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Big Guy Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$82k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$9,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 55
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$12k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Big Guy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$82k38%
FY202438$140k50%
FY202340$126k48%
FY202235$141k34%
FY202151$305k65%
FY202045$339k18%
FY201955$348kn/a
62% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Youth Development$386kEducation$75kHealth$33kAnimals$17kHousing & Shelter$10kHuman Services$6kFood & Nutrition$6kArts & Culture$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MO
KY
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 90 grantees
All grantees of Big Guy Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grenville Baker Boys and Girls Club Inc$377,000448%
St Thomas Aquinas College$20,00040%
Futures in Education$18,50030%
Nigerian American Nurse Anesthesiologist Association$16,000369%
St Francis College$11,00030%
Nazareth Housing Inc$9,00070%
Mib Agents Inc$4,76330%
Hope Clinic for Women$3,75050%
Little Pink Houses of Hope$3,50050%
Save the Animals Rescue Foundation$3,00012%
Melanoma Research Foundation$3,00020%
Grace Works Inc$2,7505n/a
Kansas City Pet Project$2,00030%
K9s for Warriors Inc$1,85020%
Tucker's House$1,75020%
Move Inclusive Dance$1,75040%
Room in the Inn Inc$1,7503n/a
Interfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville$1,75030%
Share Our Strength$1,75030%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$1,75030%
Lasagna Love Inc$1,50010%
Animal Haven Inc$1,50020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee$1,50020%
Curepsp Inc$1,50010%
Camp Good Mourning Inc$1,50012%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,30020%
Center for Marine Education & Recreation$1,25040%
The Interfaith Nutrition Network Inc$1,25020%
EBV Foundation$1,250297%
Save the Music Foundation$1,10020%
Last Chance Animal Rescue Inc$1,05020%
Saddle Up$1,03610%
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Tenn$1,00010%
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$1,0001n/a
Play on Nashville$1,0002n/a
Community Volunteers in Medicine$1,00020%
FY Eye Inc$80030%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$75020%
Best Friends Animal Society$75020%
The Malala Fund$75010%
Proper Help Inc$7501n/a
Malawi Children's Village Foundation Inc$7502n/a
Spirit of America Worldwide$75010%
National Alliance to End Homelessness$74510%
Retired Police Canine Foundation Inc$60010%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$50020%
The Life You Can Save$50010%
Room to Read$50010%
Healthwell Foundation$50010%
All Kids Play$50020%
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
American Friends of Jamaica Inc$50010%
North Shore Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$50020%
Little Art House Foundation$50022%
Legal Momentum$50010%
Mother to Mother Inc$5001n/a
Wildlife Center of Long Island Inc$50020%
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$50010%
The North Shore Land Alliance Inc$50020%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$50010%
Tennessee Alliance for Kids$50010%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$50020%
Foundation for Hospital Art Inc$50010%
404 Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Team Impact Inc$5001n/a
Americans for the Arts Inc$50010%
Ocean Conservancy$50020%
Life Center$5002n/a
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc$50020%
Best Christmas Ever Inc$50010%
Shine for Sight$5001n/a
Teen Cancer America Inc$50020%
One Simple Wish Inc$50020%
High-Tech High Heels$50021%
Friends of the Bay Inc$45020%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$30010%
Opensecrets$30010%
Equal Justice Initiative$30010%
Global Fund for Women Inc$30010%
Blaine County Hunger Coalition Inc$30010%
A Kid Again Inc$30010%
International Relief Teams$30010%
One Can Help Inc$30020%
Just Facts Inc$25010%
La Salle Academy$25010%
Fresh Air Fund$25010%
Northern Lights Music Festival$25010%
Kakenya Center for Excellence$25010%
5 Under 40 Foundation Corp$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($946k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Big Guy Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 79 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGrenville Baker Boys and Girls Club Inc: $377,000 over 4y, 48% of budgetSt Thomas Aquinas College: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFutures in Education: $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNigerian American Nurse Anesthesiologist Association: $16,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetSt Francis College: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNazareth Housing Inc: $9,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMib Agents Inc: $4,763 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHope Clinic for Women: $3,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Pink Houses of Hope: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSave the Animals Rescue Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMelanoma Research Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKansas City Pet Project: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $1,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTucker's House: $1,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMove Inclusive Dance: $1,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLasagna Love Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Haven Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCurepsp Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Good Mourning Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Marine Education & Recreation: $1,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Interfaith Nutrition Network Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEBV Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 97% of budgetSave the Music Foundation: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLast Chance Animal Rescue Inc: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSaddle Up: $1,036 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of South Central Tenn: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMultiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Volunteers in Medicine: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFY Eye Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Malala Fund: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpirit of America Worldwide: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Alliance to End Homelessness: $745 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRetired Police Canine Foundation Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Life You Can Save: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoom to Read: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthwell Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Kids Play: $500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Wildlife Sanctuary Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 79.

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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.

Hca Healthcare FoundationTN22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hca Healthcare Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · Dettwiller Foundation · The Frist Foundation · American Express Foundation · United Way of Williamson County · John D Floyd Charitable Foundation Inc · T & T Family Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust

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.

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How do I get to Big Guy Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Big Guy 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.

About Big Guy Foundation Inc

How much does Big Guy Foundation Inc give?
Big Guy Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $81,876 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 55 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Big Guy Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (26%), Education (5%), Health (2%).
Who are Big Guy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Grenville Baker Boys and Girls Club Inc ($377k), St Thomas Aquinas College ($20k), Futures in Education ($19k).
Does Big Guy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Big Guy Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Big Guy Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hca Healthcare Foundation, Nashville Predators Foundation, United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
Where is Big Guy Foundation Inc based?
Big Guy Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 161 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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