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Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc at a glance

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Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc

Our mission is ensuring healthy smiles.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$32MEducation$4.1MRecreation & Sports$1.5MArts & Culture$665kHuman Services$621kFood & Nutrition$384kPhilanthropy$368kAnimals$244kOther$0
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 41 grants below total $1,138,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,404,598 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $265,998 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $564k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $546k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$120M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$125,000
ALSACST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$110,700
MUSIC CITY BOWL INC$80,000
GOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION$75,000
ERLANGER FOUNDATION$53,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$52,000
HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE$50,000
TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION$35,000
OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE$35,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$35,000
LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$32,000
AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL$29,000
UNIVERISTY OF TENNESSEE$26,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE$25,000
SCOTT HAMILTON CARES FOUNDATION$25,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $406k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSSNASHVILLE AREA CHAPTER: $32k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF EAST TENNESSEE: $10k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSSNASHVILLE AREA CHAPTER: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSSNASHVILLE AREA CHAPTER: $20k → 14%MURFREESBORO PREP INC: $5k → 9%GOODWILL MEMPHIS: $10k → 17%GOODWILL MEMPHIS: $5k → 17%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $40k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $35k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $35k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSSNASHVILLE AREA CHAPTER: $32k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $30k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $30k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $30k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $30k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN NASHVILLE: $30k → 14%THE YMCA: $8k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
NJ
KY
VA
TN
DC
GA
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 51 repeat orgs$408k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
29

Total granted

$40M
$365k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+8%

Still filing today

96%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +178%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +119%
  • GE
    GOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $660k · revenue +169%

Funded once

  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +700%
  • NC
    NASHVILLE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAUgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +28%
  • NR
    NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -4%
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
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
2
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
3
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
4
Nashville Technology Council

Ntc mission is to advance the diverse technology ecosystem by connecting and promoting members, attracting, growing and retaining tech talent, and providing opportunities to reinvest in the greater nashville community.

Community Improvement
5
Ut Medical Group Inc

To be a successful physician led, professionally managed medical practice that benefits our patients and our community, while supporting the UT Health Science Center's mission through clinical excellence, financial responsibility and a…

Health
6
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
7
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Inc

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
8
The Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation

The nashville chamber public benefit foundation supports the work of the nashville area chamber of commerce through efforts to improve the quality of education, encourage public and private efforts around education, and to facilitate the…

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9
Roane County Medical Center

Roane County Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
10
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
11
Tennessee Health Care Association

To maintain high standards for nursing homes in the state of tennessee and to seek the solutions to problems common to members of the association.

—
12
Tennessee Hospital Education and Research Foundation

Providing education and information to the public and its members and to sponsor various healthcare related workshops, conferences, and publications to improve quality of healthcare statewide.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Tennessee Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Educational Advancement Center for Boys. 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

82 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 82 of the 89 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/82
Grantees still filing
55/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Smile 180 Foundation: $28,728,500 · HealthSmile 180 Foundation+16 more: $2,290,667 · Health+16 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $3,712,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSI…GOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION: $660,000 · EducationGOVERNOR'S E…+11 more: $273,400 · Education+11 moreTHE SALVATION ARMY: $333,000 · OtherERLANGER FOUNDATION: $262,776 · OtherLE BONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $232,405 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $189,000 · OtherNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $188,500 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $195,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN: $129,000 · Other+36 more: $846,936 · OtherAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $1,006,547 · ReligionTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $500,000 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $251,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS INC: $54,500 · Arts & CultureMEMPHIS MUSEUMS OF SCIENCE & HISTORY: $40,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $35,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC CITY BOWL INC: $563,000 · Recreation & SportsOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $260,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $118,000 · Human ServicesMEMPHIS GOODWILL INC: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $12,500 · Human Services
Health$31,019,167Education$4,645,400Other$2,376,617Religion$1,006,547Arts & Culture$916,000Recreation & Sports$563,000Human Services$405,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSmile 180 Foundation: $28,728,500 over 7y, 83% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $3,712,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $1,006,547 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION: $660,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMUSIC CITY BOWL INC: $563,000 over 8y, 71% of budgetTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $500,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE CORPORATION: $468,300 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $272,054 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetERLANGER FOUNDATION: $262,776 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetSCOTT HAMILTON CARES FOUNDATION INC: $262,500 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $260,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $259,370 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $251,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetBALLAD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $215,154 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $195,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $189,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $188,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWEST TN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $181,138 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $151,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLe Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation: $137,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN: $129,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $126,793 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $118,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $72,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNISWONGER FOUNDATION INC: $69,900 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCABLE FOUNDATION: $66,500 over 7y, 24% of budgetLiberty Bowl Festival Association CO Liberty Bowl Venture Inc: $66,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKingsport Chamber Foundation Inc: $60,482 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $56,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $55,854 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS INC: $54,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetNASHVILLE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEMPHIS MUSEUMS OF SCIENCE & HISTORY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCovenant Health Foundation: $36,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTENNESSEE SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $35,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetHISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTENNESSEE DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $32,800 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONROE HARDING INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEICWCS CATALYST NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetUS WOMEN'S AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP NASHVILLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.0% 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.

  • Who funds Smile 180 Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC CITY BOWL INC ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ERLANGER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCOTT HAMILTON CARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BALLAD HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE ZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST TN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NISWONGER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Liberty Bowl Festival Association CO Liberty Bowl Venture Inc ↗
  • Who funds Kingsport Chamber Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds KNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS MUSEUMS OF SCIENCE & HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Covenant Health Foundation ↗

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.

Hca Healthcare Founda…The Community Foundat…Memorial Foundation I…Smile 180 FoundationNashville Predators F…Tennessee Titans Foun…Tennessee Health Foun…Dollar General Litera…Vanderbilt UniversityUnited Way of Middle …Ryman Hospitality Pro…Enchiridion Foundation
Hca Healthcare FoundationTN38.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc. 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
    24report 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.

    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 89 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 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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