Shirley and David Toomim Family Foundation
Private foundation · Houston, TX · EIN 76-0585077 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Shirley and David Toomim Family
77grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$2.9Mtotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 20 of its 77 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1.7M in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
5333 Gulfton St
Houston, TX 77081-2801
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Israel emergency fund | Houston, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Holocaust Museum Houston Protectors of the Museum fund | Houston, TX | $200,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Rashi/Kehillah/Leo Baeck | Houston, TX | $145,000 |
| Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston Meals on Wheels, Maccabi Summer 2024, Art Fest | Houston, TX | $97,000 |
| Congregation Beth Israel Center for Spiritual Direct/Rabbinic Program at HUC-JIR | Houston, TX | $73,750 |
| Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston MOW weekends/Building/Team Maccabi | Houston, TX | $72,000 |
| Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston Meals on Wheels, new building, Maccabi Games | Houston, TX | $72,000 |
| The Shlenker School Scholarship Assistant & Security Enhancements | Houston, TX | $65,000 |
| The Shlenker School Infant / Technology / Scholarship | Houston, TX | $65,000 |
| Congregation Beth Israel Center for Spiritual Direction | Houston, TX | $60,000 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation Support Houston area program | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Search Homeless Services $25,000 unresticted; $25,000 House of Tiny Treasures | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| The Emeryweiner School Experiental Education Program | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| Union for Reform Judaism Greene Family Camp: Israel families attending camp Summer 2025 | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| The Union for Reform Judaism Greene Family Camp dining hall acoustic panels and related costs | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| The Emeryweiner School | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| The Union for Reform Judaism 2024 Green Family Camp | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| Casa de Esperanza Install new generator | Plainfield, NJ | $30,000 |
| Hand in Hand | Pine Mountain, GA | $25,000 |
| Kids Meals Inc Grant for Walkway Bench | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| Search Homeless Services House of Tiny Treasures | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| Hand in Hand | Pine Mountain, GA | $25,000 |
| Search Homeless Services House of Tiny Treasures | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| Search Homeless Services | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Jgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc Duvdevan Foundation emergency funds | Jerusalem | $20,000 |
| Friends of Duvdevan | Southfield, MI | $20,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Honeymoon Israel Summer 2024, PJ Library | Houston, TX | $20,000 |
| Jewish Children's Regional Service Assist for: special needs, campus & college scholarship | Metairie, LA | $18,000 |
| Hand in Hand | Pine Mountain, GA | $18,000 |
| Jewish Children's Regional Service Support for special needs camps and college funds | Metairie, LA | $18,000 |
| Jewish Children's Regional Service Support for special needs camps and college funds | Metairie, LA | $18,000 |
| Institute of Southern Jewish Life Inc Various Programs | Jackson, MS | $15,000 |
| The ALS Association Equipment Access Fund-IMO: Richard Baron | Arlington, VA | $15,000 |
| Houston Hillel Inc Rice/UH spring campus lunches, emergency counseling | Houston, TX | $15,000 |
| Institute of Southern Jewish Life Inc Various programs | Jackson, MS | $15,000 |
| Institute of Southern Jewish Life Inc Various programs | Jackson, MS | $15,000 |
| Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston Scholarship Ball | Houston, TX | $14,600 |
| Alley Theater Annual giving | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Houston Achievement Place Project Class | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Houston Hillel Inc Spring campus lunches Rice/UH | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles Fire Relief Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 |
| Main Street Theater Curtains Up Fund | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| MD Anderson Caring Fund Nurses Fund | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Moishe House Moishe House-Houston | Encinitas, CA | $10,000 |
| Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services Inc Annual giving | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| The Rose | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation Support Houston area program | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Houston Achievement Place Project CLASS | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Moishe House Moishe House-Houston 2022 | Encinitas, CA | $10,000 |
| Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services Inc Annual giving | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Nurse Fund | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| William Marsh Rice University Houston Jewish History Archive | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Alley Theater Annual giving | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation Support Houston area program | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Houston Achievement Place Project CLASS | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Houston Hillel Inc Rice/UH spring campus lunches, emergency counseling | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Main Street Theater Curtians Up | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| MD Anderson Caring Fund | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Moishe House Moishe House-Houston 2024 | Encinitas, CA | $10,000 |
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