Gibson Gives - Play It Forward Program
NASHVILLE, TN
$343.1KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
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Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives Grants
Private foundation · EIN 20-0832563 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Erica Krusen
- Phone
- (615) 871-4500
- Deadlines
- Donation requests are reviewed on a monthly basis after the end of each month.
- Application materials
- Applications can be submitted via gibson.submittable.com/submit
- Restrictions
- Awards benefit those who bring education or healing through music specific programs where guitar is used.
Original filing text
- Contact
- ERICA KRUSEN
- Address
- 209 10TH AVENUE SOUTH SUITE 460 NASHVILLE, TN, 37203
- Phone
- 6158714500
- GIBSONFOUNDATION@GIBSON.COM
- Deadlines
- DONATION REQUESTS ARE REVIEWED ON A MONTHLY BASIS AFTER THE END OF EACH MONTH.
- Application materials
- APPLICATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA GIBSON.SUBMITTABLE.COM/SUBMIT
- Restrictions
- AWARDS BENEFIT THOSE WHO BRING EDUCATION OR HEALING THROUGH MUSIC SPECIFIC PROGRAMS WHERE GUITAR IS USED.
Reported organization name: GIBSON GIVES FOUNDATION DBA GIBSON GIVES
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 316 | $2.5M |
| 2024 | 323 | $3.2M |
Where Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
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Grant purpose
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Grant purpose
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Grant purpose
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Figures are aggregated from Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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