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Cole Foundation Robert H & Monica M

Accepts applications Knoxville, Tennessee · EIN 626137973

Cole Foundation Robert H & Monica M is a private foundation in Knoxville, Tennessee. In tax year 2024 it gave $318,500 in 31 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $175,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $270,250 the year before.

13% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$270,25027$5.9 million
2024$318,50031$5.9 million

How to apply

ContactKatie Waldrop
Home Federal Trust Department 515, Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone or email(865) 541-6883, katie.waldrop@homefederaltn.com
What to submitNo prescribed form, should include descrpition of organization, group, or persons to whom distributions are made, name a
DeadlinesNone, however distributions are made in november
RestrictionsNo distributions are made to political groups

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Cole Foundation Robert H & Monica M funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Tennessee.

StateGrantsAmount
Tennessee2$176,000
Virginia10$66,000
New York9$27,000
Florida3$20,000
District of Columbia2$12,000
California1$10,000
Maine3$4,000
Maryland1$3,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 31 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Operational support$175,000
Northern Piedmont Community Foundation
Warrenton, VA
Operational support$30,000
Blue Ridge School
St George, VA
Operational support$12,500
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY
Operational expenses$10,000
American Red Cross Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Operational$10,000
The Highland School
Warrenton, VA
Operations$10,000
Four Arts Society of Palm Beach
Palm Beach, FL
Operational support$10,000
Smithsonian Libraries
Washington, DC
Operational support$8,000
Roots and Wings Inc
Delray Beach, FL
Operations$5,000
St Pauls Episcopal Church
Delray Beach, FL
Religious operations$5,000
Metropolitan Opera Association
New York, NY
Operational support$4,000
US Friends of Hoedspruit
New York, NY
Operational expenses$4,000
American Society Order of St John
Washington, DC
Operational support$4,000
Red Wiggler Foundation
Clarksburg, MD
Administrative expenses$3,500
Nypwcmc
New York, NY
Operational support$3,000
St James Childrens Center
Richmond, VA
Operational$3,000
Northstar Academy Inc
Glen Allen, VA
Operational$2,500
French Heritage Foundation
New York, NY
Operational support$2,000
Virginia Home
Richmond, VA
Operational expenses$2,000
National Sporting Library & Museum
Middleburg, VA
Operational expenses$2,000
Scarborough Land Trust
Scarborough, ME
Operational support$1,500
St James Episcopal Church
Scarborough, ME
Religious operations$1,500
Children's Hospital Foundation
Richmond, VA
Operations$1,500
Riverside School
North Chesterfield, VA
General operations$1,500
Prouts Neck Association
Scarborough, ME
Operational support$1,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Operations$1,000
Central Park Conservancy
New York, NY
Operations$1,000
Neue Galerie New York
New York, NY
Operations$1,000
Fund for Park Avenue
New York, NY
Operations$1,000
Old Gray Cemetery
Knoxville, TN
Operational support$1,000
The Doorways
Richmond, VA
Operational expenses$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cole Foundation Robert H & Monica M accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: None, however distributions are made in november.

How much does Cole Foundation Robert H & Monica M give?

$318,500 in tax year 2024, across 31 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Cole Foundation Robert H & Monica M?

Its 2024 filing lists Sarah Cole Page (Director), Margaret McKenry Nash (Director), James R McKenry Jr (Director) and Monica Cole Johnson (Director) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Cole Foundation Robert H & Monica M fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, health and arts and culture.

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