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Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Chattanooga, Tennessee · EIN 872160314

Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In tax year 2025 it gave $54,955 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $4,500 and the largest $34,700. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $30,000 the year before.

67% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$60,5002$643,633
2024$30,0005$649,815
2025$54,9556$665,861

How to apply

ContactCheryl Rector
119 Paul Lane, Dayton, TN 37321
Phone or email(423) 752-2666
What to submitFor those wishing to bring a project to the attention of the foundation, a written summary of not more than two pages should be sent to the foundation.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Tennessee.

StateGrantsAmount
Tennessee5$54,700
Oregon1$255

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Wolf Creek Baptist Church
Spring City, TN
Operating expenses$34,700
Spring City Elementary School
Spring City, TN
Operating expenses$10,000
Isaiah 117 House
Elizabethton, TN
Operating expenses$6,000
Bryan College
Dayton, TN
Operating expenses$3,000
Jimmy Napier Ministries
Chattanooga, TN
Operating expenses$1,000
Holt International
Eugene, OR
Operating expenses$255

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc give?

$54,955 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $4,500.

Who runs Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Cheryl L Rector (President), Rachael Gardner (Secretary) and Andrew Tucker (Director).

What does Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and education.

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