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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-6158233

Gail C Link Education Trust

A private foundation in Chattanooga, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $66,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Based on school year
Restrictions
Scholarship awards limited to lower income students in hamilton county, TN

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $66,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $930,201

  • Tax year 2024

    $69,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $972,331

  • Tax year 2023

    $54,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,035,407

  • Tax year 2022

    $64,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $882,161

  • Tax year 2021

    $76,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $907,853

  • Tax year 2020

    $64,319

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $939,193

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Tennessee - ChattanoogaChattanooga, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $15,000
  2. University of Tennessee - KnoxvilleKnoxville, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $15,000
  3. University of MemphisMemphis, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $9,000
  4. Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboror, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $6,000
  5. University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, AL

    Student higher education scholarships

    $3,000
  6. Alabama A&M UniversityHuntsville, AL

    Student higher education scholarships

    $3,000
  7. East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $3,000
  8. Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $3,000
  9. Tennessee Tech UniversityCookeville, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $3,000
  10. Tennessee State UniversityNashville, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $3,000
  11. Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN

    Student higher education scholarships

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $3,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee9 grants $60,000
  2. Alabama2 grants $6,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Shawn Kurrelmeir-LeeDIRECTOR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Deborah MaddoxDIRECTOR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Tucker McClendonDIRECTOR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Principal Securities NetworkCUSTODIAN TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $18,758
  • Sandy DittusFUND MANAGER Hours 10Pay $0
  • Patricia RussellTRUSTEE & DIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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