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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 38-3656678

Seme Foundation

A private foundation in Cookeville, TN. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $262,500 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $262,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $7,341,830

  • Tax year 2023

    $244,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $7,775,892

  • Tax year 2022

    $581,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $8,101,323

  • Tax year 2021

    $147,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $5,741,438

  • Tax year 2020

    $72,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $6,155,127

  • Tax year 2019

    $405,600

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $4,123,287

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cookeville Rescue MissionCookeville, TN

    Community support

    $75,000
  2. Mustard Seed RanchCookeville, TN

    Assist children

    $50,000
  3. Hope Center Adoption and Family ServicesCookeville, TN

    Support families

    $50,000
  4. Grassroots People's FundSearcy, AR

    Support farms

    $30,000
  5. Cookeville Crisis Pregnancy ClinicCookeville, TN

    Assist women

    $25,000
  6. Wesley CollegeDover, DE

    Education

    $25,000
  7. Cookeville High School - Track and FieldCookeville, TN

    Sport for children

    $5,000
  8. Tennessee Central Railway MuseumNashville, TN

    Education

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $100,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee6 grants $207,500
  2. Arkansas1 grant $30,000
  3. Delaware1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Thomas H JonesPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Clarence Lee Jones IIIOFFICER/DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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