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Maria & Bernard a Pargh Family Foundation at a glance

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Maria & Bernard a Pargh 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.

$957k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$480k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.3MReligion$597kEducation$481kHuman Services$327kHousing & Shelter$300kHealth$208kPhilanthropy$133kInternational$126kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $308k
  • $250k+1 grant · $480k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH$480,000
THE TEMPLE$158,450
BELMONT UNIVERSITY$50,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY$50,000
ABE'S GARDEN$50,000
NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION$25,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE$25,000
CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY$20,000
JEWISH POLICY CENTER$20,000
KEHILLAH JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
TN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
AKIVIA SCHOOL$10,000
JEWISH MIDDLE SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE$10,000
GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$7,500
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 (FY19–25, $232k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MENORAH MANOR: $1k → 12%CHILDREN ARE PEOPLE INC: $1k → 8%FRIENDS LIFE COMMUNITY: $10k → 14%FRIENDS LIFE COMMUNITY: $10k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $117k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $23k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $18k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $16k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $13k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $12k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 14%MOTHER TO MOTHER: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
CA
CO
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 32 repeat orgs$286k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
24

Total granted

$3.3M
$236k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+14%

Still filing today

44%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • AG
    ABE'S GARDEN
    6× · 2019–2025 · $300k · revenue +70%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $205k · revenue +19%
  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    5× · 2020–2024 · $170k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • 1I
    1065 INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +31%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -51%
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
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
3
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
4
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

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5
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
6
Nishmat Adin

Nishmat adin lays the foundation for students to become lifelong learners and scholars steeped in their jewish roots and identities, confident in their talents, adept at navigating the world around them, emboldened to turn challenge into…

Education
7
The Felicia Penzell Weber Jewish Community High School Inc

The weber school prepares its students for success in college and in life, inspiring them to be knowledgeable, thinking, responsible jewish adults, by weaving together: the pursuit of academic excellence; a commitment to jewish values, the…

Education
8
The Conservative Jewish Day School of Dallas Inc

Ann and Nate Levine Academy is an inclusive, dynamic, Jewish day school that fosters leadership, creativity, critical thinking, and Jewish values while empowering its students with integrity, self-confidence, and intellectual curiosity.

Education
9
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
10
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

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11
Beit Rabban Day School

Beit rabban's mission is to nurture our children to be critical and creative thinkers, responsible world citizens, deeply fluent in jewish texts, hebrew language, the humanities and the sciences, respectful of a multiplicity of views, and…

Education
12
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University School of Nashville; the most unlike its peers is Children Are People Rutherford County 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

27 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. 27 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,138,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INCNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC+2 more: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TEMPLE: $354,050 · OtherTHE TEMPLETHE TEMPLE OHABAI SHALOM: $111,150 · OtherTHE TEMPLE OHABAI SHALOMPRAGER UNIVERSITY: $105,000 · OtherPRAGER UNIVERSITYTN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherAKIVA SCHOOL: $58,334 · OtherGILDA'S CLUB: $55,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $117,500 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDL…+29 more: $389,705 · Other+29 moreCURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationCURREY IN…Belmont University: $50,000 · EducationBelmont U…1065 INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 · Education1065 INST…UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…JEWISH Middle SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $38,333 · EducationJEWISH Mi…THE KEHILLAH SCHOOL: $28,333 · EducationTHE KEHIL…ABE'S GARDEN: $300,000 · Housing & ShelterABE'S GAR…JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE: $204,500 · Human ServicesFriends Life Community: $20,000 · Human Services+3 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesVanderbilt University Medical Center: $170,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH POLICY CENTER: $100,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICANS FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE INC: $15,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · International
Arts & Culture$1,253,500Other$1,320,739Education$306,666Housing & Shelter$300,000Human Services$231,500Health$170,000International$141,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,138,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetABE'S GARDEN: $300,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE: $204,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $170,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $117,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH POLICY CENTER: $100,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAKIVA SCHOOL: $58,334 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBelmont University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1065 INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH Middle SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $38,333 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $32,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE KEHILLAH SCHOOL: $28,333 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends Life Community: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICANS FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER RECOVERY IN ACTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNASHVILLE REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOTHER TO MOTHER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNURTURE THE NEXT FKA PREVENT CHILD ABUSE TENNESSEE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN ARE PEOPLE RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMenorah Manor Inc: $1,000 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 FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds ABE'S GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH POLICY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AKIVA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Belmont University ↗
  • Who funds 1065 INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH Middle SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE KEHILLAH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds Friends Life Community ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Nashville Symphony Association ↗

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…Memorial Foundation I…The John and Heidi Ha…Doochin Family Charit…The Joel C & Bernice …The Steven & Laurie E…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Blum Family Found…The Frist FoundationUnited Way of Middle …American Paper & Twin…The Jeffrey & Donna E…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN26.1× affinity12 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 · Memorial Foundation Inc · The John and Heidi Hassenfeld Family Foundation · Doochin Family Charitable Foundation · The Joel C & Bernice W Gordon Family Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · American Paper & Twine Charitable Trust · The Jeffrey & Donna Eskind Family Foundation

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 Maria & Bernard a Pargh Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maria & Bernard a Pargh Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Menorah Manor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 58 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home