Hawkins Family Foundation
Private foundation · Nashville, TN · EIN 20-8060303 · reported 2023–2025
26grants reported
$28Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$2.4Mtotal paid
5states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 5 of its 26 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $402K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
1216 Canterbury Dr
Nashville, TN 37205-4410
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee State University EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Murfreesboro, TN | $500,000 |
| St Paul's United Methodist Church RELIGIOUS - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Houston, TX | $275,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club Plateau COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Cashiers, NC | $250,000 |
| Summit Charter School EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Cashiers, NC | $250,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club Plateau COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Cashiers, NC | $250,000 |
| Summit Charter School EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Cashiers, NC | $250,000 |
| St Paul's United Methodist Church RELIGIOUS - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Houston, TX | $101,000 |
| Summit Charter School EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Cashiers, NC | $100,000 |
| Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Albany, NY | $100,000 |
| Vanderbilt University EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Nashville, TN | $50,000 |
| Vision Cashiers COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Cashiers, NC | $35,000 |
| Vision Cashiers COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Cashiers, NC | $35,000 |
| North Carolina Community Foundation EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Raleigh, NC | $31,520 |
| Kappa Sigma Endowment COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 |
| North Carolina Community Foundation EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 |
| West End United Methodist Church COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Nashville, TN | $20,000 |
| American Red Cross of Nashville COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Nashville, TN | $10,000 |
| Blue Ridge School Education Foundation EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Cashiers, NC | $10,000 |
| Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Albany, NY | $10,000 |
| American Red Cross of Nashville COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Nashville, TN | $10,000 |
| St Paul's United Methodist Church RELIGIOUS - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| The Golf Club of Tennessee Scholarship Fund EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Kingston Springs, TN | $2,500 |
| The Golf Club of Tennessee Scholarship Fund EDUCATION - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Kingston Springs, TN | $2,500 |
| City of Belle Meade COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Nashville, TN | $1,000 |
| St Paul's Methodist Foundation of Houston RELIGIOUS - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Houston, TX | $1,000 |
| The Society of the Ceres COMMUNITY - PROGRAM SUPPORT | Nashville, TN | $1,000 |
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