Tennessee · Public charity
Lipscomb University
We are a christ-centered community preparing learners for purposeful lives through rigorous academics and transformative experiences.
- $45M
- Granted FY2020
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Lipscomb University’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Middle Tennessee Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Lipscomb University named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $31k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2020
- $31k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $475M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 60% of the organizations Lipscomb University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 5 | $31k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Buddies International Inc | $34,052 | 4 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Education Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Repertory Theatre Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barefoot Republic Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America 560 Middle Tennessee | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nasba Center for the Public Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Manna Project International | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Lipscomb University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lipscomb University
- How much does Lipscomb University give?
- Lipscomb University reported 5 itemized grants totaling $31,000, out of $45,342,081 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Lipscomb University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are International (25%), Education (19%), Civil Rights (16%).
- Who are Lipscomb University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Best Buddies International Inc ($34k), Nashville Public Education Foundation ($30k), Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center Inc ($25k).
- Does Lipscomb University fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lipscomb University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Memorial Foundation Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation, Dettwiller Foundation.
- Where is Lipscomb University based?
- Lipscomb University is based in TN.
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