The Tibore Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting a variety of charitable causes. Its mission reflects a commitment to animal welfare, cancer research, and food assistance, among other humanitarian efforts. The foundation provides funding to organizations that focus on animal shelters, raptor rescue, cancer research centers, and community services. It serves a diverse range of populations through unrestricted grants and targeted support for specific initiatives. While it operates nationally, its funding is particularly concentrated in certain areas, including health and wellness, education, and humanitarian aid.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Mid-sized nonprofits or established institutions whose mission matches the foundation's recent giving (animal welfare, health research, food assistance and related community causes), ideally with a direct connection to trustees, board networks, or prior grantees.
Good Fit
- • Programmatic fit with past grant purposes (animal rescue/shelters, health research, food assistance, community services).
- • Ability to manage mid-size to large one-time awards or endowed-designated gifts.
- • Existing relationship or introduction to a trustee, officer, or a prior grantee.
- • Evidence of organizational capacity and clear, restricted-use proposals.
Geography
Grants in the latest year went to organizations in six different states, showing a multi-state footprint rather than a single-city or single-state pattern.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows a moderate spread—12 distinct grantees with a mix of returning recipients and new ones—but dollars are materially concentrated in a few large awards.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of turnover exists (four new grantees in the latest year), but the foundation states it funds only preselected recipients and has no public website or clear contact route, so unsolicited applicants are unlikely to find an open application path.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
