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Car Foundation Inc at a glance

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Car Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$302kHealth$99kHuman Services$50kReligion$45kArts & Culture$40kCrime & Legal$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$32,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$32,500
NASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING$28,000
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 (FY21–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%MAKE A WISH MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $11k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $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

NY
OH
DE
AZ
TN
NC
OK
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$526k · 15 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$526k
$135k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+34%

Still filing today

67%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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
    2× · 2021–2023 · $255k · revenue +35%
  • PO
    PLACE OF HOPE INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +73%
  • TJ
    THE JED FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • NA
    NASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $45k · revenue +28%
  • CP
    CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • MF
    MILTON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC STATION 85
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
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
2
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
4
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
5
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
9
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
10
Roane County Medical Center

Roane County Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
11
Nami Palm Beach County Inc

Nami palm beach county provides advocacy, education, support, and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.

Health
12
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Community Classroom Project Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC: $255,000 · EducationFRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INCCOMMUNITY CLASSROOM PROJECT INC: $10,000 · EducationLOVE ONE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $42,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $33,000 · OtherNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKINGHOMES FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS: $30,000 · OtherHOMES FOR WOUNDED WARRIORSTRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherTRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE FOUNDATIONCHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $15,000 · OtherCHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INCMILTON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC STATION 85: $15,000 · OtherMILTON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC STATION…UNC GREENSBORO: $15,000 · OtherUNC GREENSBORODELRAY BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $7,500 · Other+3 more: $12,000 · Other+3 moreTHE JED FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical Center: $20,000 · HealthTHE UNLIMBITED FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION: $45,000 · ReligionPLACE OF HOPE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $11,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $2,500 · Human ServicesNashville Symphony Association: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropySweet Dream Makers Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $5,000 · Animals
Education$277,000Other$200,000Health$50,000Religion$45,000Human Services$33,500Arts & Culture$30,000Philanthropy$20,000Animals$5,000

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: $255,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION: $45,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $11,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELRAY BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY CLASSROOM PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetSweet Dream Makers Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNLIMBITED FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE ONE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PALM BEACH COUNTY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Servant FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Community Foundation …National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN16.5× affinity6 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 · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Servant Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Car Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Car Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 Car Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Car 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.

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 28 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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