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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-6779544

Elliott Leigh Githens Foundation

A private foundation in Brentwood, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $170,000 paid in grants.

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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $52,425
  • Tax year 2024

    $151,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $71,158
  • Tax year 2023

    $127,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $69,562
  • Tax year 2022

    $126,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $45,852
  • Tax year 2021

    $127,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $74,003
  • Tax year 2020

    $254,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $78,683

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. YMCA of Metro Atlanta Inc Young Mens Christian Assoc of Metro AtlAtlanta, GA

    General operating support

    $125,000
  2. Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta IncBrookhaven, GA

    General charitable purposes

    $25,000
  3. The Lovett SchoolAtlanta, GA

    General charitable purposes

    $20,000

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 $125,00086% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $20,00014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Georgia3 grants $170,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Advocacy Trust LLCTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $573

The return

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