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Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation

Accepts applications Columbus, Ohio · EIN 866605937

Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation is a private foundation in Columbus, Ohio. In tax year 2025 it gave $742,500 in 9 grants; the typical grant was $32,500 and the largest $250,000. 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 $411,027 the year before.

67% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$714,4503$12.0 million
2024$411,0277$13.1 million
2025$742,5009$14.5 million

How to apply

ContactBoard of Managers Co Huntington Ba
PO Box 1558 Dept EA5W86, Columbus, OH 43216
Phone or email(330) 384-7302
What to submitWritten request to board of managers or trustee

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Ohio.

StateGrantsAmount
Ohio9$742,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 9 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Akron Childrens Hospital Foundation
Akron, OH
General operating$250,000
Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc
Cleveland, OH
General operating$200,000
City of Medina
Medina, OH
General operating$141,000
Medina County Sheriff's Office
Medina, OH
General operating$80,000
Miracle League of Northeast Ohio
Medina, OH
General operating$32,500
Main Street Medina Inc
Medina, OH
General operating$22,000
Medina Creative Housing Inc
Medina, OH
General operating$10,000
Second Baptist Church
Medina, OH
General operating$5,500
Fellowship Baptist Church
Columbus, OH
General operating$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation give?

$742,500 in tax year 2025, across 9 grants, with a typical grant of $32,500.

Who runs Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Thomas H Lincoln (Board Member), Alice J Lincoln (Board Member), Dennis Hanwell (Board Member) and Michael J Short (Board Member) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and faith communities.

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