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THE DR ROBERT F THOMAS FOUNDATION INC

EIN 58-1537582 KNOXVILLE, TN

Revenue 2024
$582,343
Expenses 2024
$355,258

Program services were 14.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T12
Classification
1200
Street
1420 CENTERPOINT BLVD BLDG C

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jeannie Allen

    Director/Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Blalock

    Director/Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa B Tarwater

    Director/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Agee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harriet Berrier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laurie Blanton Faulkner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stefanie A Johnson

    Director (through Dec 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Massie

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Ogle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marty Pierce

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad A Reagan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adra E Rowland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jama Spicer Sutton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Swafford MD

    Director/Physician Advisor

    Total calculated
    $302,424
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $255,908
    Other
    $46,516
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $254,859 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,049 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,202 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,314 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $302,424 related

  • Aaron M Burns

    LeConte President & CAO

    Total calculated
    $362,166
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $330,145
    Other
    $32,021
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $241,687 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $65,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $23,458 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,021 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $362,166 related

  • James D VanderSteeg

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $3,242,830
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,880,556
    Other
    $362,274
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,578,849 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,078,259 related
    Other
    $0 + $223,448 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $335,103 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,171 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,242,830 related

  • William R Bryant Jr

    VP and Chief Philanthrophy Officer

    Total calculated
    $321,644
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $297,119
    Other
    $24,525
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $262,008 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $25,111 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,525 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $321,644 related

  • Patrick J Birmingham IV

    Fmr VP Philanthr. (through Feb 2024)

    Total calculated
    $303,083
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $265,432
    Other
    $37,651
    Hours/week
    8 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $187,576 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $47,856 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,699 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,952 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $303,083 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $582,343
    Expenses
    $355,258
    Contributions
    $232,628
    Grants paid
    $52,581
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $153,626
    Expenses
    $326,197
    Contributions
    $182,314
    Grants paid
    $42,050
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $635,107
    Expenses
    $314,973
    Contributions
    $208,782
    Grants paid
    $42,625

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility SO.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.