Volunteer State College Foundation
To raise and administer funds to support the educational objectives of volunteer state community college and solicit the active involvement of all communities within our service area.
Volunteer State College Foundation at a glance
In short: Volunteer State College Foundation gave $607K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $607K), mostly in Tennessee. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $607,496
- +20.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $607,496
- +20.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $607,496
- Total assets
- $10,833,809
- +9.9% 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 Volunteer State College Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Volunteer State College Foundation gives
- Giving grew 100% from 2022 to 2025. 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 $304K (2022) to $732K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $607K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 individual scholarship Recipients not named | — | $607,496 |
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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 | $10,833,809 | $1,238,260 | $1,060,691 | $607,496 | 1 | $446,598 |
| 2024 | $9,861,601 | $2,048,693 | $1,038,902 | $503,191 | 1 | $944,365 |
| 2023 | $8,636,053 | $920,771 | $851,683 | $422,556 | 1 | $92,210 |
| 2022 | $7,824,270 | $867,468 | $633,529 | $304,255 | 1 | $318,470 |
| 2021 | $8,919,431 | $851,999 | $619,459 | $353,614 | 1 | $349,286 |
| 2020 | $6,962,262 | $1,206,186 | $1,254,032 | $654,084 | 3 | $118,564 |
| 2019 | $6,802,164 | $1,323,696 | $1,308,282 | $732,407 | 3 | $117,999 |
About Volunteer State College Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Volunteer State College Foundation is a public charity focused on Academics, based in Gallatin, TN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $10.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $607K. Net investment income was $447K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Volunteer State College Foundation is led by Wendi Tostenson, President on the 2025 filing; none of the 40 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Wendi Tostenson
President
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jo Ann Graves
Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Finney
Trustee
Trustee → Executive Co, 2020
Executive Co → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bob Atkins
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daisy Casey
Trustee
Board Chair → Past Chair, 2023
Past Chair → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Bate Parsons
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Gregory
Trustee - Executive
Board Chair → Past Chair, 2024
Past Chair → Trustee - Executive, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dixie Jones
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Grace Tomkins
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Harding
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joanne Walker
Trustee
Trustee → Executive Co, 2020
Executive Co → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lori Johnson
Trustee
Vice Chair → Chair, 2021
Chair → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Carter
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shirley Arrendale
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tommy Decker
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Gould
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Anderson
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leisa Byars
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lk Lannom
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gina Scott
Trustee - Executive
Trustee → Trustee - Executive, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeremiah Bennett
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phillip Bennett
Trustee - Executive
Trustee → Trustee - Executive, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bill Nichols
Trustee - Executive
Trustee → Trustee - Executive, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bill Taylor
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Buddy Shaw
Trustee - Executive
Trustee → Trustee - Executive, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ed Mayberry
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tim McGill
Trustee - Pa
Trustee → Trustee - Pa, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chad Coley
Trustee - Executive
Trustee → Trustee - Executive, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Bartek
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tony Gregory
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Evelyn Hill
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frank Pinson
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Johnathan West
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rep Johnny C. Garrett IV
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rep William G. Lamberth III
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shirlene Campbell
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Mitchell
Executive Di
On filings since 2019
25 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven Parker
Past Chair
Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2024
Board Chair → Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan High-McAuley
Vice Chair
Trustee → Campaign Cha, 2024
Campaign Cha → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kim Baker
Campaign Cha
Trustee → Campaign Cha, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (33)
- Former: Johnny C. Garrett IV (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Kee Bryant-McCormick (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Richard Rowlett (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Peach (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: James A. Harding (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Thomas Mark Carter (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: William G. Lamberth III (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Orthinia Montague (2022–2024) — College President
- Former: Kitty Dake Armstrong (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Russ Deaton (2024) — College President
- Former: William Taylor (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Brian Schnabel (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Dewayne Scott (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Joann Graves (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Matt Ricker (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Scott Wettengel (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Wade Powers (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Ken Wilber (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Tom Neal (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Justin Hays (2023) — Trustee
- Former: F. William Taylor (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jerry Faulkner (2019–2022) — Past College
- Former: Katherine Armstrong (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Ronald E. Mayberry (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: We 'buddy' Shaw (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: William L. Nichols (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: R. Wade Powers (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Kenneth Wilber (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Al Bennett (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Bill Kemp (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: David Amonette (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: L. K. Lannom (2019–2020) — Executive Co
- Former: Ron Hibbard (2019–2020) — Trustee
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 Volunteer State College Foundation
How much does Volunteer State College Foundation give each year?
Volunteer State College Foundation gave $607K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $503K across 1 grant.
How large is Volunteer State College Foundation?
Volunteer State College Foundation reported $10.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.2M.
What is Volunteer State College Foundation?
Volunteer State College Foundation is a public charity focused on Academics, based in Gallatin, TN. It holds $10.8M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Volunteer State College Foundation operate?
Volunteer State College Foundation has awarded grants in Tennessee.
What is Volunteer State College Foundation's EIN?
Volunteer State College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 58-1863050. 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
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 14, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 26, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 22, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
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