Tennessee · Private foundation
Herbert a Fritch 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $315k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $695k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $165k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $1.5M | 100% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $678k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $88k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wilderness Project Foundation | $1,500,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $1,010,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Carleton College | $650,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc | $325,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Abe's Garden | $260,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Nashville Ballet | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| DADA2 Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Thistle Farms Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Humane Association Aka Nashville Humane Society | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wilderness Project Foundation | $1,500,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $1,010,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Carleton College | $650,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc | $325,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Abe's Garden | $260,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Nashville Ballet | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| DADA2 Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Thistle Farms Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Humane Association Aka Nashville Humane Society | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Backfield in Motion | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Duluth Heritage Sports Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Senior Citizens Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Geographic Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Television Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($535k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herbert a Fritch 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 Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Patricia and Rodes Hart Foundation · Carolyn Smith Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation
- How much does Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation give?
- Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,000,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (56%), Education (15%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Wilderness Project Foundation ($1.5M), Nashville Zoo Inc ($1.0M), Carleton College ($650k).
- Does Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herbert a Fritch 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 Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation, Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
- Where is Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation based?
- Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation is based in TN.
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