Tennessee · Public charity
Community Shares Inc
Community shares mission is supporting tennessee social change organizations in order to promote a more just and caring community. Our purpose is to raise funds for our member groups, primarily through employee giving campaigns, to foster a strong and viable network of social change organizations in tennessee, and to provide members with…
- $9k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $27,205
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,733
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $972k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Community Shares Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $243k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $104k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $102k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $147k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $234k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $194k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennesse Inc | $200,026 | 4 | n/a |
| Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley Inc | $180,652 | 6 | 5% |
| Ijams Nature Center Inc | $58,672 | 5 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region Inc | $57,043 | 2 | 0% |
| People for Animals Inc | $44,492 | 6 | 6% |
| Black Childrens Institute of Tenn | $35,316 | 5 | 94% |
| Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence | $34,260 | 5 | 0% |
| Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning | $29,410 | 5 | 13% |
| Nami Tennessee | $26,298 | 4 | n/a |
| Jubilee Community Arts Inc | $24,779 | 4 | 6% |
Show all 26 grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($306k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Shares Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Memorial Foundation Inc · East Tennessee Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Community Shares Inc
- How much does Community Shares Inc give?
- Community Shares Inc reported 10 grants totaling $9,142 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community Shares Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (19%), Animals (14%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Community Shares Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennesse Inc ($200k), Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley Inc ($181k), Ijams Nature Center Inc ($59k).
- Does Community Shares Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Shares Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, The Frist Foundation, United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
- Where is Community Shares Inc based?
- Community Shares Inc is based in TN.
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