Tennessee · Private foundation
Initiative for a Better Society
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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $202k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 88% of the organizations Initiative for a Better Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 3 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $5k | 88% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $13k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Place Inc | $9,025 | 1 | 0% |
| Dolphin Research Center Inc | $1,025 | 2 | 0% |
| Council for Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Messianic Times Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shalom Preschool | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amazing Animals Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Lost River Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Edison Institute Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center Inc | $250 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Place Inc | $9,025 | 1 | 0% |
| Dolphin Research Center Inc | $1,025 | 2 | 0% |
| Council for Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Messianic Times Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shalom Preschool | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amazing Animals Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Lost River Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Edison Institute Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center Inc | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Hiller Aviation Institute | $105 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Initiative for a Better Society 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 Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Initiative for a Better Society
- How much does Initiative for a Better Society give?
- Initiative for a Better Society reported 3 grants totaling $3,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Initiative for a Better Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (39%), Religion (34%), Animals (7%).
- Who are Initiative for a Better Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Discovery Place Inc ($9k), Dolphin Research Center Inc ($1k), Council for Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services Inc ($1k).
- Does Initiative for a Better Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Initiative for a Better Society 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 Initiative for a Better Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Initiative for a Better Society based?
- Initiative for a Better Society is based in TN.
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