Funding search · EIN 383278908 · Grosse Pointe, MI

Pam Lewis Foundation

Name: Pam Lewis 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.

132
grants reported: $518,900
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,300
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

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.

Land Trust for Tennessee2 grants · $150,500
Battle of Franklin Trust - Federal Marker in Honor of Sam Grant1 grant · $35,000
Battle of Franklin Trust3 grants · $32,000
Battle of Franklin Trust - Battlefield Reclamation1 grant · $25,000
Friends of Franklin Parks4 grants · $19,400
Tennessee State Museum3 grants · $18,000
Hard Bargain Association3 grants · $16,500
African American Heritage Foundation - Ai Williams House1 grant · $15,000
Wells College2 grants · $11,000
Charity Water1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$96,850

2022

$101,700

2023

$104,950

2024

$215,400

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 132 grants.

$149,500
Land Trust for Tennessee · Washington, DC · 2025
General Purpose
$35,000
Battle of Franklin Trust - Federal Marker in Honor of Sam Grant · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$30,000
Battle of Franklin Trust · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$25,000
Battle of Franklin Trust - Battlefield Reclamation · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$15,000
African American Heritage Foundation - Ai Williams House · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$10,000
Charity Water · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$10,000
The Battle of Franklin Trust · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$10,000
Tennessee State Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$10,000
Franklin Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Bldg Restoration · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
Wells College · Aurora, NY · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
Friends of Franklin Parks · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$8,000
Hard Bargain Association · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$7,500
Nashville Public Radio · Nashville, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$7,500
Middle Tennessee State University- Pam Lewis Foundation · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$7,000
Williamson County African American Veterans Foundation · Brevard, NC · 2025
General Purpose
$7,000
Hard Bargain Association · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$5,800
The Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Belmont Mansion · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Franklin Charge - Mary Special Project · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
St Catherine'S of Alexandria Bldg Fund - Worship Center · Valley City, ND · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Tennessee State Museum Foundation - Patron'S Party Sponsorship · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Tennessee State Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$4,500
Franklin Charge · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$4,500
Harpeth Conservancy · Brentwood, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$3,400
Friends of Franklin Parks · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$3,050
The Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$3,000
African American Heritage Society · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$3,000
Tennessee State Museum · Nashville, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$3,000
Friends of Franklin Parks · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$3,000
Friends of Franklin Parks · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$2,500
Fisk University - Scholarships · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$2,500
Harpeth Conservancy - River Swing Cocktail Hour Sponsor · Brentwood, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$2,500
Nashville City Cemetery · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$2,500
Red Hook High School · Red Hook, NY · 2023
General Purpose
$2,500
Columbia State Community College- Pam Lewis Scholarship · Columbia, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$2,500
Global Giving · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$2,500
International Relief Teams · San Diego, CA · 2022
General Purpose
$2,500
Red Hook High School- Jack & Joan Lewis Scholarship · Red Hook, NY · 2022
General Purpose
$2,500
Shorter Chapel Ame · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$2,000
African American Heritage Association · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$2,000
Nolensville Historic · Nolensville, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$2,000
African American Heritage Foundation - Tommy Murdic Sch Dinner · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$2,000
Williamson County Historical Commission · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,500
Belmont Mansion Association - Spring Event 2025 · Nashville, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,500
Lundeen Sculptures Ltd - Ben Franklin Sculpture · Loveland, CO · 2025
General Purpose
$1,500
Nashville Pbs · Nashville, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,500
African American Heritage Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,500
Brightstone · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,500
Franklin Charge · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,500
Heifer International · Brevard, NC · 2024
General Purpose
$1,500
Nova Ukraine · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General Purpose
$1,500
Pull Tight Players · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,500
Razom for Ukraine · New York, NY · 2024
General Purpose
$1,500
The Water Project · Concord, NH · 2024
General Purpose
$1,500
American Legion Post 1199 · Orangeburg, NY · 2023
General Purpose
$1,500
Battle of Franklin Trust · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$1,500
Davis House · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$1,500
Graceworks · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$1,500
Heifer International · Brevard, NC · 2023
General Purpose
$1,500
Tennessee Historical Society · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$1,500
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General Purpose
$1,500
Brightstone · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,500
Franklin Masonic Hall · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,500
Friends of Sdlia · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,500
Hard Bargain Association · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,350
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purpose
$1,250
Studio Tenn · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,250
Franklin Charge - African American Legion Post 215 · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,250
Franklin Charge - Williams House · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,250
Franklin Tomorrow · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Agewell Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Belmont Mansion Association · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Brightstone · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Environmental Defense Fund · La Vergne, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Harpeth Conservancy · Brentwood, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Peaceful Valley · Smithville, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Tennessee Voices for Victims (Mary Martin Film Project) · Nashville, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
The American Battlefield Trust · Washington, DC · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Williamson County Historic Society · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Boys & Girls Club - Steak & Burger Dinner · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,000
Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,000
Tennessee Historical Society · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$1,000
African American Heritage Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$1,000
East Brentwood Presbyterian Church · Brentwood, TN · 2023
General Purpose
$1,000
Project Hope Foundation - Syria & Turkey Earthquake Victims · Greenville, SC · 2023
General Purpose
$1,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General Purpose
$1,000
African American Heritage Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Bridges of Williamson County · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Franklin Boys & Girls Club · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Franklin'S Charge · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Harpeth Conservancy · Brentwood, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Pull Tight Players · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Studio Tenn Theatre Company · Franklin, TN · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Wells College · Aurora, NY · 2022
General Purpose
$750
Door Step Project · Franklin, TN · 2025
General Purpose
$750
Boys & Girls Club · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$600
Habitats for Humanity of Greater Newburgh · Newburgh, NY · 2024
General Purpose
$600
Hudson Valley Nurses Honor Guard · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$500
Friends of Franklin Parks Dinner of the Bidge at Harlinsdale · Franklin, TN · 2024
General Purpose
$500
Friends of Franklin Parks Splash & Dash · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Purpose

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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.