Private foundation · Nashville, TN

The Restoration Foundation

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Typical grant size
$5K – $5K – $10K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
43
Repeat grantees
26
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

John Elam
TRUSTEE
Lulu Elam
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
6.8%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
222
Total grants awarded
$2.2M
Total amount
$10K
Average grant
$52K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$222K
28 grants
2023
$208K
18 grants
2022
$245K
25 grants
2021
$190K
21 grants
2020
$152K
16 grants
2019
$157K
13 grants
2018
$154K
17 grants
2017
$203K
20 grants
2016
$194K
13 grants
2015
$200K
24 grants
2014
$259K
27 grants

Top recipients

Final Command
12 grants · TN
$445K
Sat-7
7 grants · MD
$165K
Frontiers
12 grants · AZ
$130K
New Harvest Global
5 grants · IL
$110K
7 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$85K
4 grants · TN · ✓ Exact match
$70K
New Harvest Global Ministries
4 grants · TN
$60K
11 grants · TN · ✓ Exact match
$57K
City Team Ministries
4 grants · CA
$55K
Salvation Army
2 grants · TN
$40K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Final Command
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$30K
Grundy County Historical Society
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$20K
Unit-e
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$14K
Optima Foundation
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
FL · TY 2024
$10K
Frontiers
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
AZ · TY 2024
$10K
Frontiers
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
AZ · TY 2024
$10K
National Center on
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
DC · TY 2024
$10K
Prison Fellowship
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
VA · TY 2024
$10K
Sat 7
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
MD · TY 2024
$10K
917 Society
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$10K
New Generations
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
IL · TY 2024
$10K
Wired Human
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$10K
Search Ministries
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TX · TY 2024
$5K
Servant Group International
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
Urban Promise
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
People Loving Nashville
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
Hope and Life Ministries
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
Freedom's Promise
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
Tn Right to Life Education Fund
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
Hope Clinic
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
Hope Clinic
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
King's Hill House of Prayer
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
Naht
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$5K
His Battle Ax Ministries
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
NC · TY 2024
$5K
Final Command
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$3K
Men of Valor
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$2K
Faith Family Medical Center
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$2K
Travelers Rest Historic House
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2024
$1K
Final Command
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$40K
Onward
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$30K
Salvation Army
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$30K
National Center on
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
DC · TY 2023
$10K
New Generations
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
IL · TY 2023
$10K
New Generations
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
IL · TY 2023
$10K
Frontiers
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
AZ · TY 2023
$10K
Wired Human
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$10K
Wired Human
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$10K
Prison Fellowship
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
VA · TY 2023
$10K
Eagle Forum Foundation
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$5K
Hope Clinic
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$5K
Naht
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$5K
Tn Right to Life Education Fund
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$5K
Servant Group International
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$5K
Patmos Inc
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$5K
Center for Immigration Studies
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
DC · TY 2023
$5K
Hope and Life Ministries
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2023
$3K
Final Command
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2022
$45K
Grundy County Historical Society
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2022
$20K
Blue Monarch
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
TN · TY 2022
$20K
New Harvest Global Ministries
FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE FDN
IL · TY 2022
$15K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.