The Tomberg Family Philanthropies made significant changes to our application process for the 2022 – 2023 grant cycle. The process will be very similar for the 2023 – 2024 cycle.

• Limit On the Number of Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) We Accept: We will only be accepting a set number of Letters of Inquiry this cycle, approximately 50. Previously we accepted all LOIs received by a set deadline. Once the submission period opens, please do not delay submitting your Letter of Inquiry in order to ensure that your LOI will be reviewed.

• Simplified LOI Form: We have significantly reduced both the complexity and the number of questions on our Letter of Inquiry form.

• Funding Areas: This funding cycle we will again be accepting applications in all four of our funding areas, which are Education, the Environment, Health and Poverty Alleviation.

• Current Grantees: We will accept requests up to the submission deadline for additional funding from all the projects we funded in the last grant cycle that are eligible for additional grants. We normally can only offer support for up to three years for each program we fund. This limit is by project, not organization. Current grantees will not be subject to the limit on the number of Letters of Inquiry we accept.

• Sponsored Proposals: Proposals sponsored by a Tomberg Family Philanthropies Board Member also will not be subject to the limit on the number of Letters of Inquiry we accept.

We are making these changes in order to reduce the amount of time applying organizations spend working on applications that ultimately will not be funded.

In our 2021 – 2022 funding cycle, we received 295 applications and were only able to fund 4% of them. These changes should significantly improve the percentage of projects we are able to support.

In our 2022 – 2023 cycle, we received 85 applications, and were able to fund 15% of them.

** Updated June 29, 2023 **

If you pass the Assessment, you will be provided with a draft list of the Letter of Inquiry questions.