Funding search · EIN 621694538 · Oak Hill, TN

The Pfeffer Foundation

Name: The Pfeffer 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.

93
grants reported: $220,440
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.

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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.

Nashville Symphony3 grants · $27,607
Southern Illinois University Foundation3 grants · $26,298
Amazima Ministries2 grants · $19,405
Boy Scouts of America Middle Tennessee Council4 grants · $18,526
Scounting Art Collection Recovery Project2 grants · $12,000
Franklin Road Academy2 grants · $10,743
Christ Presbyterian Church2 grants · $9,000
Alpha Phi Omega1 grant · $8,048
Leadership Nashville1 grant · $7,500
Lipscomb Univeristy3 grants · $6,273

Giving over time

$96,595

2022

$11,037

2023

$26,718

2024

$86,090

2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

$19,000
Southern Illinois University Foundation · Carbondale, IL · 2025
General funds
$16,827
Amazima Ministries · Franklin, TN · 2022
General funds
$15,602
Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$14,289
Boy Scouts of America Middle Tennessee Council · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$10,243
Franklin Road Academy · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$10,000
Scounting Art Collection Recovery Project · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General funds
$9,625
Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$8,048
Alpha Phi Omega · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General funds
$7,500
Leadership Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$6,298
Southern Illinois University Foundation · Carbondale, IL · 2022
General funds
$6,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$5,075
McGowen Global Institute · Brentwood, TN · 2022
General funds
$5,000
Christ Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$4,156
Boy Scouts of America - West Tennessee · Jackson, TN · 2025
General funds
$4,000
Lipscomb Univeristy · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$4,000
Christ Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$3,113
Youth About Business · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$3,000
Easter Seals · Brentwood, TN · 2025
General funds
$3,000
Beaming Hope Church · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
General funds
$3,000
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2023
General funds
$2,578
Amazima Ministries · Franklin, TN · 2025
General funds
$2,500
Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2023
General funds
$2,500
Boy Scouts of America Lincoln Heritage Council · Louisville, KY · 2022
General funds
$2,500
Nashville Sailing Foundation · Hermitage, TN · 2022
General funds
$2,380
Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$2,000
Lincoln Heritage Council · Louisville, KY · 2025
General funds
$2,000
Scounting Art Collection Recovery Project · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General funds
$2,000
Turning Point USA · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
General funds
$2,000
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$2,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General funds
$1,537
Boy Scouts of America Middle Tennessee Council · Nashville, TN · 2023
General funds
$1,500
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$1,500
Tucker'S House · Franklin, TN · 2025
General funds
$1,500
Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$1,450
Boy Scouts of America Middle Tennessee Council · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$1,340
Beacon Center of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$1,250
Boy Scouts of America Middle Tennessee Council · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$1,250
Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$1,200
Lipscomb Univeristy · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$1,073
Lipscomb Univeristy · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$1,000
Agewell · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$1,000
Beacon Center of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$1,000
First Methodist Church of Metropolis · Metropolis, IL · 2025
General funds
$1,000
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels · Louisville, KY · 2025
General funds
$1,000
Joni & Friends · Albert Lea, MN · 2025
General funds
$1,000
Lifesong for Orphans · Gridley, IL · 2025
General funds
$1,000
Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$1,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
General funds
$1,000
University of Tennessee Chattanooga Chi Alpha · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
General funds
$1,000
Agewell · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$1,000
Southern Illinois University Foundation · Carbondale, IL · 2024
General funds
$1,000
First Umc of Metropolis · Metropolis, IL · 2023
General funds
$1,000
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2023
General funds
$1,000
Precept Ministries · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
General funds
$1,000
Touch of Christ Ministries · Chantilly, VA · 2023
General funds
$1,000
Daystar Counseling Ministries · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$1,000
Pausd Pta (Palo Alto Unified School District Pta) · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General funds
$600
The Cru Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2022
General funds
$500
Beaming Hope Church · St Petersburg, FL · 2025
General funds
$500
Hospitality House of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$500
Nashville Rotary · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$500
Oak Cottage for Women · Franklin, TN · 2025
General funds
$500
Rh Boyd Family Endowment Fund · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$500
First Umc of Metropolis · Metropolis, IL · 2024
General funds
$500
Franklin Road Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$500
Beaming Hope Church · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
General funds
$250
American Heart Association · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$250
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
General funds
$250
Grace Works Ministries · Franklin, TN · 2025
General funds
$250
Graceworks Ministries · Franklin, TN · 2025
General funds
$250
Shriners Children Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
General funds
$250
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
General funds
$250
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
General funds
$250
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$250
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$250
Carnegie Mellon · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General funds
$250
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
General funds
$250
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2022
General funds
$200
American Cancer Society · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$200
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2025
General funds
$200
Reformed University Fellowship · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General funds
$200
The Well · Brentwood, TN · 2025
General funds
$200
Unit - E · Antioch, TN · 2024
General funds
$200
The Island Chapel · Tierra Verde, FL · 2022
General funds
$125
Leila G Davis Elementary School · Clearwater, FL · 2024
General funds
$100
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2025
General funds
$100
Rotary International Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$100
Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$100
The Heritage Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2025
General funds
$100
American Cancer Society · Nashville, TN · 2024
General funds
$100
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General funds
$56
Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds
$25
Rotary Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025
General funds

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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.