Tennessee · Private foundation
Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $56k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $224k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $56k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $29k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $38k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $82k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $60k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $56k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont University | $82,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Lipscomb University | $67,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Juventud En Camino Association | $40,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Store Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Rocketown of Middle Tennessee | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Neverthirst Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caleb Global | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Television Inc | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont University | $82,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Lipscomb University | $67,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Juventud En Camino Association | $40,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Store Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Rocketown of Middle Tennessee | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Neverthirst Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caleb Global | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Television Inc | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opportunity in Overalls | $1,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Mountain Ways Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Andrew Jackson Foundation Fka Ladies' Hermitage Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($121k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Purity Foundation · Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Ezell Foundation Inc · Enchiridion Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Servant Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation
- How much does Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation give?
- Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $56,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Food & Nutrition (23%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Belmont University ($83k), Lipscomb University ($68k), Juventud En Camino Association ($40k).
- Does Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Purity Foundation, Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation.
- Where is Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation based?
- Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation is based in TN.
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