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Fugitive Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$282k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2024
56
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
34 to 56
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$5.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Fugitive Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureReligionCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving57$282k18%
FY202356$252k21%
FY202245$251k18%
FY202139$258k23%
FY202034$239k12%
FY201936$253k8%
FY201839$260k33%
FY201735$255kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$533kHealth$413kReligion$362kArts & Culture$299kHousing & Shelter$96kHuman Services$91kEnvironment$75kCrime & Legal$53kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 67 grantees
All grantees of Fugitive Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Siloam Health$382,45081%
The Contributor Inc$147,00065%
Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville$97,00080%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville$94,50080%
Texas Christian University$80,00040%
Belcourt Theatre Inc$60,00080%
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc$57,00060%
Currey Ingram Academy$50,00070%
Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty$49,50075%
The Harpeth Hall School$49,50080%
Nashville Symphony Association$43,00060%
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$31,50080%
Friends of Kellytown Inc Dba Friends of Aaittafama' Archaeological Park$31,0005100%
Blue Monarch$29,00080%
Nashville Public Radio$25,65070%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$25,50030%
Monteagle Sunday School Assembly$22,5003n/a
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$20,00040%
Manna Mission Inc$19,50049%
St Paul Christian Academy$18,0005n/a
Vanderbilt University$15,00020%
AMERICAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY dba AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGE$12,00070%
Regent College Foundation$10,00080%
Spoleto Festival USA Inc$10,00030%
Raphah Institute$9,50040%
The Trustees of Princeton University$9,30070%
Grundy County Historical Society$9,00062%
Abwe Foundation Inc$8,0007n/a
Tennessee Historical Society$7,00070%
The McCallie School$7,00050%
Nashville Fellows Program Inc$7,00051%
Barnabas International$6,00060%
Open Table Inc$6,00020%
Christ Church Cathedral$5,0004n/a
University of the South$5,00010%
Saint Bernard Academy$5,00010%
Solbon International Inc$5,00050%
Southern Environmental Law Center$5,00020%
The Navigators$5,0001n/a
Christian Community Health Fellowship Inc$5,00030%
Historic Charleston Foundation$4,50030%
Room in the Inn Inc$4,0003n/a
University of Virginia School of Architecture Foundation$4,00040%
Choosing Justice Initiative$3,50040%
Alive Hospice Inc$3,00020%
Nashville Public Library Foundation$3,00020%
Millennium Relief and Development Services Inc$3,0003n/a
The Ensworth School$2,50050%
Trinity Forum Inc$2,00020%
The Witness Inc$2,00010%
Andrew Jackson Foundation Fka Ladies' Hermitage Association$2,00020%
Opportunity in Overalls$2,00010%
Barefoot Republic Inc$2,00030%
International Leadership Coalition$2,00021%
The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc$2,00020%
The Mendenhall Ministries$2,0002n/a
Gideons Army Grassroots Army for Children$1,70010%
Franklin Road Academy Inc$1,50010%
Tedxnashville Inc$1,15011%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,15010%
Leadership Nashville Foundation$1,00010%
Ethiopia Act$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennesse Inc$1,0001n/a
Charleston Library Society$1,00010%
Rooftop Foundation$1,00010%
Pca Reformed University Ministries$5001n/a
Washington University$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($511k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Fugitive Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSiloam Health: $382,450 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetThe Contributor Inc: $147,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetMontgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville: $97,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville: $94,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Christian University: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBelcourt Theatre Inc: $60,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Land Trust for Tennessee Inc: $57,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCurrey Ingram Academy: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $49,500 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetThe Harpeth Hall School: $49,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $43,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $31,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Kellytown Inc Dba Friends of Aaittafama' Archaeological Park: $31,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetBlue Monarch: $29,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNashville Public Radio: $25,650 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSolomon R Guggenheim Foundation: $25,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetManna Mission Inc: $19,500 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetVanderbilt University: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY dba AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGE: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRegent College Foundation: $10,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSpoleto Festival USA Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRaphah Institute: $9,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $9,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGrundy County Historical Society: $9,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTennessee Historical Society: $7,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe McCallie School: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Fellows Program Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBarnabas International: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Table Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of the South: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Bernard Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSolbon International Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Community Health Fellowship Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHistoric Charleston Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Virginia School of Architecture Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChoosing Justice Initiative: $3,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAlive Hospice Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Public Library Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ensworth School: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Forum Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Witness Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAndrew Jackson Foundation Fka Ladies' Hermitage Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpportunity in Overalls: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBarefoot Republic Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Leadership Coalition: $2,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Preservation Society of Charleston Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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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 57.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN41.5× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Frist Foundation · James R Meadows Jr Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Msb Cockayne Fund Inc · The Blum Family Foundation · Joe C Davis Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Shayne 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 Fugitive Foundation

How much does Fugitive Foundation give?
Fugitive Foundation reported 57 grants totaling $281,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Fugitive Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Health (20%), Religion (18%).
Who are Fugitive Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Siloam Health ($382k), The Contributor Inc ($147k), Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville ($97k).
Does Fugitive Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fugitive Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fugitive Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Memorial Foundation Inc, The Frist Foundation.
Where is Fugitive Foundation based?
Fugitive Foundation 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 95 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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