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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 72-1367496

Ruth Q Davis Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Nashville, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $97,720 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

    $97,720

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,017,136

  • Tax year 2024

    $92,104

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,097,940

  • Tax year 2023

    $110,750

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,176,511

  • Tax year 2022

    $71,095

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,277,999

  • Tax year 2021

    $125,187

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,377,148

  • Tax year 2020

    $111,980

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,438,957

  • Tax year 2019

    $111,060

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,581,714

  • Tax year 2018

    $104,904

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,327,360

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Coastal Alabama Community CollegeMonroeville, AL

    Nursing education

    $16,000
  2. ARC of Calhoun & Cleburne CountiesAnniston, AL

    Aid to persons with disabilities

    $15,000
  3. Community Found of BirminghamBirminmgham, AL

    Boiling springs farm fund

    $10,000
  4. Coosa County DHRRockford, AL

    Assistance for foster children

    $10,000
  5. Ums WrightMobile, AL

    Education

    $6,000
  6. Freedom FarmCoker, AL

    Home for at-risk kids

    $6,000
  7. Pickens County DHRCarrollton, AL

    Assistance for foster children

    $6,000
  8. Wilcox County DHRCamden, AL

    Assistance for foster children

    $6,000
  9. Community Found of BirminghamBirmingham, AL

    Quick bridge health fund

    $5,000
  10. Helen James FoundationDothan, AL

    Families with a stillborn child

    $5,000
  11. Community EnablerAnniston, AL

    Provide for needs of the poor

    $5,000
  12. Circle of Love FoundationHoover, AL

    Supplies & toys for needy children

    $3,000
  13. Light of the VillagePrichard, AL

    Christian ministry to inner city

    $3,000
  14. Exponent PhilanthropyWashington, DC

    Foundation planning

    $1,720

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $6,00047% of the total
  2. Mental health1 grant $5,00039% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,72014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama12 grants $91,000
  2. Tennessee1 grant $5,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $1,720

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Clay S AgeePRES/DIR Hours 10Pay $21,000
  • Lesa N AgeeTREAS/DIR Hours 8Pay $15,000
  • William Henry AgeeSEC/DIR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Anna M AgeeVP/DIR Hours 7Pay $13,200

The return

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