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James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Nashville, Tennessee · EIN 264386453

James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Nashville, Tennessee. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.0 million in 29 grants; the typical grant was $25,000 and the largest $700,000. 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 $927,500 the year before.

70% of its 2024 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$927,50022$23.0 million
2024$2.0 million29$23.8 million

How to apply

ContactLizzy Martin
333 11th Avenue South Suite 500, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone or email(615) 846-2103
What to submitApplication form provided by the foundation. Include: documentation of tax exempt status, list of officers & directors, most recent audited financial statement, internal financial statements & operating budget, projected budget.
RestrictionsNo grants for: individuals, loans travel or seminars, government agencies, political purposes, dinner events, other private foundations, telethons.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Tennessee.

StateGrantsAmount
Tennessee26$2.0 million
Florida1$10,000
Massachusetts1$1,667
Indiana1$456

Grants paid in 2024

All 29 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Nashville Public Library Foundation
Nashville, TN
Nashville public library's literary award gala endowment$700,000
Governor Frank G Clement Railroad Hotel Museum
Dickson, TN
Governor frank g. Clement railroad hotel museum endowment campaign$250,000
Vu - Vanderbilt University - Athletic Department
Nashville, TN
Vandy united: envisioning the future of vanderbilt golf$250,000
Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN
The turner family distinguished visting professor of public policy$167,000
Friends of Warner Parks
Nashville, TN
Capital fund support - new building$100,000
Nashville Public Television
Nashville, TN
Npt's a word on words$75,000
American Red Cross - Nashville Area Chapter
Nashville, TN
Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern tennessee from hurricane helene$50,000
Cumberland Heights Foundation
Nashville, TN
Recovery in community capital campaign$50,000
Renewal House Inc
Nashville, TN
Matching grant for early learning center capital campaign$50,000
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Nashville, TN
Tpacs annual family day and further programmatic support for tpac$50,000
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Nashville, TN
Tpacs annual family day and further programmatic support for tpac's dance program$50,000
Word to Flesh Ministries Inc DBA Moss Rose Education Foundation
Brentwood, TN
"celebrate the fine arts" educational video project$50,000
Nashville Anti Human Trafficking Coalition
Nashville, TN
General operating support$30,000
Communities in Schools of Tennessee
Nashville, TN
General operating support$25,000
Tennessee Innocence Project
Nashville, TN
General operating support$25,000
Nashville Repertory Theatre
Nashville, TN
Nashville repertory theatre's youth education program & program expansion$20,000
Nashville Public Education Foundation
Nashville, TN
2024 blue ribbon teacher awards$15,000
Home Street Home
Hermitage, TN
General operating support$10,000
Mia's Miracles Foundation Inc
Tequesta, FL
Mia's miracles pro-am$10,000
Nashville Children's Theatre
Nashville, TN
Nct's arts access and family access membership$10,000
Friendship House
Nashville, TN
Fall bash - sponsor support$5,000
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center
Nashville, TN
Sponsorship at the entrepreneur center's next awards$5,000
Nashville Public Education Foundation
Nashville, TN
2024 public schools hall of fame$3,000
Nashville Zoo Inc
Nashville, TN
Annual gift for claws, paws, jaws$2,500
Haymakers for Hope
Boston, MA
Haymakers for hope fundraising event$1,667
Saddle Up
Franklin, TN
Annual giving$1,000
Second Harvest Food Bank
Nashville, TN
General operating$1,000
The Next Door
Nashville, TN
General operating$500
Solid Rock International
Fort Wayne, IN
Program support$456

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc give?

$2.0 million in tax year 2024, across 29 grants, with a typical grant of $25,000.

Who runs James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists James Stephen Turner Sr (Vice-President/Director/Member), James Stephen Turner Jr (President/Director/Member), Christi Turner (Secretary/Director/Member) and Katherine Turner (Treasurer/Director) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and youth programs.

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