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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 62-1827342

Joy Foundation

A private foundation in Nashville, TN. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $163,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $163,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $661,275
  • Tax year 2023

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $436,250
  • Tax year 2022

    $118,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $350,238
  • Tax year 2021

    $97,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $470,008
  • Tax year 2020

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $69,123
  • Tax year 2019

    $76,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $80,613
  • Tax year 2018

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $158,464

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

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

  1. Pritchard Preparatory SchoolMobile, AL

    To further exempt purpose

    $100,000
  2. Pure Word Deliverance House of PrayerEight Mile, AL

    To further exempt purpose

    $25,000
  3. John Minick MinistriesSmyrna, TN

    To further exempt purpose

    $10,000
  4. Amloved FoundationNashville, TN

    To further exempt purpose

    $10,000
  5. Pure Word Deliverance House of PrayerEight Mile, AL

    To further exempt purpose

    $10,000
  6. Individual

    To assist with purchase of wheelchair accessible van for a disabled child

    $5,000
  7. Women's Resource CenterTraverse City, MI

    To further exempt purpose

    $2,000
  8. Scan of Wilson CountyLebanon, TN

    To further exempt purpose

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $2,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama3 grants $135,000
  2. Tennessee3 grants $21,000
  3. Michigan1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Deborah PittmanDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Roy C FlowersPRESIDENT-TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Roy NicholSECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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