Tinker Foundation
An endowed foundation that has kept one geographic promise for generations, aiming almost all of its grants, fellowships, and visiting scholars at Latin America with the devotion of a specialist rather than the range of a generalist.
Financial profile
Tinker Foundation · EIN 51-0175449 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $6,169,442 | $4,696,274 | $78,644,085 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $3,193,792 | $4,830,908 | $74,071,656 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $11,007,461 | $7,132,206 | $90,320,500 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $5,956,842 | $6,573,546 | $86,833,515 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $3,858,443 | $5,748,119 | $85,461,088 | Dec 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $5,145,668 | $5,694,798 | $79,160,205 | Dec 2015 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Tinker Foundation is read alongside.
LVAF
Luis von Ahn Foundation
A young foundation established by a technology entrepreneur to advance a Guatemala where all people…
BF
Blakemore Foundation
A foundation founded in 1990 by Tom and Frances Blakemore that funds advanced fellowships in Asian languages…
AF
Aotearoa Foundation
A Robertson family foundation channeling American philanthropy into two regions of New Zealand, historically…
BFNA
Bertelsmann Foundation North America
The Washington based arm of a major European foundation, working across the Atlantic through research…
LASA
Latin American Studies Association
The largest professional association in the world for the study of Latin America, uniting more than thirteen…
12 companies named
Who backs TF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Tinker Foundation's peers, but not Tinker Foundation
Companies named publicly by at least one of Tinker Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Tinker Foundation's reviewed public records.
| Company | LASA | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Matthew Digital (AM) | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Almenara Press | Named | 1 of 1 |
| De Gruyter Brill | Named | 1 of 1 |
| East View Information Services | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Fountain Pen Translation | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Mare Nostrum Group | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Pathfinder Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Peter Lang | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Pragda | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Rialta Ediciones | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Springer Nature | Named | 1 of 1 |
The outside view
An endowed foundation that has kept one geographic promise for generations, aiming almost all of its grants, fellowships, and visiting scholars at Latin America with the devotion of a specialist rather than the range of a generalist.
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Their shape
The Legacy
Faithful to what was handed down.
The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.
Also reads toward The Frontier and The Citadel.
Strengths
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