Funding search · EIN 626044873 · Bristol, TN

Massengill-Defriece Foundation

Name: Massengill-Defriece Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

65
grants reported: $792,035
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Rocky Mount Museum4 grants · $230,485
Second Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $61,000
King University3 grants · $40,000
Paramount Theater1 grant · $35,000
Barter Theater2 grants · $35,000
Bristol Food Pantry4 grants · $35,000
Theatre Bristol1 grant · $30,000
Boys & Girls Club of Mountain Empire3 grants · $30,000
Birthplace of Country Music Museum3 grants · $28,900
Communities in Schools4 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$189,100

2022

$166,050

2023

$212,090

2024

$224,795

2025

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$76,300
Rocky Mount Museum · Piney Flats, TN · 2022
Operations/director
$72,390
Rocky Mount Museum · Piney Flats, TN · 2024
History
$46,295
Rocky Mount Museum · Piney Flats, TN · 2025
Ex director salary
$35,500
Rocky Mount Museum · Piney Flats, TN · 2023
History
$35,000
Paramount Theater · Bristol, TN · 2025
New concession space
$30,000
Theatre Bristol · Bristol, TN · 2025
Seating
$25,000
Barter Theater · Abingdon, VA · 2025
Arts
$20,000
Friends in Need · Kingsport, TN · 2023
Dental equipment
$20,000
King University · Bristol, TN · 2023
Patient simulator
$20,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Gray, TN · 2023
Covid
$15,000
Morrison School · Bristol, VA · 2022
Av system
$15,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Gray, TN · 2022
Covid
$14,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Gray, TN · 2025
Covid
$12,500
Bristol Regional Speech · Bristol, VA · 2022
Audiology equipment
$12,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Gray, TN · 2024
Covid
$11,400
Birthplace of Country Music Museum · Bristol, VA · 2024
Songwriter exhibit
$10,700
Rise Up · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Laminate flooring
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Mountain Empire · Bristol, VA · 2025
After-school program
$10,000
Bristol Food Pantry · Bristol, VA · 2025
Operations
$10,000
Bristol Speech and Hearing · Bristol, VA · 2025
Assistance programs
$10,000
Communities in Schools · Bristol, VA · 2025
Student coordinators
$10,000
Feeding America Southwest Virginia · Salem, VA · 2025
Food
$10,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2024
Resiliency fund
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Mountain Empire · Bristol, VA · 2024
After-school program
$10,000
Bristol Food Pantry · Bristol, VA · 2024
Operations
$10,000
Bristol Speech and Hearing · Bristol, VA · 2024
Assistance programs
$10,000
Feeding America Southwest Virginia · Salem, VA · 2024
Food
$10,000
King University · Bristol, TN · 2024
Nuclear spectrometer
$10,000
Ymca of Bristol · Bristol, TN · 2024
Hurricane relief
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Mountain Empire · Bristol, VA · 2023
After-school program
$10,000
Bristol Food Pantry · Bristol, VA · 2023
Operations
$10,000
US Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2023
Grant
$10,000
Arts Alliance Mountain Empire · Bristol, TN · 2022
Arts achievement gala
$10,000
Barter Theater · Abingdon, VA · 2022
Arts
$10,000
Birthplace of Country Music Museum · Bristol, VA · 2022
Women in early music
$10,000
King University · Bristol, TN · 2022
Patient simulator
$7,850
Rise Up · Johnson City, TN · 2023
Refridgerator, fence
$7,500
Birthplace of Country Music Museum · Bristol, VA · 2025
Songwriter exhibit
$7,000
Sullivan County Imagination Library · Kingsport, TN · 2023
Books for preschool
$6,500
Sullivan County Imagination Library · Kingsport, TN · 2022
Books for preschool
$6,000
Sullivan County Imagination Library · Kingsport, TN · 2025
Books for preschool
$5,000
Rotary of Bristol · Bristol, VA · 2025
Rotary teacher's award
$5,000
Appalachian Literacy Initiative · Bristol, TN · 2024
Books for fairmount elementary
$5,000
Communities in Schools · Bristol, VA · 2024
Student coordinators
$5,000
Rotary of Bristol · Bristol, VA · 2024
Rotary teacher's award
$5,000
Sullivan County Imagination Library · Kingsport, TN · 2024
Books for preschool
$5,000
William King Museum · Abingdon, VA · 2024
Potters on the holston
$5,000
Communities in Schools · Bristol, VA · 2023
Youth case management
$5,000
Rotary of Bristol · Bristol, VA · 2023
Rotary teacher's award
$5,000
Small Miracles Equestrian Ctr · Kingsport, TN · 2023
Student sponsorship
$5,000
Bristol Food Pantry · Bristol, VA · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Communities in Schools · Bristol, VA · 2022
Youth case management
$5,000
William King Museum · Abingdon, VA · 2022
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$4,050
Appalachian Literacy Initiative · Bristol, TN · 2023
Books for fairmount elementary
$3,800
Rise Up · Johnson City, TN · 2022
Refridgerator, fence
$3,650
River'S Way · Bluff City, TN · 2023
Hoop house irrigation
$3,600
Grace Manor · Sevierville, TN · 2024
Mobile food pantry
$3,000
Kingsport Ballet · Kingsport, TN · 2025
Children's programs
$3,000
United Way · Bristol, TN · 2025
Youth
$3,000
Girls On the Run · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Youth development
$3,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Johnson City, TN · 2023
Share a night
$3,000
Bristol Historical Society · Bristol, VA · 2022
Rent, moving
$2,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Share a night
$2,000
Tipton-Haynes · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Operations
$2,000
Rotary of Bristol · Bristol, VA · 2022
Rotary teacher's award

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