Tennessee · Public charity
Better Than I Found It
The mission of Better Than I Found It is to provide support to organizations working to improve the lives of others.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,136,917
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,136,917
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Better Than I Found It funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $175k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Somebody Movement Inc | $2,236,917 | 2 | n/a |
| People Loving Nashville | $117,627 | 1 | 66% |
| City Relief Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hope for Prisoners Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Refuge Coffee Co | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Better Than I Found It
- How much does Better Than I Found It give?
- Better Than I Found It reported 1 grants totaling $2,136,917 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Better Than I Found It fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (90%), Food & Nutrition (4%), Civil Rights (4%).
- Who are Better Than I Found It's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Tell Somebody Movement Inc ($2.2M), People Loving Nashville ($118k), City Relief Inc ($100k).
- Does Better Than I Found It fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Better Than I Found It?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Better Than I Found It based?
- Better Than I Found It is based in TN.
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