How much does Dettwiller Foundation give?

Dettwiller Foundation reported 152 grants totaling $14,130,968 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.

What does Dettwiller Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Human Services (14%), Health (10%).

Who are Dettwiller Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Nashville Symphony Association ($3.1M), Centerstone of Tennessee Inc ($1.1M), Nashville Police & Public Safety Alliance ($1.0M).

Does Dettwiller Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Dettwiller Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as Dettwiller Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Memorial Foundation Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.

Where is Dettwiller Foundation based?

Dettwiller Foundation is based in TN.

Foundation Dossiers

Tennessee · Private foundation

Dettwiller Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 152
Grants FY2024: 76
Organizations funded FY2023: 57%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $2,000,000
Organizations funded a year: 4 to 76; FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 5
Total assets, FY2024: $251M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Dettwiller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsHousing & ShelterOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	137	$14M	66%
FY2023	76	$8.6M	57%
FY2022	50	$1.5M	34%
FY2021	52	$900k	87%
FY2020	6	$572k	50%
FY2019	8	$117k	63%
FY2018	4	$1.1M	n/a

94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$4.9MHuman Services$3.9MHealth$2.6MHousing & Shelter$2.5MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.2MReligion$1.9MEducation$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.5MOther$0

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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Nashville Symphony Association	$3,075,000	6	6%
Centerstone of Tennessee Inc	$1,050,000	3	1%
Nashville Police & Public Safety Alliance	$1,000,000	1	18%
Nashville Public Library Foundation	$295,000	2	2%
Centennial Park Conservancy	$295,000	2	5%
Friends of the Warner Parks Inc	$280,000	4	4%
St Luke's Community House Inc	$250,000	5	3%
Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School	$250,000	1	29%
Kipp Nashville	$230,000	3	0%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$225,000	3	0%

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All grantees of Dettwiller Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Nashville Symphony Association	$3,075,000	6	6%
Centerstone of Tennessee Inc	$1,050,000	3	1%
Nashville Police & Public Safety Alliance	$1,000,000	1	18%
Nashville Public Library Foundation	$295,000	2	2%
Centennial Park Conservancy	$295,000	2	5%
Friends of the Warner Parks Inc	$280,000	4	4%
St Luke's Community House Inc	$250,000	5	3%
Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School	$250,000	1	29%
Kipp Nashville	$230,000	3	0%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$225,000	3	0%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	$210,000	3	0%
Men of Valor	$200,000	1	2%
Nashville Humane Association Aka Nashville Humane Society	$200,000	4	1%
The New Beginnings Center	$175,000	2	14%
Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition	$165,000	4	2%
Ancoratn Fka End Slavery Tennessee Inc	$160,000	4	2%
Frist Art Museum	$142,333	2	1%
Nashville Food Project Inc	$130,000	3	2%
Equal Chance for Education	$125,000	2	4%
Covenant Presbyterian Church	$125,000	2	n/a
Hands on Nashville Inc	$110,000	3	1%
Nashvillehealth	$100,000	1	18%
The Covenant School	$100,000	2	n/a
Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission	$100,000	4	n/a
Mission Possible Foundation Inc	$100,000	1	16%
Reboot Recovery Inc	$96,000	2	2%
The Harpeth Hall School	$90,000	2	0%
Sexual Assault Center	$80,000	1	2%
Hospital Hospitality House Corporation	$80,000	2	3%
Christ Church Cathedral	$80,000	3	n/a
Paris Animal Welfare Society Inc	$75,000	1	13%
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)	$75,000	3	0%
Interface Ministries Inc	$71,000	3	3%
Alive Hospice Inc	$65,000	2	0%
The Hope Center Inc	$62,500	1	1%
BeWell in School	$60,000	1	17%
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts	$60,000	4	0%
Nashville Public Radio	$60,000	1	1%
Old School Farm Inc	$60,000	4	8%
Power and Grace Preparatory Academy Inc	$56,000	3	5%
Saddle Up	$50,000	3	2%
Nashville Ballet	$50,000	1	1%
Nashville Parks Foundation	$50,000	2	9%
Nashville Opera Association	$50,000	1	1%
Franklin County Humane Society Inc	$50,000	1	3%
Community Resource Center	$50,000	1	5%
Casting for Recovery	$50,000	4	1%
Humphreys Homeless Coalition	$50,000	1	21%
Eli's House	$50,000	2	3%
Thistle Farms Inc	$50,000	3	0%
Metro Police Christmas Charities	$45,000	5	5%
Nashville Public Education Foundation	$40,000	4	1%
Room in the Inn Inc	$40,000	1	n/a
Friendship House Inc	$40,000	3	12%
Senior Renaissance Center	$40,000	2	29%
Interfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville	$40,000	2	0%
Governor Frank G Clement Railroad Hotel and Historical Museum	$35,000	3	5%
Our Place Nashville	$30,000	2	3%
Sylvan Park Neighborhood Association	$30,000	2	n/a
Water Walkers	$30,000	1	9%
Vanderbilt University	$30,000	2	0%
Senior Citizens Inc	$26,000	3	0%
Operation Andrew Group Inc	$25,000	1	2%
The Big Table	$25,000	1	1%
Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center	$25,000	1	1%
Oasis Center Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Nashville Jazz Workshop	$25,000	1	4%
Amani Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	4%
Mother to Mother Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Artists in Christian Testimony Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Creativets	$25,000	1	1%
The Heimerdinger Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	3%
Special Olympics Tennessee Inc	$25,000	2	1%
Covenant College	$25,000	1	0%
Gallatin Day Care Center Inc	$25,000	1	2%
Center for Nonprofit Management Inc	$25,000	1	2%
The Gentle Barn Foundation	$25,000	1	1%
The Mary Parrish Center	$25,000	1	2%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee	$25,000	1	1%
Family & Children's Service	$25,000	1	0%
Volunteer Network	$25,000	1	n/a
Episcopal School of Nashville	$25,000	1	1%
Corner To Corner	$25,000	1	1%
My Bag My Story	$25,000	2	6%
Nashville Repertory Theatre Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Elijah's Heart	$20,000	2	2%
Preston Taylor Ministries	$20,000	2	1%
Renewal House Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Nashville Academy Theatre and Nashville Children's Theatre Assoc	$20,000	1	1%
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Tucker's House	$20,000	2	2%
Barefoot Republic Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Cheathamn Recovery House	$20,000	2	n/a
Dismas Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Tennessee State Museum Foundation Inc	$20,000	1	7%
The Next Door Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Small World Yoga Inc	$20,000	1	4%
Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation	$20,000	2	2%
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Nashville Public Television Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Rocketown of Middle Tennessee	$15,000	1	0%
The Hope Station	$15,000	1	5%
Nashville Shakespeare Festival	$15,000	1	2%
Our Kids Inc	$15,000	2	0%
The Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation	$12,000	1	0%
Miriam's Promise	$10,000	1	3%
Persist Nashville	$10,000	1	2%
The V Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Mj 4 Hope	$10,000	1	7%
The Night Stalker Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Hope Clinic for Women	$10,000	1	0%
West Nashville Dream Center	$10,000	1	1%
Book Em	$10,000	1	1%
Mending Hearts Inc	$10,000	1	0%
The Victor S Johnson III Nashville Children's Alliance Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Father Ryan High School	$10,000	1	n/a
Hopes Bridge of Middle Tn	$10,000	1	9%
Casa of Highland Rim	$10,000	1	3%
Hispanic Family Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	4%
Brightstone Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Boy Scouts of America 560 Middle Tennessee	$10,000	1	0%
Way Maker Place	$5,000	1	n/a
Beacon Center of Tennessee	$5,000	1	0%
Special Ops Xcursions	$5,000	1	1%
Tennessee Titans Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Ellas House	$5,000	1	2%
Retrieving Independence Inc	$5,000	1	2%
Marietta Alliance Church Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
The Contributor Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Tennessee Golf Foundation	$1,000	1	0%
Giles County Humane Association	$1,000	1	n/a
Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Amvets Department of Tenneessee Inc	$500	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.

Dettwiller Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 120 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 120.

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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.

Memorial Foundation IncTN119.2× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Joe C Davis Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Carolyn Smith 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.

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About Dettwiller Foundation

How much does Dettwiller Foundation give?: Dettwiller Foundation reported 152 grants totaling $14,130,968 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Dettwiller Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Human Services (14%), Health (10%).
Who are Dettwiller Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Nashville Symphony Association ($3.1M), Centerstone of Tennessee Inc ($1.1M), Nashville Police & Public Safety Alliance ($1.0M).
Does Dettwiller Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dettwiller Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dettwiller Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Memorial Foundation Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
Where is Dettwiller Foundation based?: Dettwiller Foundation is based in TN.