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Jack C Massey 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.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
1
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,744,250
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,744,250
Organizations funded a year
1 to 45
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$30M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Jack C Massey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthReligionCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$2.7M100%
FY20241$2.2M0%
FY20231$2.4M100%
FY202245$2.3M100%
FY20201$1.7Mn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$2.8MEducation$1.6MReligion$320kCivil Rights$60kHealth$55kYouth Development$45kArts & Culture$40kHousing & Shelter$40kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Belmont University$1,282,00010%
Battle Ground Academy$220,00011%
The Moody Church$75,0001n/a
American Center for Law and Justice Inc$50,00010%
Renewal House Inc$40,00011%
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$30,00010%
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc$25,00010%
High Hopes Inc$25,00010%
Center for Living and Learning Inc$20,00011%
Vanderbilt University$15,00010%
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All grantees of Jack C Massey Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Belmont University$1,282,00010%
Battle Ground Academy$220,00011%
The Moody Church$75,0001n/a
American Center for Law and Justice Inc$50,00010%
Renewal House Inc$40,00011%
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$30,00010%
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc$25,00010%
High Hopes Inc$25,00010%
Center for Living and Learning Inc$20,00011%
Vanderbilt University$15,00010%
Frist Art Museum$5,00010%
Currey Ingram Academy$5,00010%
Nashville Opera Association$5,00010%
Day 7 Inc$5,00012%
Mission Upreach Inc$5,00010%
Nashville Coaching Coalition$5,00012%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$5,00010%
The Harpeth Hall School$5,00010%
Hope Pregnancy Support Center$5,00011%
Martha O'Bryan Center Inc$1,00010%
Room in the Inn Inc$1,0001n/a
Project R12$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jack C Massey Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBelmont University: $1,282,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBattle Ground Academy: $220,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Center for Law and Justice Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRenewal House Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPalm Beach Day Academy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Hopes Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Living and Learning Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetVanderbilt University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFrist Art Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCurrey Ingram Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Opera Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDay 7 Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMission Upreach Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNashville Coaching Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harpeth Hall School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Pregnancy Support Center: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMartha O'Bryan Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject R12: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.

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 Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN20× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Patricia and Rodes Hart Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Servant Foundation · Martha W Banker Charitable Trust · Yarbrough Family Foundation · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc

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.

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About Jack C Massey Foundation

How much does Jack C Massey Foundation give?
Jack C Massey Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $2,744,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 45 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Jack C Massey Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (21%), Education (12%), Religion (2%).
Who are Jack C Massey Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Belmont University ($1.3M), Battle Ground Academy ($220k), The Moody Church ($75k).
Does Jack C Massey Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jack C Massey 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 Jack C Massey Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation, Patricia and Rodes Hart Foundation.
Where is Jack C Massey Foundation based?
Jack C Massey Foundation is based in TN.

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 48 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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