Nashville Rotary Service Trust
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Nashville Rotary Service Trust at a glance
In short: Nashville Rotary Service Trust gave $104K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $26K), mostly in Tennessee. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $104,000
- +10.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $26,000
- -17.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $17,000
- Total assets
- $2,492,004
- +7.4% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Tennessee (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Nashville Rotary Service Trust funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Second Harvest Food Bank ($60K). Together the top 4 received $104K.
Grant Size Distribution
19 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 14 grants of 19 (74%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Nashville Rotary Service Trust gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+11%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $94K (2022) to $302K (2020). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $104K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Food Bank Nashville, TN | General Support | $60,000 |
| Book' Em Nashville, TN | General Support | $17,500 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Great Nash Nashville, TN | General Support | $16,500 |
| Franklin Noon Rotary Charity Found Franklin, TN | General Support | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,492,004 | $182,064 | $162,983 | $104,000 | 4 | $72,856 |
| 2024 | $2,319,953 | $236,786 | $133,532 | $94,000 | 3 | $137,817 |
| 2023 | $2,045,766 | $195,958 | $129,485 | $94,000 | 3 | $111,170 |
| 2022 | $1,829,583 | $177,607 | $128,724 | $94,000 | 3 | $118,603 |
| 2021 | $2,169,520 | $135,518 | $167,288 | $135,000 | 6 | $40,560 |
| 2020 | $1,497,702 | $221,862 | $370,149 | $301,500 | 9 | $88,679 |
| 2019 | $1,785,842 | $258,495 | $202,057 | $135,000 | 6 | $107,972 |
About Nashville Rotary Service Trust
Based on IRS filings
Nashville Rotary Service Trust is a public charity, based in Nashville, TN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $104K. Net investment income was $73K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Nashville Rotary Service Trust is led by Alfred Degrafinreid, President since 2025 (on filings since 2022); none of the 18 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Alfred Degrafinreid
President
Director → Vice President & President Elect, 2024
Vice President & President Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ken Youngstead
Vice President & President
Secretary & Treasurer → Director, 2023
Director → Vice President & President, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Fox
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jacky Akbari
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lydia Lenker
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles Sueing
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Clark Spoden
Director
Sergeant-At-Arms → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristine Lalonde
Director
Nrst Grants Chairperson → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lee Molette
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leisa Gill
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Ozgener
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joyce Searcy
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sunny Bray
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wanda Lyle
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joanne Pulles
Immediate Pa
Vice President & President Elect → President, 2024
President → Immediate Pa, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Olivia Leow
Executive Di
Executive Director → Executive Di, 2025
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michell Bosch
Secretary
Finance Committee Chairperson → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Caroline Rossini
Executive Di
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (27)
- Former: Bob Stokes (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Lisa Ferrelli (2020–2024) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Angie Adams (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Kristen Keely-Dinger (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Kim Estep (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Jim Schmitz (2024) — Seretary & Treasurer
- Former: Lauren Lane Payne (2019–2023) — Immediate Past President
- Former: William Liles (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jessica Averbuch (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jim Regnier (2023) — Seretary & Treasurer
- Former: Maya Bugg (2023) — Director
- Former: Richard J. Exton (2019–2022) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Veronica Marable-Johnson (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Christine Bradley (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Harry Allen (2019–2021) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Kem Hinton (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tony Heard (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Angela Goddard (2021) — Nrst Grants Chairperson
- Former: Meredith Libbey (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Ronald Q. Roberts (2019–2020) — Immediate Past President
- Former: W. Todd Henry (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Criag Bechtel (2020) — Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Brian Tibbs (2019) — Director
- Former: Daivd E. Briggs (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: J. Evette White (2019) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Robert Stokes (2019) — Director
- Former: Suzanne Buchanan (2019) — Executive Director
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 Nashville Rotary Service Trust
How much does Nashville Rotary Service Trust give each year?
Nashville Rotary Service Trust gave $104K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $94K across 3 grants.
What is Nashville Rotary Service Trust's typical grant size?
Nashville Rotary Service Trust's median grant in 2025 was $17,000, and its average grant was $26,000, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Nashville Rotary Service Trust give grants?
Nashville Rotary Service Trust gives mostly in Tennessee: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Nashville, TN (3 grants).
Does Nashville Rotary Service Trust give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Nashville Rotary Service Trust's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (4 of 4) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
How large is Nashville Rotary Service Trust?
Nashville Rotary Service Trust reported $2.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $182K.
What is Nashville Rotary Service Trust's EIN?
Nashville Rotary Service Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 58-1319195. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 31, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 23, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 20, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 27, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 15, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 27, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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