Kendall Berry Charitable Trust
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Franklin, Tennessee. Its 2025 filing reports 11 grants totaling $63,000 to charitable organizations, with listed purposes including food assistance, homelessness assistance, missions, and tuition assistance.
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust at a glance
In short: Kendall Berry Charitable Trust gave $63K across 11 grants in 2025 (avg $6K), mostly in Tennessee. 0% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $63,000
- +17.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 11
- +10.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $5,727
- +6.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $5,000
- Total assets
- $1,041,478
- +2.8% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 0% first-time grantees (0 of 11, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Tennessee (71% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Kendall Berry Charitable Trust
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The trust states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: 816 Sneed Road West, Franklin, TN 37069
Phone: (615) 373-8584
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Kendall Berry Charitable Trust funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Second Harvest Food Bank ($14K). Together the top 10 received $62K.
Grant Size Distribution
54 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 54 grants of 54 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 filing reports that 71% of grant dollars went to recipients in Tennessee, 8% each to recipients in Arkansas, Florida, and Virginia, and 3% to recipients in Kentucky. The listed 2025 grants also include a $1,000 grant to Colorado Baptist General Convention.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 11 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Kendall Berry Charitable Trust open to new grantees?
0%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 0 of 11 grantees (0%) were first-time recipients. With only 11 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 9 points. How we count
- 91% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 43% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2024 it paid out 94% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $42K (2021) to $63K (2025). In 2025 it made 11 grants totaling $63K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Food Bank Nashville, TN | Food Assistance to Needy | $14,000 |
| Healing Hands Int'l Nashville, TN | Missions | $11,500 |
| Nashville Rescue Mission Nashville, TN | Assistance to Homeless | $10,000 |
| Mississippi County Union Mission Blytheville, AR | Assistance to Homeless | $5,000 |
| Cottontree Foundation Brentwood, TN | Assistance | $5,000 |
| Globe International Pensacola, FL | Missions | $5,000 |
| Answering the Call Roanoke, VA | Missions | $5,000 |
| Lamai Afgan Foundation Nashville, TN | Help Children & People of Afganistan | $2,500 |
| Franklin High School Fund Franklin, TN | Fundraiser | $2,000 |
| Centre College of Kentucky Danville, KY | Tuition Assistance | $2,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,041,478 | $93,957 | $65,653 | $63,000 | 11 | $63,000 | $91,542 | — |
| 2024 | $1,013,174 | $97,029 | $54,969 | $53,750 | 10 | $53,750 | $95,810 | $56,934 |
| 2023 | $971,114 | $-18,293 | $50,399 | $49,500 | 11 | $49,500 | $18,461 | $51,283 |
| 2022 | $1,039,806 | $33,512 | $44,175 | $44,100 | 9 | $44,100 | $51,846 | $53,620 |
| 2021 | $1,050,469 | $537,534 | $44,757 | $41,900 | 13 | $41,900 | $534,677 | $32,219 |
| 2020 | $557,692 | $71,908 | $50,585 | $50,000 | 23 | — | $71,323 | — |
| 2019 | $536,369 | $101,233 | $50,985 | $50,400 | 27 | — | $100,648 | — |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the trust is provided. Its 2025 grants show support for organizations working in areas including food assistance, services for people experiencing homelessness, missions, and tuition assistance.
Among its grantees, Nashville Rescue Mission describes its work as providing food, clothing, shelter, and recovery programs for people in Middle Tennessee. Answering the Call describes itself as an international missions organization supporting local leaders through micro-industry development, public health awareness, humanitarian and medical relief, and education. Colorado Baptist General Convention describes its mission as telling the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people who do not know it.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the trust gave 11 grants totaling $63,000. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $14,000, with a median of $5,000.
The largest grants included $14,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank for food assistance to people in need, $11,500 to Healing Hands Int’l for missions, and $10,000 to Nashville Rescue Mission for assistance to people experiencing homelessness. Other grants included $5,000 each to Mississippi County Union Mission for assistance to people experiencing homelessness, Cottontree Foundation for assistance, Globe International for missions, and Answering the Call for missions.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Alan Berry and Prentiss W Berry as trustees.
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Alan Berry
Trustee
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Prentiss W. Berry
Trustee
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Kendall Berry Charitable Trust
How much does Kendall Berry Charitable Trust give each year?
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust gave $63K across 11 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $54K across 10 grants.
What is Kendall Berry Charitable Trust's typical grant size?
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust's median grant in 2025 was $5,000, and its average grant was $5,727, across 11 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Kendall Berry Charitable Trust give grants?
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust gives mostly in Tennessee: 71% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Arkansas (8%) and Florida (8%). The most frequent recipient cities were Nashville, TN (4 grants).
Does Kendall Berry Charitable Trust give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 11 grants with a stated purpose on Kendall Berry Charitable Trust's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Missions" (4 grants).
Who are Kendall Berry Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust's largest 2025 grantees include Second Harvest Food Bank ($14,000), Healing Hands Int'l ($11,500) and Nashville Rescue Mission ($10,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 56% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Kendall Berry Charitable Trust?
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust reported $1.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $94K.
What does Kendall Berry Charitable Trust fund?
No mission statement for the trust is provided. Its 2025 grants show support for organizations working in areas including food assistance, services for people experiencing homelessness, missions, and tuition assistance. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Kendall Berry Charitable Trust?
The trust states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Kendall Berry Charitable Trust's EIN?
Kendall Berry Charitable Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 62-6384064. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Kendall Berry Charitable Trust accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 12, 2020)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Kendall Berry Charitable Trust funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/kendall-berry-charitable-trust-morg_434a17cf31884f4289781f51214eb273
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