Tennessee · Private foundation
Ahrens Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $341k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $129,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $272k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Ahrens Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $341k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $232k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $280k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $265k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $492k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $330k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus on the Family | $255,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Legacy Mission Village | $250,000 | 6 | 12% |
| The Bridge Ministry Inc | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Two Hearts Pregnancy Aid | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Homefull | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Williamson Christian College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centerstone Foundation | $4,375 | 2 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hands on Nashville Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Centers of Middle Tennessee Inc | $2,800 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus on the Family | $255,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Legacy Mission Village | $250,000 | 6 | 12% |
| The Bridge Ministry Inc | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Two Hearts Pregnancy Aid | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Homefull | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Williamson Christian College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centerstone Foundation | $4,375 | 2 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hands on Nashville Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Centers of Middle Tennessee Inc | $2,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Proverbs 1210 Animal Rescue and Adoption | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc | $1,875 | 1 | 0% |
| Frank Town Open Hearts Ministry Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Murphslife Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ahrens Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Ahrens Family Foundation
- How much does Ahrens Family Foundation give?
- Ahrens Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $340,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Ahrens Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (30%), Human Services (29%), Recreation & Sports (26%).
- Who are Ahrens Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Focus on the Family ($255k), Legacy Mission Village ($250k), The Bridge Ministry Inc ($90k).
- Does Ahrens Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ahrens Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ahrens Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Ahrens Family Foundation based?
- Ahrens Family Foundation is based in TN.
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