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Laroche Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$59k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0174% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$957kYouth Development$231kEnvironment$158kReligion$145kPublic Benefit$75kPhilanthropy$68kArts & Culture$64kHealth$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$2,700
Median grant
3
States reached
$641k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TN GREEN CONSERVANCY$25,000
THE FORGE$15,000
FORWARD TENNESSEE$10,000
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$2,700
Individual grant recipient$2,500
CHARITY CIRCLE$2,350
SMITHSONIAN$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $50k → 9%GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $50k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
NY
CA
NM
TN
NC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 32 repeat orgs$193k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
59

Total granted

$1.8M
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+32%

Still filing today

34%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • Vanderbilt University
    4× · 2017–2020 · $736k · revenue +74%
  • TL
    TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $158k · revenue +242%
  • HA
    HARDING ACADEMY
    4× · 2019–2023 · $100k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • DC
    DISCOVERY CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • CD
    CHILDRENS DISC MUSEUM
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • TT
    THINK TENNESSEEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +337%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Nashville Public Radio

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.

Arts & Culture
2
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc

The foundation enriches the lives of the students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university of tennessee through alumni engagement, financial stewardship and private gift support.

Education
3
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
4
Tusculum University

Building on a rich Presbyterian heritage and a pioneering spirit, Tusculum University provides an active and experiential education within a caring Christian environment to inspire civic engagement, enrich personal lives, and equip…

Education
5
Lehigh University

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…

Education
6
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education

The mission of the state collaborative on reforming education (score) is to catalyze transformative change in tennessee education so that all students can achieve success. score is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan institution,…

Education
7
Carson-Newman University

Mission of challenge, nurture, community: carson-newman college offers a christian, liberal arts education in an environment that encourages open intellectual inquiry and deeper spiritual maturity. students receive a personalized education…

Education
8
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
9
Tennessee Aquarium

The mission of the Tennessee Aquarium is to connect people with nature and empower them to make informed decisions about water and wildlife.

Animals
10
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
11
Aquinas College

Education

Education
12
Furman University

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.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Greenhouse Ministries. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 92 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Vanderbilt University: $736,150 · EducationVanderbilt UniversityHARDING ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationHARDING ACADEMYTHE WEBB SCHOOL: $40,500 · Education+6 more: $17,400 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $107,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLINEBAUGH LIBRARY: $55,000 · OtherLINEBAUGH LIBRARYTHE FORGE: $54,000 · OtherTHE FORGEUNITED WAY: $42,750 · OtherUNITED WAYST THOMAS FOUNDATION: $28,050 · OtherCHARITY CIRCLE: $25,468 · OtherDISCOVERY CENTER: $25,050 · OtherCHILDRENS DISC MUSEUM: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $21,666 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · Other+66 more: $144,269 · Other+66 moreBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $218,610 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS O…TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY: $157,501 · Recreation & SportsTENNGREEN…+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsGREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $100,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesFORWARD TN: $55,000 · Community ImprovementTHINK TENNESSEE: $20,000 · Civil Rights
Education$894,050Other$548,803Youth Development$218,610Recreation & Sports$162,501Human Services$101,000Community Improvement$55,000Civil Rights$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVanderbilt University: $736,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $218,610 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY: $157,501 over 3y, 11% of budgetGREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $100,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetHARDING ACADEMY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFORWARD TN: $55,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE WEBB SCHOOL: $40,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHINK TENNESSEE: $20,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $8,960 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $8,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNotes for Education Inc: $4,800 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAITI OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOORS OF HOPE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMPUS SCHOOLS PARENT TEACHERS CLUB: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWALDENS PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION & EDUCATIO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HARDING ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FORWARD TN ↗
  • Who funds THE WEBB SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THINK TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds Nashville Symphony Association ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
  • Who funds THE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BACKFIELD IN MOTION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Notes for Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗

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 Foundat…Adams Family Foundati…John D Floyd Charitab…Charity Circle of Mur…Christy-Houston Found…Nashville Predators F…Hca Healthcare Founda…Community Foundation …Jennings & Rebecca Jo…Adams Family Foundati…Dorothy Cate and Thom…The Healing Trust For…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN31.8× affinity15 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 · Adams Family Foundation I · John D Floyd Charitable Foundation Inc · Charity Circle of Murfreesboro · Christy-Houston Foundation Inc · Nashville Predators Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Jennings & Rebecca Jones Foundation Inc · Adams Family Foundation II · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Laroche Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laroche Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Laroche Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Laroche Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 92 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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