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Gause Foundation

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

316
grants reported
$480,840
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
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.

What they fund

educationaldevelopmentcommunityeducationchariablechritableeducatinalommunity

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Top recipients

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  • St Marys Episcopal Cathedral4 grants · $71,200
  • St George Episcopal Church3 grants · $46,000
  • Crossroads Campus4 grants · $20,000
  • Nashville Opera4 grants · $14,500
  • Nashville Symphony4 grants · $13,000
  • Atlanta Food Bank3 grants · $11,000
  • Star C1 grant · $10,000
  • Nashville Food Project4 grants · $8,000
  • Chattahoochee Riverkeeper4 grants · $7,000
  • Clark Atanta University4 grants · $7,000

Giving over time

$101,140
2022
$126,500
2023
$130,650
2024
$122,550
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 316 grants.

  • $33,200

    St Marys Episcopal Cathedral · Memphis, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $23,000

    St Marys Episcopal Cathedral · Memphis, TN · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $20,500

    St George Episcopal Church · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $20,500

    St George Episcopal Church · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $10,000

    St Marys Episcopal Cathedral · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $10,000

    Star C · Marietta, GA · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $6,000

    Nashville Opera · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $6,000

    Nashville Opera · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,500

    Atlanta Food Bank · East Point, GA · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Crossroads Campus · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    St Marys Episcopal Cathedral · Memphis, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Crossroads Campus · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Atlanta Food Bank · East Point, GA · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Crossroads Campus · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    St George Episcopal Church · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Crossroads Campus · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Grove Park Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $5,000

    Opera Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $4,500

    City of Refuge · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $3,500

    Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Candler School of Theology · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Chattahoochee Riverkeeper · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Clark Atanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Morris Brown College · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    University of North Carolina1 · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Chattahoochee Riverkeeper · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Clark Atanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Morehead College · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Morris Brown College · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Pawkids · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Whitefoord · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,500

    Pawkids · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,200

    Music Health Alliance · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Community Foundation of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Community development

  • $2,000

    Friends of Macc · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Community development

  • $2,000

    Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Peer Power Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Pet Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Wags and Walks of Nashville · Hermitage, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Community Foundation of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Community development

  • $2,000

    St Jude Childrens Research · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Nashville Opera · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $2,000

    A Step Ahead Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,800

    Nations Ministry Center · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,800

    Nations Ministry Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,750

    Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,600

    Alive Hospice · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,600

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    Alive Hospice · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    Music Health Alliance · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    St Jude Childrens Research · Memphis, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    The Forge Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General educational and support

  • $1,500

    Mercy Corporation · Portland, OR · 2024

    General chritable and educational

  • $1,500

    North Carolina Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    Washington and Lee University · Lexington, VA · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    Alive Hospice · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    Nations Ministry Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    Nations Ministry Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,500

    Washington and Lee University · Lexington, VA · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,400

    Nashville Angles · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,250

    Friends of Macc · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Community development

  • $1,250

    Pet Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,250

    Proverbs 1210 · Burns, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,250

    Wags and Walks of Nashville · Hermitage, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Nashville Humane Association · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Room at the Inn · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Safe Haven Family Shelter · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Music Health Alliance · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Nashville Humane Association · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Room at the Inn · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Safe Haven Family Shelter · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Nashville Dolphins · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Nashville Humane Association · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,200

    Music Health Alliance · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,100

    St Jude Childrens Research · Memphis, TN · 2022

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    A Step Ahead Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    A Step Ahead Foundation Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    Atlanta Beltline Partners · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    Baddour Center · Senatobia, MS · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    Breakthrough Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    Free Bicycles 4 Kids · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    Globe Village School · Decatur, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    International Community School · Decatur, GA · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    Marcus Autism Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General educational and support

  • $1,000

    Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust · Memphis, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

  • $1,000

    Mending Hearts · Nashville, TN · 2025

    General Charitable and Educational

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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.