Private foundation · Lebanon
Jim Horne & Evelyn S Hankins Foundation
Key facts
- Grants in Tennessee
- 29 totaling $196K
- Typical grant
- $5,000 to $10K (middle half of its Tennessee grants)
- A realistic first ask
- About $5,000, its median Tennessee grant. New grantees usually get less than long-time ones.
- Where it gives
- Wilson County, Davidson County, Hamilton County · plus 3 grants outside Tennessee
- Buildings & equipment
- None of its Tennessee grants in this filing were for buildings or equipment
- Funds new groups?
- 7% of the Tennessee groups it funded in 2025 were new (not funded in 2023–2024): 2 of 29.
- Total giving that year
- $200K
Giving by year
| Tax year | Total grants paid | To Tennessee | Tennessee grants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $200K | $196K | 29 |
| 2024 | $168K | $164K | 27 |
| 2023 | $122K | $118K | 23 |
How to apply
- Contact
- C edward callis trustee · Lebanon · 6154446031
- What to send
- Written or oral application with proof of 501(c)(3) status
- Limits
- No formal limitations, but may not be approved if outside wilson county, TN
As the foundation reported to the IRS for tax year 2025. Check its website or call before sending anything, because contacts and deadlines change.
Board and officers
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- Brenda H CallisTrustee
- C Edward CallisTrustee
- Gloria Griffith MaphetTrustee
As listed in its 2025 IRS filing. Many foundations decide through their board, so a personal connection often matters more than a perfect application.
What it funds most often
- Assist children in the community
- Provide programs and activities for seniors
- Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment
- Affordable tuition structure as a non profit school.
- Provide shelter and aid to homeless women and children
- Provide a home for disadvantaged men
- For betty smallwood scholarship fund
- Provide educational & recreational opportunities to disabled children in wilson county
Tennessee organizations it funded
Largest first. Groups it already funds are good people to ask what the foundation looks for. Select a group to see who else funds it.
| Recipient | Where | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empower Me Day Camp | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide educational & recreational opportunities to disabled children in... | $20K |
| Lebanon Special School District Family Resource Center | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide food and necessities | $17K |
| Wilson County Schools Family Resource Center | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide for food and necessities | $17K |
| Anchor Academy | Lebanon, Wilson County | Affordable tuition structure as a non profit school. | $15K |
| Brooks House | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide shelter and aid to homeless women and children | $10K |
| Tennessee Baptist Adult Home | Lebanon, Wilson County | In honor of johnny b. | $10K |
| Wilson Books From Birth | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide books for young children in wilson county | $10K |
| Wilson County Library System | Lebanon, Wilson County | Support public libraries in wilson county | $10K |
| Cedarcroft Home | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide a home for disadvantaged men | $5,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Lebanon, Wilson County | Faith build to assist wilson county homeowners | $5,000 |
| Lebanon Fumc - Food Pantry | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide food to neighbors who need food. Emergency food for warren county residents. | $5,000 |
| Lebanon Fumc- Capital Investments Fund | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide for minisries that are helping the community | $5,000 |
| Lebanon Fumc- Friends of Music | Lebanon, Wilson County | Aims to promoteand support local musicians | $5,000 |
| Lebanon Fumc- Operating Fund | Lebanon, Wilson County | Provide support | $5,000 |
| Men of Valor | Antioch, Davidson County | Provide support to re-commit prisioners into society | $5,000 |
| Midcumberland Meals On Wheels | Nashville, Davidson County | Provide meals for vulnerable senior citizens | $5,000 |
| Rehab 23 | Mt Juliet, Wilson County | Support first responders in wilson county, TN | $5,000 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Greater Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment | $5,000 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Nashville | Nashville, Davidson County | Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment | $5,000 |
| Sherry's Hope | Lebanon, Wilson County | Support families hurting because of a cancer diagnosis | $5,000 |
| The History Associates of Wilson County | Lebanon, Wilson County | Support for fessenden house | $5,000 |
| Wilson County Community Help Center | Lebanon, Wilson County | Assist needy families in wilson county | $5,000 |
| Wilson Rides Inc. | Lebanon, Wilson County | Providing low cost rides for seniors and others who cannot drive | $5,000 |
| Cumberland University | Lebanon, Wilson County | For betty smallwood scholarship fund | $2,000 |
| Kiwanis Club of Lebanon Charitable Foundation | Lebanon, Wilson County | Assist children in the community | $2,000 |