· Private foundation
Eden 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k53 grants · $101k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $178k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $120k
- $250k+1 grant · $812k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LIBBY AND MOSHE WERTHAN DAF | $811,946 |
| AKIVA SCHOOL | $70,000 |
| VUMC OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT | $50,000 |
| PEF ENDOWMENT FUNDS | $32,300 |
| VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | $20,000 |
| GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER | $20,000 |
| SHERITH ISRAEL | $20,000 |
| PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES | $20,000 |
| HILLEL INTERNATIONAL | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $18,000 |
| CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL | $17,200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $7,000 |
| GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER | $5,000 |
| ONE STEP SCHOOL | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
73 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $949k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ASAKIVA SCHOOL5× · 2020–2024 · $218k · revenue +91%
- VUVanderbilt University Medical Center5× · 2020–2024 · $203k · revenue +76%
- SCSENIOR CITIZENS INC5× · 2020–2024 · $44k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- PIPARDES INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNINGone grant, 2020 · $104k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $65k
- KKEHILLAone grant, 2023 · $40k
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.
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.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
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…
The university school of jackson, a distinctive college preparatory school, seeks to instill a passion for academic excellence and lifelong learning so each student will reach his/her maximum potential.
The episcopal school of nashville, a diverse urban independent school, is dedicated to nurturing the joy of learning and the spirit of discovery in each of its students.
Nashville bar association is organized to improve the practice of law through education, service & fellowship
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
To provide facilities, services, and programs of the highest quality for the greatest benefit of the people, institutions, and communities of the state, and to take a leadership role in fostering the performing arts, arts education,…
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 152 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds AKIVA SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE ↗
- Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
- Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
- Who funds Belmont University ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE ↗
- Who funds FRIST ART MUSEUM ↗
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 Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Doochin Family Charitable Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Annette & Irwin Eskind Family Foundation · The Joel C & Bernice W Gordon Family Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Eisen-Wald Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Eden Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eden Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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