Funding search · EIN 621541568 · Nashville, TN

Thackston Family Foundation

Name: Thackston Family Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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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.

67
grants reported: $247,195
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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.

Lebanon First United Methodist Church8 grants · $43,250
Empower Me Center5 grants · $36,000
Lebanon-Wilson County Library1 grant · $35,000
Historic Lebanon7 grants · $20,000
Cumberland University8 grants · $18,700
Heights National Alumni Association4 grants · $16,500
Appalachian Trail Conservancy5 grants · $15,500
Joseph'S Storehouse Food Pantry6 grants · $13,250
Wilson County Black History Committee2 grants · $12,000
Gallatin First Methodist Church2 grants · $10,200

Giving over time

$50,200

2021

$29,300

2022

$36,945

2023

$27,250

2024

$103,500

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Lebanon-Wilson County Library · Lebanon, TN · 2021
Virginia adams thackston reading room
$25,000
Empower Me Center · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Empower me daycamp
$20,000
Lebanon First United Methodist Church · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Elevator repair
$10,000
Wilson County Black History Committee · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Donation
$8,200
Gallatin First Methodist Church · Gallatin, TN · 2022
Habitat for humanity project
$8,000
Lebanon First United Methodist Church · Lebanon, TN · 2022
Sanctuary upgrade
$7,500
Heights National Alumni Association · Lebanon, TN · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2025
Trail maintenance
$5,000
Heights National Alumni Association · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Historic Lebanon · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Historic place markers
$5,000
Joseph'S Storehouse Food Pantry · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Gift to food bank
$5,000
Lebanon First United Methodist Church · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Donation
$5,000
Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Adams art gallery operations
$5,000
Cumberland Univeristy · Lebanon, TN · 2023
Adams gallery operations
$5,000
Lebanon First United Methodist Church · Lebanon, TN · 2023
Wheelchair ramp
$4,000
Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Adams gallery operations
$4,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2024
Trail maintenance
$3,500
Empower Me Center · Lebanon, TN · 2021
Operating expense summer camp
$3,000
Historic Lebanon · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Annual support
$3,000
Lebanon First United Methodist Church · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Flower fund
$3,000
Lebanon-Wilson County Public Library · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Historic memorial books
$3,000
Historic Lebanon · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Annual support
$3,000
Empower Me Center · Lebanon, TN · 2023
Empower me daycamp
$3,000
Historic Lebanon · Lebanon, TN · 2023
Annual support
$3,000
Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2022
Adams gallery operations
$3,000
Historic Lebanon · Lebanon, TN · 2022
Annual support
$3,000
Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2021
Adams gallery - annual operating gift
$2,695
Galllatin Scout Troop #4007 · Gallatin, TN · 2023
Start-up supplies
$2,500
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2025
2x challenge
$2,500
Empower Me Center · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Empower me daycamp
$2,500
Joseph'S Storehouse Food Pantry · Lebanon, TN · 2023
Gift for food bank
$2,500
Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2021
Trail maintenance
$2,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Van buren presidential papers project
$2,000
Gallatin Cares · Gallatin, TN · 2025
Supply food
$2,000
Empower Me Center · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Empower me day camp
$2,000
Heights National Alumni Association · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Joseph'S Storehouse Food Pantry · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Gift for food bank
$2,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2023
Trail maintenance
$2,000
Wilson County Black History Committee · Lebanon, TN · 2023
Pickett chapel restoration project
$2,000
Gallatin First Methodist Church · Gallatin, TN · 2022
Cub scout pack
$2,000
Heights National Alumni Association · Lebanon, TN · 2022
Scholarship
$1,500
Historic Lebanon · Lebanon, TN · 2021
Flood relief concert
$1,500
Historic Lebanon · Lebanon, TN · 2021
Main street program
$1,500
Joseph'S Storehouse Food Pantry · Lebanon, TN · 2021
Gift for food bank
$1,250
Joseph'S Storehouse Food Pantry · Lebanon, TN · 2021
Gift
$1,100
Stars- Gallatin High School · Gallatin, TN · 2022
Student assistance program
$1,000
Gallatin Cares · Gallatin, TN · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Lebanon First United Methodist Church · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Colel Chabad · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Donate to poor in israel
$1,000
Colel Chabad · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support poor in israel
$1,000
Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Adams gallery operations
$1,000
Int'L Fellowship of Christians & Jews · Washington, DC · 2024
Support poor in israel
$1,000
Int'L Fellowship of Christians & Jews · Washington, DC · 2024
Victims in israel
$1,000
Lebanon First United Methodist Church · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Flower fund
$1,000
Colel Chabad · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Victims in israel
$1,000
Int'L Fellowship of Christians & Jews · Chicago, IL · 2023
Victims in israel
$1,000
Stars Youth Opportunity Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
Donation
$1,000
Gallatin Cares · Gallatin, TN · 2022
Food distribution
$1,000
Joseph'S Storehouse Food Pantry · Lebanon, TN · 2022
Gift for food bank
$500
Colel Chabad · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Victims in israel
$500
Bradenton Ymca · Bradenton, FL · 2023
Memory of barbara king
$500
Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2023
Bone professorship
$250
Tennessee Historical Society · Nashville, TN · 2024
Donation
$250
Bradenton Methodist Church · Bradenton, FL · 2023
Memory of barbara king
$250
Lebanon First United Methodist Church · Lebanon, TN · 2021
Flowers on memorial day, flower fund
$200
Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2021
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