Tennessee · Private foundation
Hearn Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $270k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $138,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $485k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 20% of the organizations Hearn Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 12 | $270k | 42% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $217k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $71k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $104k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $65k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $66k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $37k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $78k | 63% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Symphony Association | $387,800 | 10 | 1% |
| Nashville Wine Auction | $185,550 | 9 | 2% |
| Nashville Repertory Theatre Inc | $56,616 | 9 | 1% |
| Nashville Ballet | $53,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc | $49,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | $39,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Porters Call | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Nashville Food Project Inc | $18,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Barefoot Republic Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The New Beginnings Center | $17,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($108k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hearn Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Enchiridion Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · The Frist Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
About Hearn Charitable Foundation
- How much does Hearn Charitable Foundation give?
- Hearn Charitable Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $269,600 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Hearn Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Health (26%), Membership Benefit (6%).
- Who are Hearn Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Nashville Symphony Association ($388k), Nashville Wine Auction ($186k), Nashville Repertory Theatre Inc ($57k).
- Does Hearn Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hearn Charitable 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 Hearn Charitable 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 Hearn Charitable Foundation based?
- Hearn Charitable Foundation is based in TN.
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