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Form 990-PF for tax year 2024

Filed by THE BILL GATTON FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$97,485,805
Total expenses
$30,868,363
Contributions and grants received
$50,316,828
Contributions, gifts and grants paid
$27,136,856
Fair market value of assets, end of year
$1,058,846,106

Listed in Part VIII

  • Danny L Dunn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $650,000
    Compensation
    $650,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Robert Peel

    TRUSTEE & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $505,166
    Compensation
    $450,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $55,166
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VIII of the Form 990-PF: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants paid on this return

Grants paid, cash basis (Part I, line 25, column (d))
$27,136,856
As filed, and sometimes filed as 0.
Grants paid, Part XV total (line 3a)
$27,136,856
The foundation's own total of the grants it itemizes.

These are the grants the foundation paid during the year. The “Contributions, gifts and grants paid” total above is the figure on the foundation's books. This return marks the cash method, under which a grant is recorded when it is paid. Even so, the books total and the cash figures in this section can differ, and column (d) is sometimes filed as 0.

  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

    $13,200,000

    LEXINGTON, KY

    EDUCATION

  • KING UNIVERSITY

    $5,574,796

    BRISTOL, TN

    EDUCATION

  • ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE

    $4,000,000

    PIPPA PASSES, KY

    EDUCATION

  • VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

    $2,000,000

    ABINGDON, VA

    EDUCATION

  • UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA COLLEGE AT WISE

    $1,800,000

    WISE, VA

    EDUCATION

  • MCCLEAN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $265,000

    CALHOUN, KY

    EDUCATION

  • BRISTOL TENNESSEE CITY SCHOOLS

    $150,000

    BRISTOL, TN

    EDUCATION

  • UNITED WAY OF BRISTOL

    $103,608

    BRISTOL, TN

    TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION

  • APPALACHIAN LITERACY INITIATIVE

    $43,452

    BRISTOL, TN

    EDUCATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990_pf
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523189349105557

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