Tennessee · Private foundation
Hearts of the South Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $537k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Hearts of the South Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $25k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $28k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $34k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $34k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $32k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $29k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $25k | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Community Inc | $41,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Christian Cooperative Ministry Inc | $18,000 | 9 | 2% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alive Hospice Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rest Stop Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Decisions Choices and Options Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Community Inc | $41,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Christian Cooperative Ministry Inc | $18,000 | 9 | 2% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alive Hospice Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rest Stop Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Decisions Choices and Options Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| K-Love & Air1 Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Christian Community Schools Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Isaiah 117 House | $1,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Television Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Camp Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palmer Home for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Educational Media Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($137k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hearts of the South Family 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: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Hearts of the South Family Foundation with peer funders
About Hearts of the South Family Foundation
- How much does Hearts of the South Family Foundation give?
- Hearts of the South Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $24,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hearts of the South Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (38%), Education (21%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are Hearts of the South Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Recovery Community Inc ($41k), Christian Cooperative Ministry Inc ($18k), March of Dimes Inc ($10k).
- Does Hearts of the South Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hearts of the South Family 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 Hearts of the South Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Hearts of the South Family Foundation based?
- Hearts of the South Family Foundation is based in TN.
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