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Fields of Dreams Inc

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.7M
Granted FY2018
8
Grants FY2018
8
Organizations funded FY2018
50%
First-time grantees FY2018
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Median grant, FY2018
$642,819
Largest grant, FY2018
$721,769
Organizations funded a year
4 to 8
FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2018
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 50% of the organizations Fields of Dreams Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20188$2.7M50%
FY20174$2.8Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Recreation & Sports$5.5M

Top grantees

Largest grants in FY2018.

AUSTIN-EAST HIGH SCHOOL$721,769
KARNS HIGH SCHOOL$642,821
HARDIN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL$642,819
WEST HIGH SCHOOL$642,819
GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL$2
CARTER HIGH SCHOOL$2
HALLS HIGH SCHOOL$1
SOUTH DOYLE HIGH SCHOOL$1

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About Fields of Dreams Inc

How much does Fields of Dreams Inc give?
Fields of Dreams Inc reported 8 grants totaling $2,650,234 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does Fields of Dreams Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (100%).
Does Fields of Dreams Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2018, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fields of Dreams Inc 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.
Where is Fields of Dreams Inc based?
Fields of Dreams Inc is based in TN.

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 8 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2020) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2018, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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