Monteagle-Sewanee Rotary Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Charitable grants and payments for exempt organizations primarily in the three-county area of Southeast Tennessee including but not limited to Franklin Grundy and Marion TN
- Income
- $112,346
- Spending
- $116,302
- Reserves
- 1.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 94%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (6)
- The Foundation provides grants to support food insecurity programs in its Tri County service area consisting of Franklin Grundy and Marion Counties TN. Each food pantry serves hundreds of needy families and individuals on a monthly or as needed basis by providing food through their respective food banks. The food banks are the Community Action Committee CAC led by St. Mark and St. Paul Episcopal Parish in Sewanee Franklin County TN The Grundy County Food Bank in Tracy City Grundy County TN and the Morton Memorial UMC Food Ministry in Monteagle Marion and Grundy Counties TN.
- $4,830 spent. Monteagle Elementary School Music Choral and Theater Program. Like many counties Marion County TN has limited funds for enrichment programs. The program is sponsored by the Foundation and other charitable organizations and together with a 50% matching grant provided by Rotary District 6780 the program had an exceptional year for the school year.
- $1,310 spent. The Foundation provided a grant to the Sewanee Music Festival an annual event attended by music composers and opera students from around the world sponsored several events for Blue Monarch a recovery center for mothers facing addition healing and life support and their children and funding for events for Sleep in Heavenly Peace locally which is part of a nation-wide program to build beds and supply bedding donated to needy families on the South Cumberland Plateau especially the Foundations three-county service area.
- Scholarship for Sewanee Summer Music Festival to partial fund tuition of a student - University of the South Sewanee
- Community Action Committee CAC led by St. Marks and St. Pauls Episcopal Parish in Sewanee. Emergency cash grant to fund year-end shortfall due to high demand for fresh food & staples provided to eligible families.
- University of the South Sewanee Golf Course Wildflower Beautification Grant
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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