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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-7011052

Pellett Foundation

A private foundation in Knoxville, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $36,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 31, 2026), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $36,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $309,362
  • Tax year 2024

    $43,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $302,051
  • Tax year 2023

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $253,988
  • Tax year 2022

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $290,392
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $268,430
  • Tax year 2020

    $2,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $251,168
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $255,504
  • Tax year 2018

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $241,199

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Fork Shoals Historical SocietyPelzer, SC

    Charitable

    $23,000
  2. Individual

    Charitable

    $6,000
  3. Mountain AllianceBoone, NC

    Charitable

    $3,000
  4. Individual

    Charitable

    $3,000
  5. Columbia GreenColumbia, SC

    Charitable

    $1,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment1 grant $1,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina2 grants $24,500
  2. North Carolina1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • N Tracy PellettChairman Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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