Our Purpose
In 2021, Toby Tyler created The Charity Box after visiting families who had recently lost loved ones. Each family shared similar concerns: First, why couldn’t there be more than one guestbook, allowing every family member to look back on how their community came together on the toughest day of their lives? Second, why did the bereaved family have to bear the burden of organizing all the money collected and sending it out? After all the planning and emotional exhaustion that comes with arranging a funeral, why did that one detail have to linger?
The Charity Box was thoughtfully crafted to address these concerns with care, while also enhancing best practices within funeral homes. The Charity Box has revolutionized giving with personalized kiosks, designed with intention as a donation center and guest book for your funeral home or place of worship.
Following a service, each family member receives a digital guestbook in PDF form, preserving the memories of those who were there when it mattered most. Additionally, The Charity Box takes care of all the charitable contributions, ensuring that the deceased’s wishes are honored. Within a week of the service, families receive a detailed report of how much was given and to which charities, lifting a significant weight off their shoulders.
Our Mission
Losing a loved one is hard, honoring them shouldn’t be. With The Charity Box in your funeral home or place of worship, your families are free to do what’s most important, we will take care of the rest.
The Charity Box Leadership Team
Toby Tyler
CEOMichael “Toby” Tyler is the founder and CEO of Charity Box. Toby has over 30 years of business experience in the ATM and payment services industry, and just as many decades as a member of the Nigro Brothers’ Charity auction group. After witnessing the difficulty families dealing with a loved one face when it comes to charitable donations and guest books, Toby saw a business idea, but more importantly he saw a way to help families begin healing.
Mikey Tyler
Co-FounderMikey spent several years right out of college working on political campaigns and then transitioned into private industry starting and growing an ATM business with eight employees and serving over 600 locations. Helping to get The Charity Box off the ground is a new challenge that he enjoys daily.
Brian Rodrock
Co-FounderBrian began building homes in 1999 before partnering with his own brothers-in-law to form Rodrock Homes in 2002. In 2018, the trio expanded the business to encompass Rodrock Development. Brian specializes in banking relationships, land acquisitions, product development, and realtor relations. He is enjoying being involved in the beginning stages of another business with The Charity Box.
When he’s not at the helm of Rodrock or working on The Charity Box, Brian enjoys camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, and piloting small aircraft. Brian takes great pride in his work and is excited to see what kind of effect The Charity Box can have on the funeral home industry.
Jeff Gifford
Co-FounderJeff was a founding partner of Rodrock Homes having transitioned from IT consulting and testing after some 6 years. Having loved the building process since he was a child, the opportunity to work with family and create neighborhoods and homes seemed like a dream come true. Now he is getting a lot of enjoyment out of mixing his past work in IT with his experience launching a new business all in service of The Charity Box.