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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 88-1395255

Metta Tree Foundation 43-59869

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $1.3 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,310,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $10,405,943

  • Tax year 2024

    $735,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $10,875,549

  • Tax year 2023

    $560,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $10,897,707

  • Tax year 2022

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $9,429,078

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Give DirectlyNew York, NY

    General support

    $250,000
  2. The Institute for Ethnomedicine (DBA Brian Chemistry Labs)Jackson, WY

    General support

    $200,000
  3. Atlanta Community Food BankAtlanta, GA

    General support

    $175,000
  4. Chattanooga Area Food BankChattanooga, TN

    General support

    $175,000
  5. Second Harvest Food BankMaryville, TN

    General support

    $175,000
  6. YMCA Rome and Floyd CountyRome, GA

    Anti hunger program

    $150,000
  7. Founders Pledge IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  8. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    General support

    $75,000
  9. Rome Floyd Community Soup KitchenRome, GA

    General support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture2 grants $350,00048% of the total
  2. Medical research1 grant $200,00028% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $100,00014% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $75,00010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $350,000
  2. Tennessee2 grants $350,000
  3. Georgia3 grants $335,000
  4. Wyoming1 grant $200,000
  5. North Carolina1 grant $75,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • John E GrizzardPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert U GrizzardSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jefferson E GrizzardDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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