General$4,501
Chinmaya Mission Flint
Flint, MI
General$2,400
Flint Jewish Foundation
Flint, MI
General$2,000
St John Vianney Catholic School
Flint, MI
General$2,000
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint, MI
General$1,375
Akshaya Patra Foundation USA
Fremont, CA
General$1,000
American Red Cross
Washington, DC
General$1,000
Blind Foundation of India
Naperville, IL
General$1,000
Genesee County Free Medical Clinic
Flint, MI
General$1,000
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Flint, MI
General$1,000
Chinmaya Mission San Jose
San Jose, CA
General$751
Flint Institute of Music
Flint, MI
General$500
Penrickton Center for Blind Childre
Taylor, MI
General$500
Nmdi
Flint, MI
General$400

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Tummala Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Tummala Charitable Foundation give?

$71,427 in tax year 2025, across 19 grants, with a typical grant of $1,375.

Who runs Tummala Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Madhusudana Rao Tummala (President/Tr), Sabita Tummala (Secretary), Pradyumna E Tummala (Director) and Pratyusha Tummala-Narra (Director) among 9 officers and trustees.

What does Tummala Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, human services and education.

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