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Tennessee · Private foundation

Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.1M
Granted FY2019
62
Grants FY2019
62
Organizations funded FY2019
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Median grant, FY2019
$53,900
Largest grant, FY2019
$1,000,000
States reached, FY2019
6
Total assets, FY2019
$119M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tennessee State Museum Foundation Inc$1,000,0001n/a
Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc$250,00011%
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition$228,00017%
The Art Institute of Chicago$200,00010%
The Mary Parrish Center$175,000125%
The Hill School of Fort Worth Inc$175,00015%
Bunker Labs Nfp Inc$155,0001n/a
Lantern Lane Farm Inc$127,500116%
Renewal House Inc$100,00015%
The Refuge Center for Counseling Inc$100,00014%
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All grantees of Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tennessee State Museum Foundation Inc$1,000,0001n/a
Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc$250,00011%
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition$228,00017%
The Art Institute of Chicago$200,00010%
The Mary Parrish Center$175,000125%
The Hill School of Fort Worth Inc$175,00015%
Bunker Labs Nfp Inc$155,0001n/a
Lantern Lane Farm Inc$127,500116%
Renewal House Inc$100,00015%
The Refuge Center for Counseling Inc$100,00014%
Alive Hospice Inc$95,00010%
Cumberland University$95,00010%
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$87,00011%
Thistle Farms Inc$85,00012%
Caring for Chinas Orphans Inc$80,0001n/a
Nashville Public Radio$76,00011%
Creativets$75,0001n/a
Oasis Center Inc$70,00011%
Sexual Assault Center$60,00012%
Park Center Inc$55,00011%
Nashville Food Project Inc$54,00012%
Mother to Mother Inc$53,90013%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$50,00010%
University School of Nashville$50,00010%
Backfield in Motion$50,00016%
Nashville Public Television Inc$50,00011%
Nashville Public Library Foundation$50,00011%
Nashville Opera Association$50,00011%
Hope Farm Inc$50,00014%
The Harpeth Hall School$49,16010%
Hospital Hospitality House Corporation$40,00012%
Nashville Academy Theatre and Nashville Children's Theatre Assoc$40,00012%
Frist Art Museum$40,00010%
Turnip Green Creative Reuse$40,0001n/a
United Way of Tarrant County$32,00010%
Ridin High Inc$30,000120%
New Life Center$30,0001n/a
The Store Inc$26,00011%
The Frick Collection$25,00010%
Nashville Symphony Association$25,00010%
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc$20,00011%
Kipp Nashville$16,00010%
Williamson County Casa Inc$13,0001n/a
Nashville Ballet$10,00010%
Camden Military Academy$10,00010%
Fund for Park Avenue New York Inc$10,00011%
The Heimerdinger Foundation Inc$10,00013%
Family Foundation Fund Inc$7,50012%

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($849k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCumberland Heights Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition: $228,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mary Parrish Center: $175,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetThe Hill School of Fort Worth Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetLantern Lane Farm Inc: $127,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetRenewal House Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetThe Refuge Center for Counseling Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetAlive Hospice Inc: $95,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCumberland University: $95,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art: $87,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThistle Farms Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNashville Public Radio: $76,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOasis Center Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSexual Assault Center: $60,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPark Center Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNashville Food Project Inc: $54,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMother to Mother Inc: $53,900 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity School of Nashville: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBackfield in Motion: $50,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetNashville Public Television Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNashville Public Library Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNashville Opera Association: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHope Farm Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetThe Harpeth Hall School: $49,160 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHospital Hospitality House Corporation: $40,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNashville Academy Theatre and Nashville Children's Theatre Assoc: $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFrist Art Museum: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Tarrant County: $32,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRidin High Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetThe Store Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKipp Nashville: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Ballet: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamden Military Academy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFund for Park Avenue New York Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Heimerdinger Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFamily Foundation Fund Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Memorial Foundation I…The Community Foundat…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Frist FoundationDettwiller FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…The Steven & Laurie E…Joe C Davis FoundationEbs FoundationThe Healing Trust For…Vanderbilt UniversityNashville Predators F…
Memorial Foundation IncTN52.7× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Memorial Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Joe C Davis Foundation · Ebs Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Vanderbilt University · Nashville Predators 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.

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About Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation

How much does Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation give?
Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $5,069,060 in its FY2019 IRS filing.
What does Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2019, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Health (22%), Education (9%).
Who are Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2019: Tennessee State Museum Foundation Inc ($1.0M), Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc ($250k), Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition ($228k).
Does Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Memorial Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation.
Where is Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation based?
Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation is based in TN.

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 62 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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