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Day Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Chattanooga, Tennessee · EIN 862143114

Day Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In tax year 2025 it gave $100,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $50,000 and the largest $70,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $110,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 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$100,0002$2.1 million
2024$110,0002$2.1 million
2025$100,0002$2.3 million

How to apply

ContactJohn Buhrman
345 Frazier Avenue Ste 210, Chattanooga, TN 37405
Phone or email(423) 266-5691, jrb@burhmanlaw.com
What to submitFor those wishing to bring a student to the attention of the foundation, a written summary of not more than two pages should be sent to the foundation.
RestrictionsTuition for school year

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Day Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Tennessee.

StateGrantsAmount
Tennessee2$100,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Notre Dame High School
Chattanooga, TN
Tuition assistance$70,000
Saint Jude Catholic School
Chattanooga, TN
Tuition assistance$30,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Day Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Day Family Foundation Inc give?

$100,000 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $50,000.

Who runs Day Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists John Burhman (President), Brent Goldberg (Secretary-Treasurer) and Todd Dockery (Vice President).

What does Day Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and faith communities.

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