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Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2021
203
Grants FY2021
31
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Philanthropy$398kEducation$273kArts & Culture$260kRecreation & Sports$237kHuman Services$125kFood & Nutrition$101kHealth$72kYouth Development$48kOther$0
02FY2021 · 203 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 203 grants below total $1,676,569 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,158,359 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $481,790 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k154 grants · $357k
  • $10k–50k44 grants · $701k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $619k
$2,850
Median grant
31
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM$200,000
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE$180,000
NHL FOUNDATION$100,000
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION$77,940
NATIONAL FFA FOUNDATION$61,000
UNITED WAY OF WILSON CTY$35,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC$35,000
UNITED WAY OF WILSON COUNTY$35,000
YMCA$25,000
NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$25,000
JAPAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE$25,000
YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee$25,000
NATIONAL MUSEUM AFRICAN AMER MUSIC$25,000
UNITED WAY OF RUTHERFORD & CANNON CNTIES$21,000
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$20,000
02Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
6
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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7
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
8
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
9
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
10
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
11
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
12
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oklahoma State University Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Warren County Delivery Meals Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…College Foundation SupportUnited Way AffiliatesAsian American Civic & Cult…Developmental Disabilities …Community Literacy TutoringYmca Community CentersYouth Development CentersFood Pantries and AssistanceEnvironmental Advocacy and …Education Equity InitiativesAffordable Housing Construc…Youth Sports ProgramsFaith-Based Senior LivingDomestic Violence and Sexua…Community Hospital SystemsLocal History MuseumsChildhood Cancer SupportClassical Music OrchestrasChristian Outreach Ministri…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 60 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%1%<5yr12%2%5–10yr21%6%10–20yr14%11%20–35yr16%23%35–55yr20%57%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%1%<5yr12%3%5–10yr21%5%10–20yr14%8%20–35yr16%36%35–55yr20%48%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%1/124
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,182

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

118 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 118 of the 183 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/118
Grantees still filing
88/118
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM — $200,000 · OtherTENNESSEE STATE MUSEUMNHL FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherNHL FOUNDATIONAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $37,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF AKRON — $35,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF WILSON CTY — $35,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF WILSON COUNTY INC — $35,000 · Other+87 more — $564,103 · Other+87 moreUNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $180,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF M…TECHFORCE FOUNDATION — $15,000 · PhilanthropyTECHFORCE FOUND…GRIFFIN SPALDING COUNTY UNITED WAY — $12,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC — $10,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $8,500 · PhilanthropyNational Merit Scholarship Corporation — $77,940 · EducationNational Merit…THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION — $30,300 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY…TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY — $12,750 · EducationTREVECCA NAZAR…BARTON COLLEGE — $10,200 · EducationGOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationPENCIL FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Education+56 more — $68,376 · Education+56 moreTUCKER'S HOUSE — $10,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAS — $10,000 · Human ServicesMcMinnville-Warren County Senior Center — $9,000 · Human ServicesAKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY — $5,000 · Human ServicesOFF THE STREETS PROGRAM INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER — $5,000 · Human ServicesDIVERSIFIED OPPORTUNITIES INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE MARY PARRISH CENTER — $5,000 · Human ServicesGREENHOUSE MINISTRIES — $2,500 · Human ServicesMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP — $2,400 · Human Services+2 more — $3,000 · Human ServicesNational FFA Foundation Inc — $61,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUTHERFORD CTY — $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentNashville Symphony Association — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA — $16,000 · Arts & CultureARTS COUNCIL OF WILSON INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureOHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION — $5,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM OF OHIO — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsWESTERN CAROLINA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,007,103Philanthropy$225,500Education$219,566Human Services$69,900Youth Development$63,500Arts & Culture$51,000Recreation & Sports$40,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $180,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation — $77,940 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational FFA Foundation Inc — $61,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WILSON COUNTY INC — $35,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION — $30,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Symphony Association — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MUSCATINE IOWA — $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA — $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA — $15,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM OF OHIO — $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Mill Ridge Park — $15,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetTECHFORCE FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY — $12,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRIFFIN SPALDING COUNTY UNITED WAY — $12,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetBARTON COLLEGE — $10,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUCKER'S HOUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWESTERN CAROLINA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSouthwest Community Health Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN COUNTY DELIVERY MEALS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTENNESSEE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENCIL FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMcMinnville-Warren County Senior Center — $9,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOhio Northern University — $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIOWA ASIAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF WILSON INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Friendship Center — $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEINC STARKS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIVERSIFIED OPPORTUNITIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUPPORT 1 — $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARY PARRISH CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Hca Healthcare Founda…United Way WorldwideCharities Aid Foundat…National Collegiate A…The Welty Family Foun…Sisler McFawn Foundat…Synthomer Foundation …Burton D Morgan Found…Memorial Foundation I…Enterprise Holdings F…Folds of Honor Founda…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN24.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Welty Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Synthomer Foundation Inc · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

03Through Plinth

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How do I get to Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund?

Find your warmest path to Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 183 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $3.3M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home