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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 62-6044873

Massengill-Defriece Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Bristol, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $224,795 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $224,795

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $6,007,278

  • Tax year 2024

    $212,090

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $5,360,570

  • Tax year 2023

    $166,050

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,906,889

  • Tax year 2022

    $189,100

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,368,312

  • Tax year 2021

    $211,600

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $5,381,389

  • Tax year 2020

    $199,450

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,842,386

  • Tax year 2019

    $187,300

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $4,605,110

  • Tax year 2018

    $191,887

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,027,142

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rocky Mount MuseumPiney Flats, TN

    Ex director salary

    $46,295
  2. Paramount TheaterBristol, TN

    New concession space

    $35,000
  3. Theatre BristolBristol, TN

    Seating

    $30,000
  4. Barter TheaterAbingdon, VA

    Arts

    $25,000
  5. Second Harvest Food BankGray, TN

    Covid

    $14,000
  6. Boys & Girls Club of Mountain EmpireBristol, VA

    After-school program

    $10,000
  7. Bristol Food PantryBristol, VA

    Operations

    $10,000
  8. Bristol Speech and HearingBristol, VA

    Assistance programs

    $10,000
  9. Communities in SchoolsBristol, VA

    Student coordinators

    $10,000
  10. Feeding America Southwest VirginiaSalem, VA

    Food

    $10,000
  11. Birthplace of Country Music MuseumBristol, VA

    Songwriter exhibit

    $7,500
  12. Sullivan County Imagination LibraryKingsport, TN

    Books for preschool

    $6,000
  13. Rotary of BristolBristol, VA

    Rotary teacher's award

    $5,000
  14. Kingsport BalletKingsport, TN

    Children's programs

    $3,000
  15. United WayBristol, TN

    Youth

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $33,00067% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,00020% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $6,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee7 grants $137,295
  2. Virginia8 grants $87,500

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • C Thomas Davenport JrPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • C Richard Hagerstrom JrDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Paul E DefrieceDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Chet SikorskiDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Stephen L EverhartDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Ronan KingDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Polly WillsSECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 5Pay $0
  • Kate DefrieceDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Drew WillsDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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