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Aladdin Industries Foundation Inc at a glance

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Aladdin Industries Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$203k
Granted FY2022
12
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Philanthropy$98kCrime & Legal$90kFood & Nutrition$90kHealth$63kArts & Culture$58kHousing & Shelter$50kYouth Development$25kEducation$20kOther$0
02FY2022 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $195k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE$30,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$30,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$25,000
ARCH ACADEMY-CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS$20,000
NASHVILLE OPERA$20,000
TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$20,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER NASHVILLE$10,000
INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC$10,000
NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$10,000
NASHVILLE TREE FOUNDATION$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ALADDIN LAMP COLLECTORS INC$8,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The American Red Cross - Nashville Chapter: $10k → 14%Family & Children's Service: $10k → 14%Make A Wish - Middle Tennessee: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$219k · 7 repeat orgs$276k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +98% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
12

Total granted

$219k
$183k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+2%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22
HealthCrime & LegalArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TV
    THE VICTOR S JOHNSON III NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +101%
  • TP
    TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +98%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +2%
  • TJ
    TENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -17%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +14%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
2
Nashville Cares

Nashville cares exists to end the hiv epidemic, promote comprehensive sexual health and end sexual health stigmatization and discrimination through prevention, education, treatment, support, advocacy, and strategic partnership.

Health
3
Nashville Public Media Inc

Nashville banner is a locally owned, community supported, civic news organization. we exist to empower the people of nashville to make informed decisions by providing non-partisan journalism from an independent, nonprofit newsroom. we are…

Arts & Culture
4
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc

Lead our community's efforts to house, support, empower and advocate for families experiencing homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
5
Nashville Technology Council

Ntc mission is to advance the diverse technology ecosystem by connecting and promoting members, attracting, growing and retaining tech talent, and providing opportunities to reinvest in the greater nashville community.

Community Improvement
6
Nashville Food Project Inc

The nashville food project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

Food & Nutrition
7
Nashville Bar Association

Nashville bar association is organized to improve the practice of law through education, service & fellowship

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8
Needlink Nashville

Provide needy families and individuals with rent and utilities assistance in order to prevent their eviction or termination of utility services. also provide food and other assistance to needy families and individuals.

—
9
Nashvillehealth

Nashvillehealth creates a culture of health and wellbeing by serving as a convener to open dialogue, aligning resources and building smart strategic partnerships to create a plan for health unique to nashvilles needs.

Health
10
Nashville Police & Public Safety Alliance

To create a safer nashville through initiatives that engage our community, businesses, and nonprofits to prevent crime, introduce innovation and best practices, and help build the best police department in the nation.

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy

To promote, assist, and support the development, growth, and sustainability of child advocacy centers in their service to at-risk, abused, and neglected children and their families.

Human Services
12
Tennessee Charitable Care Network

The mission of tccn is to support, educate, and represent non-profit organizations that provide charitable healthcare services to low-income, uninsured, and underserved tennesseans. tccn envisions a strong, compassionate healthcare safety…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is National Association of Aladdin Lamp Collectors Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $60,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKThe Community Foundation - Middle: $25,000 · OtherThe Community Foundation - MiddleCumberland Heights: $25,000 · OtherCumberland HeightsARCH ACADEMY-CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS: $20,000 · OtherARCH ACADEMY-CUMBERLAND HEIGHTSNASHVILLE TREE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $25,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INCNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION+3 more: $14,000 · Other+3 moreTHE VICTOR S JOHNSON III NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC: $60,000 · Crime & LegalTHE VICTOR S JOHNS…TENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Crime & LegalTENNESSEE JUSTICE …NASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR: $5,000 · Crime & LegalNASHVILLE CONFLICT…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $43,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY F…UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF M…TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE PE…NASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE OP…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ALADDIN LAMP COLLECTORS INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ASS…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $25,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CH…RENEWAL HOUSE INC: $20,000 · HealthINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $10,000 · HealthCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $2,500 · HealthSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$194,000Crime & Legal$90,000Philanthropy$73,000Arts & Culture$58,000Human Services$55,000Health$37,500Food & Nutrition$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE VICTOR S JOHNSON III NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $43,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNASHVILLE TREE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ALADDIN LAMP COLLECTORS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetNASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP NASHVILLE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Memorial Foundation I…Hca Healthcare Founda…Enchiridion FoundationThe Frist FoundationThe Community Foundat…The Steven & Laurie E…Joe C Davis FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…United Way of Middle …The Nancy & Victor S …Dettwiller FoundationT & T Family Foundati…
Memorial Foundation IncTN36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation · The Frist Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Joe C Davis Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Nancy & Victor S Johnson Jr Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · T & T Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aladdin Industries Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aladdin Industries Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Aladdin Industries Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Aladdin Industries Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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