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Christian B Currey Family Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 64% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its 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%TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY: $1k → 14%CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $1k → 4%TN PARK AND GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against +15% for those 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
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

  • 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%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Harpeth Conservancy; 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 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. 11 of the 18 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetFRIENDS OF FRANKLIN PARKS INC: $500 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 budgetBATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Wade-Buntin Famil…American Endowment Fo…The Community Foundat…The Heller Family Fou…Pam Lewis FoundationThe Steven & Laurie E…Msb Cockayne Fund IncDorothy Cate and Thom…The Frist FoundationCommunity Foundation …Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
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

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 Christian B Currey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christian B Currey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's 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, 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 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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