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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 FY2024still arriving
152
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% 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
02FY2024 · 152 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k96 grants · $2.0M
  • $50k–250k35 grants · $3.5M
  • $250k+14 grants · $8.5M
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$251M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TPAC$2,000,000
CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS$1,000,000
NASHVILLE SYMPHONY$1,000,000
CENTERSTONE$1,000,000
NASHVILLE POLICE & PUBLIC SAFETY ALLIANCE$1,000,000
YMCA$375,000
GILDA'S CLUB OF MIDDLE TN$333,333
Individual grant recipient$333,333
WO SMITH MUSIC SCHOOL$250,000
YWCA$250,000
FRIENDS OF WARNER PARKS$250,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MIDDLE TN$250,000
NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$250,000
NASHVILLE SYMPHONY$250,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$223,958
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $952k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GALLATIN DAY CARE CENTER: $25k → 8%THE HOPE STATION: $15k → 9%HOPE'S BRIDGE OF MIDDLE TN: $10k → 10%MY BAG MY STORY: $15k → 17%CASA OF THE HIGHLAND RIM: $10k → 11%CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI: $1k → 12%MY BAG MY STORY: $10k → 17%NIGHT STALKER'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ANCORATN: $75k → 14%ANCORATN: $65k → 14%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $10k → 14%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $10k → 14%GREEN HILLS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 14%GREEN HILLS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 14%GREEN HILLS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 14%MOTHER TO MOTHER: $25k → 14%HISPANIC FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%MARY PARRISH CENTER: $25k → 14%CORNER TO CORNER: $25k → 14%THE METRO POLICE CHRISTMAS CHARITIES: $10k → 14%THE METRO POLICE CHRISTMAS CHARITIES: $10k → 14%THE METRO POLICE CHRISTMAS CHARITIES: $10k → 14%THE METRO POLICE CHRISTMAS CHARITIES: $5k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $120k → 14%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $70k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $25k → 14%SENIOR RENAISSANCE CENTER: $20k → 14%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $15k → 14%SENIOR RENAISSANCE CENTER: $10k → 14%SENIOR RENAISSANCE CENTER: $10k → 14%WEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER DBA DREAM STREETS: $10k → 14%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $10k → 14%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $10k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $45k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $20k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD: $15k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD: $10k → 14%MAKE A WISH - MIDDLE TN: $25k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD: $1k → 14%METRO POLICE CHRISTMAS CHARITIES: $10k → 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

MT
IL
IA
CA
KY
MD
TN
NC
AL
GA
TX
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 70 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

70 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 91 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
47

Total granted

$17M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+43%

Still filing today

73%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationAnimalsHousing & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NS
    Nashville Symphony Association
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +21%
  • CO
    CENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +59%
  • NP
    NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $295k · revenue +294%

Funded once

  • ST
    SEWANEE THE UNVERSITY OF THE SOUTH
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M
  • MN
    METRO NASHVILLE POLICE SUPPORT FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • I
    INSPIRITUS
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
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
Park Center Inc

Park center has been serving nashville for over 40 years, providing a place for hope and recovery for people experiencing serious mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. we meet people where they are and provide support through…

Employment
2
Nashville Public Media Inc

Nashville banner is a locally owned, community supported, civic news organization. we exist to empower the people of nashville to make informed decisions by providing non-partisan journalism from an independent, nonprofit newsroom. we are…

Arts & Culture
3
Girls Write Nashville

Girls write nashville empowers expression through songwriting, production, mentorship and creative community for teen artists. we are an artist and educator-led 501(c)(3) creative youth development program in nashville, tn allied with…

Arts & Culture
4
Nashville Cares

Nashville cares exists to end the hiv epidemic, promote comprehensive sexual health and end sexual health stigmatization and discrimination through prevention, education, treatment, support, advocacy, and strategic partnership.

Health
5
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc

Lead our community's efforts to house, support, empower and advocate for families experiencing homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
6
Rahab House

Rahab House is deeply committed to the rescue, refuge, and restoration of human trafficking survivors. We provide comprehensive support that encompasses immediate safety and connections to long-term restorative care in alignment with the…

Human Services
7
Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc

Nashville inner city ministry is a christ-centered community organization dedicated to empowering the spiritual, educational and vocational development of at-risk youth and their families.

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8
My Fathers House Nashville

The mission of My Fathers House Nashville (MFHN) is to provide shelter, parenting education, recovery information and life skills for fathers transitioning out of institutional settings or homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
9
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
10
Needlink Nashville

Provide needy families and individuals with rent and utilities assistance in order to prevent their eviction or termination of utility services. also provide food and other assistance to needy families and individuals.

—
11
One Family Memphis
Human Services
12
Open Table of Nashville Inc

Open table of nashville is a non-profit, interfaith, community that disrupts the cycles of poverty, journeys with the marginalized and provides education about issues of homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mending Hearts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tennessee Titans Foundation. 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

123 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. 123 of the 209 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/123
Grantees still filing
82/123
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS: $2,055,000 · OtherCUMBERLAND HEIGHTSTPAC: $2,020,000 · OtherTPACYWCA: $1,950,000 · OtherYWCACENTERSTONE: $1,000,000 · OtherCENTERSTONESEWANEE THE UNVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $1,000,000 · OtherSEWANEE THE UNVERSITY OF THE SOUTHMETRO NASHVILLE POLICE SUPPORT FUND: $1,000,000 · OtherMETRO NASHVILLE POLICE SUPPORT FUNDST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $975,000 · OtherST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH+115 more: $6,984,968 · Other+115 moreNashville Symphony Association: $3,075,000 · Arts & CultureNashville Symphon…CENTENNIAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $295,000 · Arts & CultureCENTENNIAL PARK C…WO SMITH NASHVILLE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL: $250,000 · Arts & CultureWO SMITH NASHVILL…FRIST ART MUSEUM: $142,333 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $380,000 · Arts & Culture+13 moreCENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC: $1,050,000 · HealthCENTERSTO…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $225,000 · HealthST JUDE C…Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $210,000 · HealthVanderbil…THE NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER: $175,000 · HealthTHE NEW B…NASHVILLEHEALTH: $100,000 · HealthREBOOT RECOVERY INC: $96,000 · HealthSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER: $80,000 · HealthHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE CORPORATION: $80,000 · Health+10 more: $305,000 · Health+10 moreNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $295,000 · EducationKIPP NASHVILLE: $230,000 · EducationEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION: $125,000 · EducationTHE COVENANT SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $90,000 · EducationPower and Grace Preparatory Academy Inc: $56,000 · EducationNASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Education+8 more: $150,000 · EducationNASHVILLE POLICE & PUBLIC SAFETY ALLIANCE: $1,000,000 · Public Safety & DisasterST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC: $160,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $75,000 · Human ServicesALIVE HOSPICE INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $50,000 · Human ServicesMetro Police Christmas Charities: $45,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR RENAISSANCE CENTER: $40,000 · Human Services+15 more: $286,000 · Human ServicesNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $200,000 · AnimalsPARIS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $75,000 · AnimalsFRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · AnimalsTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Animals+1 more: $5,000 · Animals
Other$16,984,968Arts & Culture$4,142,333Health$2,321,000Education$1,086,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,000,000Human Services$971,000Animals$355,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNashville Symphony Association: $3,075,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetCENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC: $1,050,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNASHVILLE POLICE & PUBLIC SAFETY ALLIANCE: $1,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $295,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCENTENNIAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $295,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC: $280,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $250,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetWO SMITH NASHVILLE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL: $250,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetKIPP NASHVILLE: $230,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $225,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $210,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEN OF VALOR: $200,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $200,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER: $175,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION: $165,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC: $160,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetFRIST ART MUSEUM: $142,333 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC: $130,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION: $125,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetHANDS ON NASHVILLE INC: $110,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNASHVILLEHEALTH: $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMission Possible Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetREBOOT RECOVERY INC: $96,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER: $80,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE CORPORATION: $80,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetPARIS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $75,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFACE MINISTRIES INC: $71,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetALIVE HOSPICE INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER INC: $62,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBeWell in School: $60,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS & CRAFTS: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO: $60,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOLD SCHOOL FARM INC: $60,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetPower and Grace Preparatory Academy Inc: $56,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetSADDLE UP: $50,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNASHVILLE BALLET: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNASHVILLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetNASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCASTING FOR RECOVERY: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetHumphreys Homeless Coalition: $50,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetELI'S HOUSE: $50,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMetro Police Christmas Charities: $45,000 over 5y, 5.1% 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 Nashville Symphony Association ↗
  • Who funds CENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE POLICE & PUBLIC SAFETY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTENNIAL PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds WO SMITH NASHVILLE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KIPP NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds MEN OF VALOR ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION ↗
  • Who funds ANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIST ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds HANDS ON NASHVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLEHEALTH ↗

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 I…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Community Foundat…The Frist FoundationUnited Way of Middle …Joe C Davis FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…Nashville Predators F…The Healing Trust For…Louie M & Betty M Phi…The Steven & Laurie E…Carolyn Smith Foundat…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dettwiller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dettwiller Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 209 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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