Funding search · EIN 451555589 · Nashville, TN

James W Carell Charitable Trust

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

99
grants reported
$2.0M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,155
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationfoodhealthyneedychildrenaccesshomelesspromote

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Fed By Faith4 grants · $466,050
  • Second Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $270,000
  • Make a Wish4 grants · $167,500
  • Nashville Gives Hope4 grants · $129,000
  • Templeton Academy1 grant · $75,000
  • Nashville Rescue Mission3 grants · $75,000
  • Cross Road Campus4 grants · $74,550
  • Harpeth Conservancy3 grants · $70,000
  • Multiple Myeloma Research Foundatio4 grants · $69,000
  • Friends of Walkers Peace Center2 grants · $65,000

Giving over time

$352,655
2022
$304,650
2023
$333,000
2024
$1.1M
2025

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

  • $275,000

    Fed By Faith · Joelton, TN · 2025

    Access to healthy food

  • $170,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Food assistance for needy

  • $85,000

    Fed By Faith · Joelton, TN · 2024

    Access to healthy food

  • $75,000

    Make a Wish · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Granting wishes to children with critical illnesses

  • $75,000

    Nashville Gives Hope · Franklin, TN · 2025

    Help hatian orphans

  • $75,000

    Templeton Academy · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Educational assistance

  • $68,050

    Fed By Faith · Joelton, TN · 2023

    Access to healthy food

  • $55,000

    Friends of Walkers Peace Center · Greenville, SC · 2025

    Promote performing arts

  • $50,500

    Community Foundation of Middle Tenn · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Coordinate charitable giving

  • $50,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Food assistance for needy

  • $45,000

    Make a Wish · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Granting wishes to children with critical illnesses

  • $38,000

    Fed By Faith · Joelton, TN · 2022

    Access to healthy food

  • $35,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Childrens medical needs

  • $30,000

    Harpeth Conservancy · Brentwood, TN · 2024

    Promote clean water and healthy ecosystems for tennessee rivers

  • $25,000

    Nashville Humane Association · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Care for homeless animals

  • $25,000

    Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Assistance to homeless

  • $25,000

    One Generation Away · Franklin, TN · 2025

    Access to healthy good food

  • $25,000

    Safe Haven Family Shelter · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Assistance to homeless

  • $25,000

    Make a Wish · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Granting wishes to children with critical illnesses

  • $25,000

    Nashville Gives Hope · Franklin, TN · 2024

    Help hatian orphans

  • $25,000

    Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Assistance to homeless

  • $25,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Food assistance for needy

  • $25,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Food assistance for needy

  • $25,000

    Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Assistance to homeless

  • $23,000

    Dismas House · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Assistance to released prisoners

  • $22,500

    Make a Wish · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Granting wishes to children with critical illnesses

  • $20,000

    Cross Road Campus · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Assistance to youth

  • $20,000

    Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Preservation, protection and stewardship of warner parks

  • $20,000

    Harpeth Conservancy · Brentwood, TN · 2025

    Promote clean water and healthy ecosystems for tennessee rivers

  • $20,000

    St Michaels Catholic Church · Cedar Hill, TN · 2025

    Childrens education

  • $20,000

    V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2025

    Cancer research

  • $20,000

    Hands On Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Encourage volunteerism to meet community needs

  • $20,000

    Harpeth Conservancy · Brentwood, TN · 2023

    Promote clean water and healthy ecosystems for tennessee rivers

  • $20,000

    Cross Road Campus · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Assistance to youth

  • $20,000

    Equip 2022 · Cary, NC · 2022

    Equip local churches

  • $20,000

    Multiple Myeloma Research Foundatio · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    Cancer research

  • $18,000

    Multiple Myeloma Research Foundatio · Norwalk, CT · 2025

    Cancer research

  • $17,550

    Cross Road Campus · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Assistance to youth

  • $17,000

    Cross Road Campus · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Assistance to youth

  • $16,550

    St Michaels School · Cedar Hill, TN · 2023

    Childrens education

  • $16,000

    Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Education

  • $16,000

    Multiple Myeloma Research Foundatio · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    Cancer research

  • $15,000

    Multiple Myeloma Research Foundatio · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    Cancer research

  • $14,500

    Nashville Gives Hope · Franklin, TN · 2023

    Help hatian orphans

  • $14,500

    Nashville Gives Hope · Franklin, TN · 2022

    Help hatian orphans

  • $12,000

    Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Preservation, protection and stewardship of warner parks

  • $12,000

    Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Preservation, protection and stewardship of warner parks

  • $12,000

    Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Preservation, protection and stewardship of warner parks

  • $11,000

    St Michaels Catholic Church · Cedar Hill, TN · 2024

    Childrens education

  • $10,155

    Collaborate and Graduate · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Provide support for minority cadets candidate to us service academies with sat and act test preparation and tutoring.

  • $10,000

    Friends of Walkers Peace Center · Greenville, SC · 2024

    Promote performing arts

  • $10,000

    Nashville Humane Association · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Care for homeless animals

  • $10,000

    Nashville Pbs · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Promote public broadcasting

  • $10,000

    Equip 2023 · Cary, NC · 2023

    Equip local churches

  • $10,000

    Book'Em · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Ignite children's passion for reading

  • $10,000

    Elephant Sanctuary of Tn · Hohenwald, TN · 2022

    Captive elephant safe haven

  • $10,000

    Portland Pay It Forward · Portland, TN · 2022

    To provide access to quality nutritious food for those in need.

  • $10,000

    St Bernard Academy · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Education assistance

  • $10,000

    Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Help victims of abuse

  • $8,000

    Elephant Sanctuary of Tn · Hohenwald, TN · 2023

    Captive elephant safe haven

  • $8,000

    Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Help victims of abuse

  • $6,000

    Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Education

  • $6,000

    Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Education

  • $5,000

    Elephant Sanctuary of Tn · Hohenwald, TN · 2025

    Captive elephant safe haven

  • $5,000

    Portland Pay It Forward · Portland, TN · 2025

    Food assistance to needy

  • $5,000

    Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Help victims of abuse

  • $5,000

    Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Education

  • $5,000

    Elephant Sanctuary of Tn · Hohenwald, TN · 2024

    Captive elephant safe haven

  • $5,000

    Equip 2024 · Cary, NC · 2024

    Equip local churches

  • $5,000

    Project Redesign · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Assistance to the needy

  • $5,000

    Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Help victims of abuse

  • $5,000

    Book'Em · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Ignite children's passion for reading

  • $5,000

    Project Redesign · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Assistance to the needy

  • $5,000

    Twrf Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Provide support for the tennessee wildlife resources agency and wildlfe conservation.

  • $5,000

    Project Redesign · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Assistance to the needy

  • $5,000

    Team Rubicon Office of Development · El Segundo, CA · 2022

    Disaster, health and humanitarian emergencies

  • $5,000

    Twrf Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Provide support for the tennessee wildlife resources agency and wildlfe conservation.

  • $4,000

    Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Educational assitance

  • $4,000

    Snooty Giggles Dog Rescue · Thompson Station, TN · 2022

    Animal rescue

  • $3,000

    Family Legacy · Dallas, TX · 2025

    Orphaned children

  • $3,000

    Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Educational assitance

  • $3,000

    Rocketown · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Faithbased youth outreach

  • $2,500

    Twrf Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Provide support for the tennessee wildlife resources agency and wildlfe conservation.

  • $2,000

    Snooty Giggles Dog Rescue · Thompson Station, TN · 2025

    Animal rescue

  • $2,000

    Snooty Giggles Dog Rescue · Thompson Station, TN · 2024

    Animal rescue

  • $2,000

    Snooty Giggles Dog Rescue · Thompson Station, TN · 2023

    Animal rescue

  • $2,000

    100 Club · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Assistance to families of police officers & firefighterskilled in the line of duty

  • $1,500

    St Cecelia Academy · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Tuition assistance

  • $1,000

    100 Club · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Assistance to families of police officers & firefighterskilled in the line of duty

  • $1,000

    Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Education

  • $1,000

    100 Club · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Assistance to families of police officers & firefighterskilled in the line of duty

  • $1,000

    100 Club · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Assistance to families of police officers & firefighterskilled in the line of duty

  • $1,000

    Villalobos Rescue Center · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Dog rescue

  • $500

    Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Education

  • $500

    Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Educational assitance

  • $500

    St Cecelia Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Tuition assistance

  • $500

    Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Education

  • $500

    Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Educational assitance

  • $500

    Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Education

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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.