Tennessee · Private foundation
Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $643k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $55k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $30k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $61k | n/a |
92% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Religion$97kFood & Nutrition$25kEducation$14kHuman Services$6kInternational$3kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea County Fair | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Isaiah 117 House | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bryan College | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holt International Children's Services Inc | $255 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($108k), not named here.
About Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc
- How much does Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc give?
- Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $54,955 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Education (10%).
- Who are Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Rhea County Fair ($25k), Isaiah 117 House ($6k), Bryan College ($4k).
- Does Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc based?
- Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc is based in TN.
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