Tennessee · Public charity
Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc
Our mission is ensuring healthy smiles. Delta dental of tennessee believes everyone deserves good health. Our aim is to improve the overall wellness of our communities through our products, advocacy, education, and philanthropy.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $120M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 39 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $3.6M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $5.5M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $8.4M | 24% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $8.6M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $7.0M | 11% |
| FY2018 | 38 | $4.8M | 39% |
| FY2017 | 36 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smile 180 Foundation | $28,728,500 | 7 | 83% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $3,712,000 | 5 | 1% |
| American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc | $1,006,547 | 8 | 0% |
| Governor's Early Literacy Foundation | $660,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Music City Bowl Inc | $563,000 | 8 | 71% |
| Tennessee Performing Arts Center (Tpac) Management Corporation | $500,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Hospital Hospitality House Corporation | $468,300 | 8 | 7% |
| The Salvation Army | $333,000 | 7 | n/a |
| East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc | $272,054 | 6 | 0% |
| Erlanger Foundation | $262,776 | 8 | 4% |
Show all 82 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 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: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · Smile 180 Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Tennessee Titans Foundation · Tennessee Health Foundation Inc · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Vanderbilt University · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation
How this is measured
About Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc
- How much does Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc give?
- Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc reported 41 itemized grants totaling $1,138,600, out of $1,404,598 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (79%), Education (10%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Smile 180 Foundation ($29M), The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc ($3.7M), American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc ($1.0M).
- Does Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Memorial Foundation Inc.
- Where is Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc based?
- Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc is based in TN.
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