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Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$2.5MEducation$650kArts & Culture$563kFood & Nutrition$325kHousing & Shelter$290kScience & Tech$30kHuman Services$25kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NASHVILLE ZOO$1,000,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($4.0M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($500k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FIFTY FORWARD: $5k → 4%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($500k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$500k · 1 grant
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 12 repeat orgs$573k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
10

Total granted

$3.9M
$573k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+6%

Still filing today

92%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
AnimalsHousing & ShelterArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TW
    THE WILDERNESS PROJECT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2021 · $1.5M · revenue +462%
  • NZ
    NASHVILLE ZOO INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +23%
  • CC
    CARLETON COLLEGE
    2× · 2018–2022 · $650k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • RO
    ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · $500k
  • DF
    DADA2 Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -35%
  • DH
    DICKSON HUMAN SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
2
Nashville Food Project Inc

The nashville food project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

Food & Nutrition
3
Nashville Cares

Nashville cares exists to end the hiv epidemic, promote comprehensive sexual health and end sexual health stigmatization and discrimination through prevention, education, treatment, support, advocacy, and strategic partnership.

Health
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
Nuvance Health

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

Health
6
The Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation

The nashville chamber public benefit foundation supports the work of the nashville area chamber of commerce through efforts to improve the quality of education, encourage public and private efforts around education, and to facilitate the…

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7
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
8
North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…

Science & Tech
9
Nashville Technology Council

Ntc mission is to advance the diverse technology ecosystem by connecting and promoting members, attracting, growing and retaining tech talent, and providing opportunities to reinvest in the greater nashville community.

Community Improvement
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Greenways for Nashville Inc

Greenways for nashville promotes, supports, and enhances a system of greenways and open space in nashville and davidson county.

Recreation & Sports
12
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is DADA2 Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE WILDERNESS PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · AnimalsTHE WILDERNESS PROJECT FOUNDATIONNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $1,010,000 · AnimalsNASHVILLE ZOO INC+1 more: $15,000 · AnimalsCARLETON COLLEGE: $650,000 · EducationCARLETON COLLEGE+1 more: $5,000 · EducationROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM: $500,000 · OtherROYAL ONTARIO …THISTLE FARMS INC: $20,000 · Other+8 more: $70,000 · Other+8 moreSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $325,000 · Food & NutritionABE'S GARDEN: $260,000 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE BALLET: $60,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureDADA2 Foundation: $25,000 · HealthSCOTT HAMILTON CARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Health
Animals$2,525,000Education$655,000Other$590,000Food & Nutrition$325,000Housing & Shelter$290,000Arts & Culture$62,500Health$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE WILDERNESS PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $1,010,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $650,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $325,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetABE'S GARDEN: $260,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNASHVILLE BALLET: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDADA2 Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNASHVILLE INNER CITY MINISTRY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSCOTT HAMILTON CARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Steven & Laurie E…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Community Foundat…Dorothy Cate and Thom…Memorial Foundation I…Raymond James Charita…Dollar General Litera…Patricia and Rodes Ha…Carolyn Smith Foundat…Nashville Predators F…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…
The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family FoundationTN17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herbert a Fritch Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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