Funding search · EIN 237029788 · Columbia, TN

The Sparks Foundation

Name: The Sparks Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

49
grants reported: $969,291
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

church jesus people change children find follow world

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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America First Policy Institute2 grants · $425,000
Oher Foundation2 grants · $112,000
Community Foundation of Greater Mem2 grants · $100,000
Turning Point USA Nfp2 grants · $50,000
Americans of Faith1 grant · $25,000
Farmyard Animal Rescue1 grant · $25,000
Operation Light Shine2 grants · $20,000
Harvest Church2 grants · $20,000
Congressional Sportsmen'S Foundatio2 grants · $20,000
Jordan Thomas Foundation2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$241,500

2022

$326,791

2023

$401,000

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$375,000
America First Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the organizations mission.
$62,000
Oher Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support the organization's mission to provide individuals both in need and disadvantaged, with empowering opportunities that enrich their lives, and provide a mechanism for higher education and healthy living by addr… read allTo support the organization's mission to provide individuals both in need and disadvantaged, with empowering opportunities that enrich their lives, and provide a mechanism for higher education and healthy living by addressing their obstacles and findind solutions. less
$50,000
America First Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the organizations mission.
$50,000
Community Foundation of Greater Mem · Memphis, TN · 2023
To support the organization's mission to strengthen and improve the city of memphis and the vicinity through philanthropy.
$50,000
Community Foundation of Greater Mem · Memphis, TN · 2022
To support the organization's mission to strengthen and improve the city of memphis and the vicinity through philanthropy.
$50,000
Oher Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
To support the organization's mission to provide individuals both in need and disadvantaged, with empowering opportunities that enrich their lives, and provide a mechanism for higher education and healthy living by addr… read allTo support the organization's mission to provide individuals both in need and disadvantaged, with empowering opportunities that enrich their lives, and provide a mechanism for higher education and healthy living by addressing their obstacles and findind solutions. less
$25,000
Americans of Faith · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the organizations mission of voter education.
$25,000
Farmyard Animal Rescue · Katy, TX · 2023
To supporth the organization's mission
$25,000
Turning Point USA Nfp · Lemont, IL · 2023
To support the organization's mission to educate students about the importance of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and capitalism.
$25,000
Turning Point USA Nfp · Lemont, IL · 2022
To support the organization's mission to educate students about the importance of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and capitalism.
$10,000
Family Is Everything · Nashville, TN · 2024
To support the Organization's mission.
$10,000
Operation Light Shine · Hermitage, TN · 2024
To support the Organization's mission.
$10,000
Ambassador Services International · Franklin, TN · 2023
to support the organization's mission.
$10,000
Congressional Sportsmen'S Foundatio · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the organization's work with congress to advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting and trapping
$10,000
Harvest Church · Germantown, TN · 2023
To support the church's mission to worship god together and make disciples of jesus christ.
$10,000
Jordan Thomas Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2023
To assist in the organization's mission to provide children with prostheses.
$10,000
Love One International · Brentwood, TN · 2023
To support the Organization's mission.
$10,000
Operation Light Shine · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support the Organization's mission.
$10,000
Congressional Sportsmen'S Foundatio · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the organization's work with congress to advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting and trapping
$10,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the organization's mission to serve the nation by honoring its defenders, veterans, 1st responders, their families and those in need.
$10,000
Harvest Church · Germantown, TN · 2022
To support the church's mission to worship god together and make disciples of jesus christ.
$10,000
Victory Church · Great Falls, MT · 2022
To support the church's mission to change the world by helping people find and follow jesus
$7,500
All 4him Gathering Ministries · Great Falls, MT · 2022
To support the ministry's mission
$6,500
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
To support vanderbilt innovation center.
$5,000
Covenant Church of Heber Springs · Heber Springs, AR · 2024
To support the church's mission
$5,000
All 4him Gathering Ministries · Great Falls, MT · 2023
To support the ministry's mission
$5,000
Celebration Beach Church · Naples, FL · 2023
To support the church's mission to change the world by helping people find and follow jesus
$5,000
Covenant Church of Heber Springs · Heber Springs, AR · 2023
To support the church's mission
$5,000
Nashville Antihuman Traffking Coali · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support the Organizations mission.
$5,000
Victory Church · Great Falls, MT · 2023
To support the church's mission to change the world by helping people find and follow jesus
$5,000
Ada Jenkins Center · Davidson, NC · 2022
To support the organization's mission to help people create lasting solutions for economic stability.
$5,000
Covenant Church of Heber Springs · Heber Springs, AR · 2022
To support the church's mission
$5,000
David Metcalf Invisible Wound Found · Naperville, IL · 2022
To support the foundation's mission to advance brain health care for military and veterans.
$5,000
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2022
To support the organizations mission to accelerate breakthroughts to cure, prevent and treat type 1 diabetes
$5,000
Jordan Thomas Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2022
To assist in the organization's mission to provide children with prostheses.
$5,000
Omaha Home for Boys · Omaha, NE · 2022
To support the organization's mission the help boys build skills needed to become productive members of their community.
$5,000
Persist Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
To support organziation's goal to unifty the community to double the rate of college graduates in nashville.
$5,000
Skiduck · Reno, NV · 2022
To support the organization's mission to enrich the lives of disadvantaged and financially underpriviledged children by teaching and sharing skiing and snowboarding.
$5,000
Voice for Children of San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2022
To support the organization's advocacy for children to improve programs, practivies and policy.
$5,000
Wls Foundation · Belton, SC · 2022
To support the organization's mission to strengthen veterans and their families in the fight to heal from trauma and live well.
$5,000
World Relief Corp · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To support organization's efforts to overcome violence, poverty, displacement and injustice.
$3,000
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundat · Dallas, TX · 2023
To support the Organization's mission.
$2,500
American Muslim Advisory Council · Nashville, TN · 2022
To support civic engagement and advocacy in nashville's minority communiities including vaccine drives and support new afghan refugees.
$2,500
Celebration Beach Church · Naples, FL · 2022
To support the church's mission to change the world by helping people find and follow jesus
$2,500
Inner City Muslim Action Network · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To support the network's mission to foster health, wellness and healing in the inner-city.
$1,000
Ambassador Services International · Franklin, TN · 2024
to support the organization's mission.
$1,000
Boy Scouts Middle Tn Council · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support the Organization's mission.
$750
National Football Hall of Farme · Canton, OH · 2023
To support the Organization's mission.
$41
Charitable Contributions Passed On · Unknown, TN · 2023
Unknown

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