Tennessee · Public charity
Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
The jewish federation of nashville is the central voluntary communal organization of the jewish community. Through its fund-raising, planning and community relations efforts, either independently or in partnership with other jewish organizations, the federation works to promote the general welfare, viability and cohesiveness of the…
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $565,975
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 50
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $43M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 | 40 | $2.6M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $2.0M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $2.0M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $1.9M | 30% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $1.7M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $1.8M | 19% |
| FY2018 | 50 | $2.3M | 44% |
| FY2017 | 47 | $2.0M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Center of Nashville | $4,064,388 | 7 | 12% |
| Akiva School | $2,017,134 | 8 | 16% |
| Vanderbilt Hillel | $1,454,325 | 7 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Nashville and Middle Tennessee Inc | $1,338,408 | 8 | 33% |
| The Temple Ohabai Sholom | $653,818 | 7 | n/a |
| West End Synagogue-The Congregation Khal Kodesh Adath | $610,835 | 7 | n/a |
| Gordon Jewish Community Center | $565,975 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Sherith Israel | $394,683 | 8 | n/a |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus | $381,327 | 1 | 13% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $261,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 136 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 90 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Harold Grinspoon Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Doochin Family Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Joel C & Bernice W Gordon Family Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Frist Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee with peer funders
About Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
- How much does Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee give?
- Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee reported 43 itemized grants totaling $2,670,215, out of $3,524,657 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Philanthropy (24%), Religion (21%).
- Who are Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish Community Center of Nashville ($4.1M), Akiva School ($2.0M), Vanderbilt Hillel ($1.5M).
- Does Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Harold Grinspoon Foundation, The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation, Memorial Foundation Inc.
- Where is Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee based?
- Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee is based in TN.
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