Tennessee · Private foundation
Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $61k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 45
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $30k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $119k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $123k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $134k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $152k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $137k | 66% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Senior Citizens Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alive Hospice Inc | $32,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of Nashville | $24,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Nashville Symphony Association | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | $15,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Opera Association | $12,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Akiva School | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Senior Citizens Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alive Hospice Inc | $32,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of Nashville | $24,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Nashville Symphony Association | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | $15,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Opera Association | $12,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Akiva School | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Abe's Garden | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Radio | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Western Kentucky University | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Nashville Humane Association Aka Nashville Humane Society | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Nashville Ballet | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $3,750 | 4 | 0% |
| The Educational Advancement Center for Boys | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($544k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Irvin and Beverly Small 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 · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Doochin Family Charitable Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Eden Foundation · Eisen-Wald Foundation · The Annette & Irwin Eskind Family Foundation · Raymond Zimmerman Family Foundation · Patricia and Rodes Hart Foundation · Carolyn Smith Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation with peer funders
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About Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation
- How much does Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation give?
- Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $61,210 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (17%), Human Services (16%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nashville Zoo Inc ($85k), Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art ($80k), Senior Citizens Inc ($36k).
- Does Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Irvin and Beverly Small 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 Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation, Memorial Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
- Where is Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation based?
- Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation is based in TN.
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