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Lucius E Burch III Family Foundation at a glance

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Lucius E Burch III Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$142k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$651kHealth$97kRecreation & Sports$66kInternational$25kCommunity Improvement$20kYouth Development$10kEnvironment$1k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $136k
$65,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC$70,000
FRIENDS OF WARNER PARKS INC$65,500
MAKE-A-WISH MIDDLE TENNESSEE$6,758
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%HARK-ALS INC: $10k → 5%MAKE-A-WISH MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $7k → 14%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.
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 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
New York Road Runners Inc

As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.

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2
Bloodwater Mission Inc

Bloodwater mission, inc. (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization registered in nashville, tennessee that operates an international nonprofit that partners with african community-driven organizations to end water and hiv/aids…

Religion
3
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
4
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
5
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
6
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
7
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
8
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
9
Oncology and Kids Inc

To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.

Human Services
10
Lead Public Schools Inc

Lead public schools exists to prepare all our students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and in life.

Education
11
Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc

Midwest athletes against childhood cancer, inc.'s mission is to find a cure for childhood cancer and related blood disorders by providing critical funding for research.

Health
12
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research (Us) Ltd

Partner with scientists to accelerate research that will transform the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer through ground breaking science carried out by individual investigators, multidisciplinary teams, and early stage…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $651,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLEFRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC: $65,500 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS O…BACKFIELD IN MOTION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsBACKFIELD…CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · HealthCUMBERLAN…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthBLOOD CAN…CAROLINA FOR KIBERA INC: $25,000 · InternationalTHE NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER: $20,000 · OtherTHE ABILITY EXPERIENCE: $5,000 · OtherHARK-ALS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $6,758 · Human ServicesCUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC: $1,000 · Environment
Education$651,000Recreation & Sports$75,500Health$75,000International$25,000Other$25,000Human Services$16,758Environment$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $651,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC: $65,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCAROLINA FOR KIBERA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHARK-ALS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $6,758 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ABILITY EXPERIENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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…Ebs FoundationThe Frist FoundationNashville Predators F…Memorial Foundation I…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN14.9× affinity5 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 · Ebs Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Lucius E Burch III Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lucius E Burch III Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 11 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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