Tennessee · Private foundation
B & B Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2020
- 9
- Grants FY2020
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $1,482,030
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 57% of the organizations B & B Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7 | $2.1M | 57% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $64k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $258k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $363k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Community Bail Fund | $77,500 | 3 | 20% |
| University School of Nashville | $55,650 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of Nashville | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Senior Citizens Inc | $15,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alive Hospice Inc | $2,650 | 2 | 0% |
| Seeds of Peace Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Marshall Project Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget B & B 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 Blum Family Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · James R Meadows Jr Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Eden Foundation · Eisen-Wald Foundation
How this is measured
About B & B Foundation
- How much does B & B Foundation give?
- B & B Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $2,092,992 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does B & B Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), Religion (7%), Education (6%).
- Who are B & B Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Nashville Community Bail Fund ($78k), University School of Nashville ($56k), Jewish Community Center of Nashville ($40k).
- Does B & B Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does B & B Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as B & B Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blum Family Foundation, Memorial Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
- Where is B & B Foundation based?
- B & B Foundation is based in TN.
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