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Lipscomb University
We are a christ-centered community preparing learners for purposeful lives through rigorous academics and transformative experiences.
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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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k4 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | $10,000 |
| BEST BUDDIES OF NASHVILLE | $6,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| NASHVILLE REPERTORY THEATER INC | $5,000 |
| NASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 85% 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.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Best Buddies International Inc4× · 2017–2023 · $34k · revenue +81%- NANASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +50%
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc2× · 2019–2020 · $15k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- THTUSKEGEE HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS MULTICULTURAL CENTER INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +280% · 25% of their budget
- BRBAREFOOT REPUBLIC INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +74%
- NCNASBA CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC TRUSTone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +6%
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.
The nashville chamber public benefit foundation supports the work of the nashville area chamber of commerce through efforts to improve the quality of education, encourage public and private efforts around education, and to facilitate the…
Building educator excellence to give all students the opportunity for success.
Ntc mission is to advance the diverse technology ecosystem by connecting and promoting members, attracting, growing and retaining tech talent, and providing opportunities to reinvest in the greater nashville community.
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,…
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
The national medal of honor center for leadership prepares individuals to lead with courage, integrity, and service by delivering immersive, values based leadership education rooted in the enduring principles of the medal of honor. through…
To foster understanding among citizens of nashville and other cultures of the world through its cultural exchanges, cultural programs and community partnership. the mission of the organization is to promote peace through mutual respect,…
Advancing a national community to foster equity in dual and concurrent enrollment through accreditation, advocacy, research, and professional development.
We help our partners in states and schools work together to align policy and practice, reimagining what education can do through personalized, competency-based learning - and what it must do to prepare students for a lifetime of learning.
To promote the establishment and operation of quality charter schools through responsible oversight in the public interest. nacsa serves the education and resource needs of the full range of chartering authorities across the country, whose…
The mission of the charter school is to cultivate within all of our students the mindset, skills, creativity, and commitment to equity essential in becoming globally aware and independently minded citizens.
Founded in 1921, ncss advocates and builds capacity for high-quality social studies by providing leadership, programs, and resources for educators across the country to ensure students are educated and inspired for lifelong inquiry and…
How this is measured
11 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.
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 Best Buddies International Inc ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TUSKEGEE HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS MULTICULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE REPERTORY THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds BAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds NASBA CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC TRUST ↗
- Who funds MANNA PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lipscomb University funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lipscomb University. Bigger dots raise more.
- Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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