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Care Foundation of America Inc Two Brentwood Commons

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$4.4MEducation$4.0MReligion$3.1MHuman Services$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.2MYouth Development$1.2MArts & Culture$1.0MAnimals$450kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
  • $250k+7 grants · $2.6M
$320,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RENEWAL HOUSE$500,000
NASHVILLE SOFTWARE SCHOOL$420,000
SCARLET ROPE PROJECT$400,000
PIVOT TN$400,000
HEALING HANDS$320,000
PERSIST NASHVILLE$302,000
NEW BRUNSWICK ISLAMIC CENTER$275,000
INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC$125,000
RALLY FOUNDATION FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH$125,000
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 (FY22–24, $800k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%THE JASON FOUNDATION: $200k → 8%PIVOT TN: $400k → 10%THE JASON FOUNDATION: $200k → 8%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.
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 19 repeat orgs$6.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
20

Total granted

$13M
$4.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+19%

Still filing today

79%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther
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

  • NF
    NISWONGER FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $2.7M · revenue +340%
  • PN
    PERSIST NASHVILLE
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +210% · 79% of their budget
  • BI
    BACKFIELD IN MOTION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $707k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $500k
  • NZ
    NASHVILLE ZOO INC
    one grant, 2021 · $450k · revenue -27%
  • NT
    Nashville Teacher Residencygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $428k · revenue +84% · 36% of their budget
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
Intrepid College Preparatory School

Intrepid college prep is committed to ensuring our scholars, educators, and families have the opportunity to unlock an unlimited future. by providing rigorous academic instruction and creating powerful relationships amongst our community's…

Education
3
Nashville Academy of Medicine and Davidson County Medical Society

The nashville academy of medicine is dedicated to supporting physicians in greater nashville who provide quality medical care and are pledged to uphold high standards of conduct. we promote physician health, practice health, and community…

Community Improvement
4
Nashville Public Media Inc

Nashville banner is a locally owned, community supported, civic news organization. we exist to empower the people of nashville to make informed decisions by providing non-partisan journalism from an independent, nonprofit newsroom. we are…

Arts & Culture
5
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
6
Impacthealth-Tn

To foster a sustainable network of community health workers and to train frontline public health professionals who possess a deep understanding of and strong ties to the local community.

Human Services
7
Nashville Fellows Program Inc

Provide support for under-served youth

Religion
8
Lead Public Schools Inc

Lead public schools exists to prepare all our students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and in life.

Education
9
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
10
Northeast Tenn Assoc of Realtors

Our mission is to serve our members through education, professionalism, and legislative involvement

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11
Leadership Tennessee Inc

Leadership tennessee fosters collaborative, non-partisan dialogue on issues of state importance, by connecting and deploying a network of diverse leaders and engaged citizens.

Public Benefit
12
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Tirrc is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration. our mission is to build power, amplify our voices, and organize communities to advocate for our rights. our vision is a stronger, more inclusive tennessee where people of all…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Cares; the most unlike its peers is Pivot Tn. 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

30 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. 30 of the 44 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEALING HANDS: $1,335,000 · OtherHEALING HANDSIndividual grant recipient: $1,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFAITH FAMILY: $750,000 · OtherFAITH FAMILYIndividual grant recipient: $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHIGH HOPES INC: $475,000 · OtherHIGH HOPES INCASPELL RECOVERY CENTER: $380,000 · OtherThe Original Project Team Foundation Inc: $369,000 · OtherGILDA'S CLUB NASHVILLE: $320,000 · OtherNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $450,000 · OtherNASHVILLE ZOO INCABE'S GARDEN: $295,002 · Other+11 more: $2,378,250 · Other+11 moreNISWONGER FOUNDATION INC: $2,740,000 · EducationNISWONGER FOUNDATION INCPERSIST NASHVILLE: $1,054,000 · EducationPERSIST NASHVILLECOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE: $575,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEETHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVE: $500,000 · EducationTHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVENashville Teacher Residency: $428,000 · EducationNashville Teacher ResidencyNASHVILLE SOFTWARE SCHOOL INC: $420,000 · EducationNASHVILLE SOFTWARE SCHOOL INCEAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $230,000 · Education+4 more: $512,000 · Education+4 moreRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $500,000 · HealthINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $475,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $210,000 · HealthNASHVILLE CARES: $150,000 · HealthTHE NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER: $100,000 · HealthPIVOT TN: $400,000 · Human ServicesSCARLET ROPE PROJECT: $400,000 · Human ServicesTHE JASON FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · Human ServicesBACKFIELD IN MOTION: $707,000 · Recreation & SportsONE Tennessee: $390,000 · Recreation & SportsCreative Discovery Museum: $750,000 · Arts & CultureRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Philanthropy
Other$8,252,252Education$6,459,000Health$1,435,000Human Services$1,200,000Recreation & Sports$1,097,000Arts & Culture$750,000Philanthropy$500,000

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 budgetNISWONGER FOUNDATION INC: $2,740,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetPERSIST NASHVILLE: $1,054,000 over 5y, 79% of budgetCreative Discovery Museum: $750,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION: $707,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE: $575,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVE: $500,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $500,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $475,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetHIGH HOPES INC: $475,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $450,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNashville Teacher Residency: $428,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetNASHVILLE SOFTWARE SCHOOL INC: $420,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSCARLET ROPE PROJECT: $400,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetTHE JASON FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetONE Tennessee: $390,000 over 2y, 77% of budgetThe Original Project Team Foundation Inc: $369,000 over 2y, 67% of budgetABE'S GARDEN: $295,002 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetPREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $263,250 over 4y, 11% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $210,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $200,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetHOMEWORK HOTLINE INC: $150,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetDOORS OF HOPE: $150,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetEPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $150,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetNASHVILLE CARES: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJC RUNYON FOUNDATION: $112,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 17% 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…The Frist FoundationMemorial Foundation I…United Way of Middle …Hca Healthcare Founda…Joe C Davis FoundationNashville Predators F…Scarlett Family Found…The Healing Trust For…Dorothy Cate and Thom…Patricia and Rodes Ha…James R Meadows Jr Fo…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN34.3× affinity17 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 · The Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Joe C Davis Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Scarlett Family Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Patricia and Rodes Hart Foundation · James R Meadows Jr Foundation

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 Care Foundation of America Inc Two Brentwood Commons funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Care Foundation of America Inc Two Brentwood Commons. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Care Foundation of America Inc Two Brentwood Commons 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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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