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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 58-2071026

The Christ Foundation

A private foundation in Nashville, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $6,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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
John McDowell
110 31st Ave N 294
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 708-7950
Form and materials
Written form exact use of funds
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Education and humanatarian charities in urban area of TN

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $6,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $12,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $143,705

  • Tax year 2023

    $8,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $118,349

  • Tax year 2022

    $6,300

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $81,485

  • Tax year 2021

    $8,200

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $159,309

  • Tax year 2020

    $7,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $166,510

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Second Harvest Food BankNashville, TN

    Feeding needy

    $4,000
  2. EntrywayVienna, VA

    Education

    $2,000
  3. Killebrew Ag FoundationRidgeland, MS

    Support needy in MS

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee1 grant $4,000
  2. Virginia1 grant $2,000
  3. Mississippi1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • John McDowell CEOTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Amanda McDowellTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Joe DickTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Curtis McDowellTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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