Funding search · EIN 461316531 · Brentwood, TN

Summers Foundation

Name: Summers 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.

112
grants reported: $371,152
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,200
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

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.

Brightstone2 grants · $69,500
Trail Life USA4 grants · $51,500
Friendslife Community4 grants · $45,000
Brightstone Tcs2 grants · $41,520
Lipscomb University2 grants · $15,500
Brentwood Baptist Church Whs2 grants · $14,000
National Parents Organization4 grants · $11,500
East West Ministries4 grants · $10,000
Backlight Productions2 grants · $10,000
Various Public Charities1 grant · $8,600

Giving over time

$81,720

2022

$91,100

2023

$93,900

2024

$104,432

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 112 grants.

$35,500
Brightstone · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Contribution
$34,000
Brightstone · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Contribution
$21,000
Brightstone Tcs · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Contribution
$20,520
Brightstone Tcs · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Contribution
$15,000
Trail Life USA · Belton, SC · 2025
Contribution
$14,000
Trail Life USA · Belton, SC · 2024
Contribution
$12,500
Friendslife Community · Nashville, TN · 2025
Contribution
$12,500
Friendslife Community · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$12,500
Trail Life USA · Belton, SC · 2023
Contribution
$12,500
Friendslife Community · Nashville, TN · 2022
Contribution
$10,500
Lipscomb University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$10,000
Trail Life USA · Belton, SC · 2022
Contribution
$8,600
Various Public Charities · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Charity
$7,500
Friendslife Community · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$7,000
Backlight Productions · Brentwood, TN · 2025
Contribution
$7,000
Brentwood Baptist Church Whs · Brentwood, TN · 2023
Contribution
$7,000
Brentwood Baptist Church Whs · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Contribution
$6,200
East West Ministries · Plano, TX · 2022
Contribution
$5,000
National Parents Organization · Newton, MA · 2025
Contribution
$5,000
On the Avenue Foundation of Tn · Nashville, TN · 2025
Contribution
$5,000
Lipscomb University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$3,750
Young Life Capernaum · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$3,000
Backlight Productions · Brentwood, TN · 2024
Contribution
$3,000
Grace Resources Tcs · Brentwood, TN · 2023
Contribution
$3,000
Young Life Tcs · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$2,600
Nashville Dolphins · Nashville, TN · 2022
Contribution
$2,500
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Contribution
$2,500
Backfield in Motion · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$2,500
National Parents Organization · Newton, MA · 2024
Contribution
$2,500
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Contribution
$2,400
Operation Freedom · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
Contribution
$2,000
Nashville Dolphins · Nashville, TN · 2025
Contribution
$2,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2025
Contribution
$2,000
Backfield in Motion · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$2,000
National Parents Organization · Newton, MA · 2023
Contribution
$2,000
Backfield in Motion · Nashville, TN · 2022
Charity
$2,000
National Parents Organization · Newton, MA · 2022
Contribution
$2,000
Young Life Tcs · Nashville, TN · 2022
Contribution
$1,500
Grace Resources · Brentwood, TN · 2025
Contribution
$1,500
Operation Freedom · Alpharetta, GA · 2025
Contribution
$1,500
Grace Resources · Brentwood, TN · 2024
Contribution
$1,500
Nashville Dolphins · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$1,500
Nashville Dolphins · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$1,400
East West Ministries · Plano, TX · 2025
Contribution
$1,400
Frontiers · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Contribution
$1,400
International Students · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Contribution
$1,200
Young Life Capernaum · Nashville, TN · 2025
Contribution
$1,200
East West Ministries · Plano, TX · 2024
Contribution
$1,200
Frontiers · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Contribution
$1,200
International Students · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Contribution
$1,200
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Contribution
$1,200
East West Ministries · Plano, TX · 2023
Contribution
$1,200
Frontiers Tcs · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Contribution
$1,200
International Students Inc Tcs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Contribution
$1,200
Frontiers Tcs · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,200
Grace Resources Tcs · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,200
International Students Inc Tcs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Contribution
$1,200
Operation Freedom Inc Tcs · Park Forest, IL · 2022
Contribution
$1,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025
Contribution
$1,000
Mybagmystory · Brentwood, TN · 2025
Contribution
$1,000
Nra Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2025
Contribution
$1,000
Project Veritas · Mamaroneck, NY · 2025
Contribution
$1,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Contribution
$1,000
Mybagmystory · Brentwood, TN · 2024
Contribution
$1,000
Project Veritas · Mamaroneck, NY · 2024
Contribution
$1,000
Young Life Capernaum · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$1,000
Project Veritas · Mamaroneck, NY · 2023
Contribution
$1,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Contribution
$1,000
Back Light Productions · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Project Veritas · Mamaroneck, NY · 2022
Contribution
$1,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Contribution
$900
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$750
Alliance Defense Fund · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
Contribution
$750
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Contribution
$750
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
Contribution
$750
Alliance Defense Fund · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Contribution
$750
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Contribution
$750
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Contribution
$750
Nra Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Contribution
$750
Alliance Defense Fund · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Contribution
$532
Nashville Humane Society · Nashville, TN · 2025
Contribution
$500
Currey Ingram Academy · Brentwood, TN · 2025
Contribution
$500
Ft Campbell Fisher House · Fort Campbell, KY · 2025
Contribution
$500
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Contribution
$500
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2025
Contribution
$500
Ronald McDonald House · Nashville, TN · 2025
Contribution
$500
Tennessee Baptist Childrens Home · Brentwood, TN · 2025
Contribution
$500
Wounded Warriors · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Contribution
$500
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Contribution
$500
Ft Campbell Fisher House · Fort Campbell, KY · 2024
Contribution
$500
Mission Development · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$500
Nashville Humane Society · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$500
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$500
Ronald McDonald House · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$500
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
$500
Wounded Warriors · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Contribution
$500
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$500
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Contribution
$500
Mission Development · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution
$500
Nashville Humane Society · Nashville, TN · 2023
Contribution

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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.