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Beasley Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$67k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$277kEducation$135kEnvironment$46kInternational$35kPhilanthropy$23kHuman Services$22kCrime & Legal$18kHealth$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$48k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENSWORTH SCHOOL$21,500
FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY$14,750
MEN OF VALOR$7,500
THE NEXT DOOR INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
NASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION INC$3,000
LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE$3,000
VOICES FOR A SAFER TENNESSEE$3,000
WOODMONT CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL$1,000
HARPETH HALL SCHOOL$1,000
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY$1,000
DAYSTAR COUNSELING MINISTRIES INC$500
NASHVILLE DOLPHINS$500
KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT$500
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 (FY22–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
OR
CA
UT
VA
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$530k · 25 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +85% since the first grant, against +60% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
21

Total granted

$530k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
+60%

Still filing today

64%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyReligionInternationalArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • FR
    FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $45k · revenue +85%
  • TE
    THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL
    7× · 2018–2024 · $40k · revenue +101%
  • TL
    THE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $31k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • VR
    VICTORY RANCH FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • MT
    MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +64%
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
New Hope Academy

Christ-centered school educating children of diverse racial & socioeconomic backgrounds by establishing a biblical worldview & preparing each child to flourish academically, emotionally, socially & spiritually.

Education
2
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
3
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
4
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
5
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
6
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education

The mission of the state collaborative on reforming education (score) is to catalyze transformative change in tennessee education so that all students can achieve success. score is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan institution,…

Education
7
Oasis Center Inc

Oasis center targets undeserved youth, families, schools, and neighborhoods with a mission to help youth grow, thrive and create positive change in their lives and in our community.

Community Improvement
8
Valor Collegiate Academies

To prepare a diverse student population for success in college and to live inspired and purposeful lives. our scholars will graduate with academic skills, social-emotional skills, and positive character strengths that rival the outcomes of…

Education
9
Trinity School of Midland Texas

The mission of trinity school is to be a college preparatory community that provides a nurturing environment to enrich the mind, strengthen the body, enliven the soul, and inspire servant leadership.

Education
10
Trinity Presbyterian School Inc

To glorify god by providing students the highest quality college- preparatory education, training them in the biblical world and life view, thus enabling them to serve god in spirit, mind, and body

Education
11
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
12
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Toys for Tots Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Walk Strong Foundation. 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

28 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. 28 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
24/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTMINSTER CHAPEL: $255,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER CHAPELCHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $15,000 · Other+31 more: $91,400 · Other+31 moreFRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC: $45,300 · EducationFRANKLIN ROAD ACADE…THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL: $40,000 · EducationTHE ENSWORTH SCHOOLMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $10,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY BELL ACA…THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $6,500 · EducationTHE HARPETH HALL SC…MEN OF VALOR: $18,000 · Crime & LegalTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $16,500 · Crime & LegalTHE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE INC: $31,250 · EnvironmentTHE TROY GENTRY FOUNDATION INC: $13,500 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTRINITY FORUM INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyWalk Strong Foundation: $15,000 · InternationalGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION: $7,500 · ReligionMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC: $2,000 · Religion
Other$361,400Education$101,800Crime & Legal$34,500Environment$31,250Philanthropy$22,500International$20,000Religion$19,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC: $45,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ENSWORTH SCHOOL: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE INC: $31,250 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMEN OF VALOR: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $16,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWalk Strong Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetTHE TROY GENTRY FOUNDATION INC: $13,500 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDOLPHIN AQUATICS DBA NASHVILLE DOLPHINS: $4,950 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTRINITY FORUM INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVOICES FOR A SAFER TENNESSEE: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS JOIN THE FIGHT: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetROCKETOWN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAYSTAR COUNSELING MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEST NASHVILLE SPORTS LEAGUE INC: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE ACADEMY THEATRE AND NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEN OF VALOR ↗
  • Who funds THE NEXT DOOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Walk Strong Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE TROY GENTRY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION ↗
  • Who funds THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA INC ↗
  • Who funds DOLPHIN AQUATICS DBA NASHVILLE DOLPHINS ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR A SAFER TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds The Fistula Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT ↗
  • Who funds RILEY'S WISH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKETOWN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗

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.

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN29.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Servant Foundation · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Dettwiller Foundation · Ebs Foundation · Nashville Predators 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 Beasley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beasley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 39%
  • The Next Door Inc: 39% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Beasley Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Beasley Family Foundation 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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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