· Private foundation
Joanne W Stephenson Education Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF CHRIST AT MOUNTAIN VIEW | $7,500 |
| LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE | $6,700 |
| CROSSPOINT CHURCH | $3,500 |
| THE DICKINSON SCHOOL OF LAW | $3,000 |
| ALLEGHENY COLLEGE | $2,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $2,000 |
| GRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC | $1,000 |
| THE MERRIE WOODE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| CLEMSON CORPS ENDOWMENT | $1,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF THE HUDSON VALLEY | $1,000 |
| ARMY A CLUB | $750 |
| HUMANITIES TENNESSEE | $600 |
| FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS | $500 |
| TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS | $500 |
| DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 58% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2020, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS2× · 2018–2020 · $8k · revenue +98%
- FOFEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS4× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +489%
- GPGRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +541%
Funded once
- WPWEST POINT THAYER HONORS PROGRAMone grant, 2017 · $800
- NANASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $200 · revenue +33%
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.
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.
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
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.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
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.
The association of american law schools' mission is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.
Meredith college, grounded in the liberal arts and committed to professional preparation, educates and inspires students to live with integrity and provide leadership for the needs, opportunities and challenges of society.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS ↗
- Who funds FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ↗
- Who funds GRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Merrie-Woode Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds HUMANITIES TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds MONROE HARDING INC ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds SAFE HARBORS OF THE HUDSON INC ↗
- Who funds Book Em ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
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 Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · Vanderbilt University · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joanne W Stephenson Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joanne W Stephenson Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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