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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 23-7029788

The Sparks Foundation

A private foundation in Columbia, TN. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $401,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Robert D Sparks
2500 Carpenter Bridge Rd
Columbia, TN 384017803
(901) 766-4412
Form and materials
Organization information, contact, directors, tax status, project information, amount requested, tax-exempt certification, financial statements, project budget, list of donors
Deadlines
March 31 and October 31
Restrictions
Areas of interest include education, arts, handicapped, and religion; geographical areas include tennessee, mississippi, texas, arizona, montana, oklahoma, south carolina, and the us virgin islands; tax-exempt, current on all reports for prior grants, will not consider requests for federated campaigns, specific individuals, or organizations who discriminate based on race, ethnic origin, sex, creed, or sexual orientation

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $401,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $7,279,001

  • Tax year 2023

    $326,791

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $6,424,463

  • Tax year 2022

    $241,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $5,178,287

  • Tax year 2021

    $329,016

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $6,488,475

  • Tax year 2020

    $260,316

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $5,793,160

  • Tax year 2019

    $292,027

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,980,864

  • Tax year 2018

    $101,728

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,721,898

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

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

  1. America First Policy InstituteFort Worth, TX

    To support the organizations mission.

    $375,000
  2. Individual

    To support the Organization's mission.

    $10,000
  3. Individual

    To support the Organization's mission.

    $10,000
  4. Covenant Church of Heber SpringsHeber Springs, AR

    To support the church's mission

    $5,000
  5. Ambassador Services InternationalFranklin, TN

    to support the organization's mission.

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $375,000100% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia1 grant $375,000
  2. Arkansas1 grant $5,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Robert D SparksTrustee Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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