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Adams Family Foundation II

Murfreesboro, TN · EIN 62-1515108. Reported 113 grants totalling $1,663,180 to 57 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$1,663,180granted, 2021-2025
57recipients, as named on its returns
58%of grantees funded again the next year
$19.3Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Adams Family Foundation II did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $12,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $101,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
17 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
27 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
50 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
7 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
9 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Special KidsMurfreesboro, TN$200,000332024
World Outreach ChurchMurfreesboro, TN$170,000332023
St Thomas FoundationMurfreesboro, TN$101,000112021
Archies PromiseMurfreesboro, TN$78,000552025
North Blvd Church of ChMurfreesboro, TN$75,455112021
Hopegivers InternationaColumbus, GA$70,000222025
Mtsu Braa TennisMurfreesboro, TN$70,000112025
Heifer InternationalLittle Rock, AR$65,000552025
Boys and Girls ClubMurfreesboro, TN$62,500552025
Journey HomeMurfreesboro, TN$60,000442025
Middle Tn Christian SchMurfreesboro, TN$50,000112021
Barnabas VisionMurfreesboro, TN$45,475442024
Smile TrainWashington, DC$45,000442025
American Red CrossNashville, TN$40,000442024
Greenhouse MinistriesMurfreesboro, TN$35,000222022
Marys MealsBloomfield, NJ$35,000222023
Blue MonarchMonteagle, TN$30,000332024
Wounded WarriorJacksonville, FL$30,000332023
Domestic ViolenceMurfreesboro, TN$25,000332024
Habitat HumanityMurfreesboro, TN$25,000112021
Alzheimers AssocMurfreesboro, TN$24,000332024
Children Discovery CtrMurfreesboro, TN$20,000222023
Feed America FirstMurfreesboro, TN$20,000442025
Friends of Maiti NapalBoston, MA$20,000222024
Possibilty PlaceMurfreesboro, TN$20,000112025
Samaritans PurseBoone, NC$20,000222025
Habitat for HumanityMurfreesboro, TN$19,000332025
St Marks United Meth ChMurfreesboro, TN$18,000332023
Drs Collaborating HelpCambridge, MA$15,000112023
Liberty StationMurfreesboro, TN$15,000222025
Childrens Discov HouseMurfreesboro, TN$10,000112024
Friends of NapalBoston, MA$10,000112022
Mid Tenn State UniversiMurfreesboro, TN$10,000112023
Mid Tn State UniversityMurfreesboro, TN$10,000112022
Middle Tn State UnivMurfreesboro, TN$10,000112021
Operation Finally HomeDallas, TX$10,000112025
PorticoMurfreesboro, TN$10,000222022
We Remember YouMurfreesboro, TN$10,000112025
Wounded WarriorsJacksonville, FL$10,000112024
AgapeNashville, TN$8,000442024
Beesley Animal FoundatiMurfreesboro, TN$6,500112025
Stewart Cr Hi Sch SportSmyrna, TN$6,000112025
Doors of HopeMurfreesboro, TN$5,000112025
Free for LifeFranklin, TN$5,000112022
Greenhouse MinistryMurfreesboro, TN$5,000112025
Make a WishNashville, TN$5,000112025
Second Harvest Food BanNashville, TN$5,000112025
Beesley FoundationMurfreesboro, TN$4,000222023
Mirror Image InternatioMurfreesboro, TN$4,000112025
Beesley AnimalMurfreesboro, TN$3,250112024
St Marks Methodist ChMurfreesboro, TN$3,000112024
Telluride AIDS BenefitTelluride, CO$2,500112025
Ascension FoundationMurfreesboro, TN$2,000222025
Main Street of MboroMurfreesboro, TN$2,000112021
Monterey Fly Club AuxciSalinas, CA$2,000112021
Bedford Co ArtsShelbyville, TN$1,000112024
Sixteen HandsOna, FL$500112021

27 of 57 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 58%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 41 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
17 grants
International Affairs
7 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Employment
3 grants
Religion
2 grants
Crime & Legal
1 grant
Housing & Shelter
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202123$560,930$15,475
202222$248,000$10,000
202322$262,000$10,000
202423$298,250$10,000
202523$294,000$6,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

80% of its giving went to organizations in Tennessee. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Tennessee
$1.3M
Georgia
$70K
Arkansas
$65K
Massachusetts
$45K
District of Columbia
$45K
Florida
$40K
New Jersey
$35K
North Carolina
$20K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc10 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program10 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc8 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Tennessee.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Adams Family Foundation II's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 801 Mooreland Lane, Murfreesboro, TN, 37128. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 62-1515108 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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