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Christian B Currey Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$24k
Granted FY2022
2
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172022.

Environment$26kPhilanthropy$22kEducation$9kRecreation & Sports$3kHealth$500Arts & Culture$100Other$0
02FY2022 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $22k
$22,152
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CURREY FAMILY FUND AT NASHVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$22,152
EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 64% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HAMPTON CLASSIC: $6k → 7%EVERGLADES FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%HARPETH CONSERVANCY: $8k → 4%CURREY FAMILY FUND AT NASHVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $22k → 14%SPORTSMAN ALLIANCE: $500 → 15%EVERGLADES FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%HARPETH CONSERVANCY: $4k → 4%HARPETH HALL: $1k → 14%EVERGLADES FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $1k → 4%THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $500 → 14%EVERGLADES FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $1k → 4%TN PARK AND GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $1k → 4%TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY: $1k → 14%CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $1k → 4%TN PARK AND GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%GRASSLANDELEMENTARY: $500 → 4%THE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE: $1k → 14%IROQUOIS STEEPLECHASE: $1k → 4%MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY: $2k → 14%BATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST: $100 → 4%MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY: $1k → 14%MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$31k · 6 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +84% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

6 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$31k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+84%
+15%

Still filing today

83%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22
EnvironmentEducationRecreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • HC
    HARPETH CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2018–2021 · $11k · revenue +281%
  • THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $8k · revenue +133%
  • CI
    CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY
    4× · 2017–2021 · $4k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • TR
    TENNESSEE RIVERKEEPER
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -18%
  • TL
    TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -72%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
2
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
3
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc

The mission of the lake champlain land trust is to save the scenic beauty, natural communities, and recreational amenities of lake champlain by permanently preserving significant islands, shoreline areas, and natural communities in the…

Environment
4
Three Rivers Land Trust Inc

Protect and conserve land, natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms and historic places within north carolina's heartland

Environment
5
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
6
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation

Glen foerd stewards an eclectic riverfront estate for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the community. drawing from the estate's architecture, art, material culture, and history-as well as its gardens and waterways-glen foerd…

Environment
7
The Forest Park Conservancy

To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…

Environment
8
Fernbank Inc

Fernbank museum of natural history inspires a lifelong learning of natural history through immersive programming and unmatched experiences to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its inhabitants. fernbank is dedicated to…

Arts & Culture
9
The Everglades Trust Inc

To preserve america's everglades and florida bay as natural resources.

10
Harford Land Trust Inc

The preservation of land and conservation of natural resources for public enjoyment and passive recreation.

Environment
11
Friends of Ga State Parks & Histori

The mission of friends is to partner with, promote and preserve georgia state parks & historic sites. statewide, friends works to raise awareness of the economic and intrinsic values of georgia's greatest treasures. we work with state and…

Human Services
12
Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program

The mission of the pensacola and perdido bays estuary program is to restore, and protect the pensacola and perdido bay watersheds through restoration, education, and unbiased monitoring of the health or our bays, estuaries, and watersheds.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Harpeth Conservancy and the most unlike its peers is The Everglades Foundation 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CURREY FAMILY FUND AT NASHVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $22,152 · OtherCURREY FAMILY FUND AT NASHVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient — $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTN PARK AND GREENWAY FOUNDATION — $1,500 · Other+4 more — $3,000 · Other+4 moreHARPETH CONSERVANCY — $11,100 · EnvironmentHARPETH CONSERVANCYTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC — $7,750 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INCTENNESSEE RIVERKEEPER — $3,090 · EnvironmentTENNESSEE RIVERKEEPERTHE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE INC — $2,500 · EnvironmentTHE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE INCMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE — $4,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY BEL…CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY — $4,000 · EducationCURREY INGRAM …THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL — $500 · EducationTHE HARPETH HA…TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY — $1,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF FRANKLIN PARKS INC — $500 · Recreation & SportsEASTER SEALS REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $500 · HealthBATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST INC — $100 · Arts & Culture
Other$32,152Environment$24,440Education$8,500Recreation & Sports$1,500Health$500Arts & Culture$100

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 budgetHARPETH CONSERVANCY — $11,100 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC — $7,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE — $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCURREY INGRAM ACADEMY — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE RIVERKEEPER — $3,090 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE INC — $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF FRANKLIN PARKS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST INC — $100 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 Wade-Buntin Family FoundationTN15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Heller Family Foundation · Pam Lewis Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Msb Cockayne Fund Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Christian B Currey Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Christian B Currey Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Christian B Currey Family Foundation 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 18 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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