Funding search · EIN 550759620 · Brentwood, TN

The Emmy Lou Tompkins Foundation

Name: The Emmy Lou Tompkins Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

75
grants reported: $731,485
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

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Top recipients

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Patriot Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Dreambuilders Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Dreambuilders Foundation1 grant · $40,000
Be About Change2 grants · $25,000
Operation Warm2 grants · $20,000
Ashleys Place2 grants · $20,000
Able Youth4 grants · $20,000
University of the Cumberlands2 grants · $20,000
Storehouse Food Pantry1 grant · $20,000
Patriot Foundation1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$143,000

2022

$182,250

2023

$199,500

2024

$206,735

2025

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Dreambuilders Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$20,000
Dreambuilders Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025
General
$20,000
Patriot Foundation · Pinehurst, NC · 2025
General
$20,000
Storehouse Food Pantry · Manchester, TN · 2025
General
$20,000
Dreambuilders Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$20,000
Patriot Foundation · Pinehurst, NC · 2024
General
$20,000
Patriot Foundation · Pinehurst, NC · 2022
Contribution
$15,000
Be About Change · Nashville, TN · 2022
Contribution
$15,000
Durham Colored Library · Durham, NC · 2022
Contribution
$12,735
Refuge Center for Counseling · Franklin, TN · 2025
General
$12,000
Ahead With Horses · Shadow Hills, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Ashleys Place · Gallatin, TN · 2025
General
$10,000
Autism Career Training · Nashville, TN · 2025
General
$10,000
Center for Child and Family Health · Durham, NC · 2025
General
$10,000
Healing House · Brentwood, TN · 2025
General
$10,000
Hope Cam · Reston, VA · 2025
General
$10,000
Operation Warm · Chadds Ford, PA · 2025
General
$10,000
Pmr Charity · Nashville, TN · 2025
General
$10,000
Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2025
General
$10,000
Sisters Against Domestic Violence · Mooresville, NC · 2025
General
$10,000
Ashleys Place · Gallatin, TN · 2024
General
$10,000
Assistance League of Columbus · Worthington, OH · 2024
General
$10,000
Assistance League of Nashville · Brentwood, TN · 2024
General
$10,000
Chattanooga Child Advocacy Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
General
$10,000
Durham Colored Library · Durham, NC · 2024
General
$10,000
Festivall · Charleston, WV · 2024
General
$10,000
Operation Warm · Chadds Ford, PA · 2024
General
$10,000
Salvation Army · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$10,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2024
General
$10,000
Ashleys Place · Gallatin, TN · 2023
General
$10,000
Be About Change · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$10,000
Childrens Harbro · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General
$10,000
Festivall · Charleston, WV · 2023
General
$10,000
Find Design · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$10,000
Operation Warm · Chadds Ford, PA · 2023
General
$10,000
Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$10,000
Richlands Baseball · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$10,000
Stars · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$10,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2023
General
$10,000
Assistance League of Nashville · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Center for Child and Family Health · Durham, NC · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Festiveall Charleston · Charleston, WV · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Ky Strong Campaign · Louisville, KY · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Operation Warm · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Refuge Center · Franklin, TN · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Teen Venture Center · Richalands, VA · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2022
Contribution
$9,000
Kidsvoice · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General
$8,250
Crossroads Nola · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General
$8,000
Tuckers House · Franklin, TN · 2022
Contribution
$7,500
Ahead With Horses · Shadow Hills, CA · 2024
General
$7,500
Be About Change · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$7,500
Find Design · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$6,000
Agape · Nashville, TN · 2025
General
$6,000
Dayspring Center · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General
$6,000
Pmr Charity · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$5,000
Able Youth · Nashville, TN · 2025
General
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General
$5,000
Prokids · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General
$5,000
Tennessee Childrens Home · Spring Hill, TN · 2025
General
$5,000
Urban Promise Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025
General
$5,000
Able Youth · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$5,000
Agape · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$5,000
Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation · Cookeville, TN · 2024
General
$5,000
Hopecam · Reston, VA · 2024
General
$5,000
Manna Miniistries · Clarksville, TN · 2024
General
$5,000
Stars · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$5,000
Tuckers House · Franklin, TN · 2024
General
$5,000
Able Youth · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$5,000
Agape · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$5,000
Dayspring Center · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General
$5,000
Manna Ministries · Clarksville, TN · 2023
General
$5,000
Refuge Center · Franklin, TN · 2023
General
$5,000
Able Youth · Franklin, TN · 2022
Contribution
$1,000
Brainpower in a Backpack · Burnsville, MN · 2025
General

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