Funding search · EIN 882961915 · Parsons, TN

The Ayers Foundation Trust

Name: The Ayers Foundation Trust 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.

69
grants reported: $15.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Decatur Co Board of Education1 grant · $5.0M
Community Foundation of Middle Tennesse1 grant · $1.8M
Community Foundation of Middle Tn1 grant · $1.8M
Belmont University1 grant · $1.5M
Belmont University1 grant · $1.5M
Unicoi County United Way1 grant · $1.0M
Bill Dance Friends and Family Foundation1 grant · $250,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Ctr1 grant · $250,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center1 grant · $250,000
East Tennessee State University Foundation1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$113,000

2022

$4.9M

2023

$10.8M

2024

Grant history

All 69 reported grants, largest first.

$5.0M
Decatur Co Board of Education · Decaturville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$1.8M
Community Foundation of Middle Tennesse · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$1.8M
Community Foundation of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$1.5M
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$1.5M
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$1.0M
Unicoi County United Way · Erwin, TN · 2024
General/operating
$250,000
Bill Dance Friends and Family Foundation · Jackson, TN · 2024
General/operating
$250,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$250,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Ctr · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$200,000
East Tennessee State University Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2024
General/operating
$200,000
Freed-Hardeman University · Henderson, TN · 2024
General/operating
$200,000
East Tn State University Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2023
General/operating
$200,000
Freed-Hardeman University · Henderson, TN · 2023
General/operating
$160,000
Lipscomb -Ldrshppublservice · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$150,000
Tn Score · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$106,600
Lipscomb University College of Leadership · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$100,250
Lipscomb University - Ayers Institute · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$100,000
State Collaborative On Reforming Education · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$100,000
Ballad Health Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2023
General/operating
$100,000
The Hermitage Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$55,000
Girl Scouts of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$50,000
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$50,000
St Judes Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General/operating
$50,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General/operating
$50,000
Girl Scouts of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2022
General/operating
$38,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2022
General/operating
$37,648
Unicoi and Cocke Counties · Erwin, TN · 2024
General/operating
$36,145
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$35,500
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$32,905
First Baptist Church · Parsons, TN · 2024
General/operating
$30,000
Leadership Tennessee - Thompson · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$27,369
First Baptist Church · Parsons, TN · 2023
General/operating
$25,000
Foundation for the College System of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$25,000
Jonesborough United Methodist Church · Jonesborough, TN · 2024
General/operating
$25,000
Lane College · Jaskson, TN · 2024
General/operating
$25,000
Foundation for the College System of Tn · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$25,000
Jonesborough United Methodist Church · Jonesborough, TN · 2023
General/operating
$25,000
Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2023
General/operating
$25,000
Jonesborough United Methodist Church · Jonesborough, TN · 2022
General/operating
$20,000
Unicoi County United Way · Erwin, TN · 2023
General/operating
$15,000
Leadership Tn - Thompson · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$12,500
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$12,500
Tn Wildlife Resources Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$10,000
Men of Valor · Antioch, TN · 2024
General/operating
$10,000
Centerstone Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$6,000
Small Miracles Therapeutic Equestrian Center · Kingsport, TN · 2024
General/operating
$6,000
Small Miracles Therapeutic Equestrian · Kingsport, TN · 2023
General/operating
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America West Tennessee Area Council · Jackson, TN · 2024
General/operating
$5,000
Centerstone · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America West Tn Council · Jackson, TN · 2023
General/operating
$5,000
Tennessee Board of Regents · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$5,000
Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$3,500
The Sycamore Institute · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$3,020
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023
General/operating
$3,000
United Way of West Tennessee · Jackson, TN · 2024
General/operating
$3,000
United Way West Tennessee · Jackson, TN · 2023
General/operating
$2,550
Taf Covid Response Foundation · Parsons, TN · 2023
General/operating
$2,500
Faith Family Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
General/operating
$1,500
Dairy Dash · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$1,500
Planned Giving Council of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$1,000
St Georges Episcopal Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$850
Town of Unicoi · Unicoi, TN · 2024
General/operating
$600
Angel Emms Foundation · Lexington, TN · 2024
General/operating
$500
Decatur County Chamber of Commerce · Parsons, TN · 2024
General/operating
$500
Tennessee Children'S Home · Spring Hill, TN · 2024
General/operating
$500
Tennessee Children'S Home · Spring Hill, TN · 2023
General/operating
$250
American Legion · Lexington, TN · 2024
General/operating
$250
Middle Tn Boy Scouts · Nashville, TN · 2024
General/operating
$250
Vfw · Parsons, TN · 2024
General/operating

Who else funds this kind of work

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center1,034 grants · $450.8M
Community Foundation3,092 grants · $495.0M
Vanderbilt University726 grants · $282.6M

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The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.