Tennessee · Private foundation
Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 28 | $1.0M | 11% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $861k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $826k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $759k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $609k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $627k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $611k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $624k | 76% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | $874,563 | 7 | 2% |
| Teach for America Inc | $586,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville | $448,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Classical Charter School | $260,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Intrepid College Preparatory School | $230,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Republic Schools Nashville | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Strive Collegiate Academy | $100,000 | 7 | 1% |
| STEM Preparatory Academy | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $90,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Martha O'Bryan Center Inc | $85,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | $874,563 | 7 | 2% |
| Teach for America Inc | $586,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville | $448,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Classical Charter School | $260,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Intrepid College Preparatory School | $230,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Republic Schools Nashville | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Strive Collegiate Academy | $100,000 | 7 | 1% |
| STEM Preparatory Academy | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $90,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Martha O'Bryan Center Inc | $85,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Aventura Community School | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Tennessee Nature Academy | $50,000 | 4 | 3% |
| University School of Nashville | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ensworth School | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Radnor Lake | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Harpeth Hall School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Senior Citizens Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Abe's Garden | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust 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 Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · The Roros Foundation · Tua the Anne Potter Wilson Fdn · Scarlett Family Foundation · Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Msb Cockayne Fund Inc · City Fund · 50can Inc
How this is measured
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About Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust
- How much does Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust give?
- Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust reported 28 grants totaling $1,002,492 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Arts & Culture (25%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art ($875k), Teach for America Inc ($586k), Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville ($448k).
- Does Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund.
- Where is Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust based?
- Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust is based in TN.
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