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Julia C West Foundation

Accepts applications Kingsport, Tennessee · EIN 993511118

Julia C West Foundation is a private foundation in Kingsport, Tennessee. In tax year 2025 it gave $85,216 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2024$00$41,250
2025$85,2166$4.2 million

How to apply

ContactExecutive Director
537 East Center St, Kingsport, TN 37660
Phone or email(423) 246-8176, jcwestfoundation@gmail.com
What to submitWritten guidelines for application are provided upon request thru email or phone contact. Grant applications are received qtrs 3 and 4 each year. The board evaluates the applications typically during the qtr 1 and awards the grants in may of each year. Emergency grants are considered at each board meeting.
DeadlinesDecember 31
RestrictionsMust fall into one of three categories set by julia c west the benefactoreducation arts animal welfare

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Julia C West Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Tennessee.

StateGrantsAmount
Tennessee6$85,216

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Petworks Animal Services Inc
Kingsport, TN
Support of animal welfare$25,000
Dobyns Bennett Band Boosters Club
Kingsport, TN
Support of the arts payment 1 of 4 year pledge$25,000
Boys Girls Club Greater Kingsport
Kingsport, TN
Education programs for youth$25,000
Individual
TN
$5,000
Family Promise of Greater Kingsport
Kingsport, TN
Education for mothers and children residents$3,816
Help Me Stream Research Foundation
Kingsport, TN
Scholarship underwriting$1,400

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Julia C West Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: December 31.

How much does Julia C West Foundation give?

$85,216 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs Julia C West Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists James C Rose (President), Rebecca B Wright (Secretary), Charles D Royston (Treasurer) and Steven C Rose (Director).

What does Julia C West Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and youth programs.

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