Private foundation (trust)EIN 626288610Est. 1995-03

GAUSE FOUNDATION

Nashville, TN 37205

Total Assets

$2.3M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$127K

FY 2023

Grants Made

76

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$2K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$100–$33K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$94K

Total Expenses

$129K

Qualifying Distributions

$127K

Distributable Amount

$114K

Min. Investment Return

$115K

Undistributed Income

$18K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

76 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $1K to maximum $33K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $127K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

315 grants

St Marys Episcopal Cathedral
$99K
4 grants
Crossroads Campus
$16K
4 grants
Grove Park Foundation
$16K
3 grants
Opera Memphis
$15K
3 grants
Atlanta Food Bank
$11K
2 grants
Star C
$10K
1 grant
Cathedral of St Philips
$7K
1 grant
Vanderbilt University
$6K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

315 grants

<$10K
311
grants
$10–50K
4
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

13 states

Tennessee
$296K
71% of total
Georgia
$104K
25% of total
Mississippi
$4K
1% of total
North Carolina
$4K
1% of total
New York
$3K
1% of total
Virginia
$3K
1% of total
Maryland
$1K
0% of total
California
$1K
0% of total
Washington
$700
0% of total
Colorado
$500
0% of total

+3 more states

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