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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 62-1682892

Caritas Foundation

A private foundation in Nashville, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $147,000 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

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

    $147,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,384,774

  • Tax year 2024

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,318,170

  • Tax year 2023

    $141,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,259,351

  • Tax year 2022

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,296,449

  • Tax year 2021

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,413,467

  • Tax year 2020

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,156,279

  • Tax year 2019

    $12,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $209,809

  • Tax year 2018

    $11,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $203,420

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. CheekwoodNashville, TN

    Charitable purposes

    $50,000
  2. Pencil FoundationNashville, TN

    Charitable purposes

    $25,000
  3. United Way of Greater NashvilleNashville, TN

    Charitable purposes

    $12,500
  4. Oak Hill SchoolNashville, TN

    Charitable purposes

    $12,500
  5. Nashville Public Library FoundationNashville, TN

    General support for operations

    $10,000
  6. The Community FoundationNashville, TN

    Charitable purposes

    $10,000
  7. St George's Episcopal ChruchNashville, TN

    Charitable purposes

    $7,000
  8. St John's SchoolHouston, TX

    Charitable purposes

    $7,000
  9. DWTXSan Antonio, TX

    Charitable purposes

    $5,000
  10. Heritage SocietyHouston, TX

    Charitable purposes

    $3,000
  11. Nashville Food ProjectNashville, TN

    Charitable purposes

    $2,000
  12. Symphony CampaignNashville, TN

    Charitable purposes

    $2,000
  13. Musicambia IncBrooklyn, NY

    Charitable purposes

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $35,00071% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $12,50025% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $2,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee9 grants $131,000
  2. Texas3 grants $15,000
  3. New York1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Clay T JacksonTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Clay T Jackson JrTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Cathy JacksonTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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