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McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2024
26
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,337
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 29
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$38M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $288k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthEducationFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving26$1.9M35%
FY202326$2.1M19%
FY202218$2.0M28%
FY202114$1.7M7%
FY202029$1.7M45%
FY201922$1.7M73%
FY201817$1.7M71%
FY201717$1.6Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$5.3MHuman Services$3.3MFood & Nutrition$1.6MHealth$1.5MCrime & Legal$1.1MReligion$650kYouth Development$425kEmployment$293kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Room in the Inn Inc$813,2746n/a
Nashville Rescue Mission$693,28423%
Dismas Inc$650,852416%
Renewal House Inc$640,978411%
Habitat for Humanity$567,4692n/a
One Generation Away$532,17955%
Brightstone Inc$500,38849%
Thistle Farms Inc$423,09634%
Operation Stand Down Tennessee$350,00024%
Mending Hearts Inc$321,06946%
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All grantees of McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Room in the Inn Inc$813,2746n/a
Nashville Rescue Mission$693,28423%
Dismas Inc$650,852416%
Renewal House Inc$640,978411%
Habitat for Humanity$567,4692n/a
One Generation Away$532,17955%
Brightstone Inc$500,38849%
Thistle Farms Inc$423,09634%
Operation Stand Down Tennessee$350,00024%
Mending Hearts Inc$321,06946%
The Bridge Ministry Inc$297,2437n/a
Interfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville$288,05052%
Graceworks Ministries Inc$273,25742%
St Luke's Community House Inc$265,59027%
Nashville Food Project Inc$263,08035%
Tennessee Justice Center Inc$250,00015%
Martha O'Bryan Center Inc$242,13821%
Men of Valor$184,05331%
Siloam Health$182,15223%
The Next Door Inc$177,74460%
Nations Ministry Center$174,25447%
Our Place Nashville$150,963243%
Big Brothersbig Sisters of Middle Tn$129,00442%
Shower Up$118,13119%
My Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc$104,9832n/a
The Mary Parrish Center$98,83324%
Icm Foundation Inc$97,411161%
Park Center Inc$96,34811%
Our Kids Inc$95,00015%
Tennessee Wildlife Federation Inc$94,75071%
Compassionate Hands Inc$79,37038%
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc$70,94012%
Matthew 25 Inc$65,784110%
Cottage Cove Company$63,11128%
American Humane Association$60,00020%
Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tenn$59,86917%
Oasis Center Inc$58,40421%
Frank Town Open Hearts Ministry Inc$54,90015%
High Hopes Inc$48,20221%
Catholic Comfort Care Homes$45,000116%
Stars Nashville$39,04321%
The New Beginnings Center$36,16414%
Healing Housing Inc$34,74922%
Samaritan Recovery Community Inc$27,81410%
The Contributor Inc$24,02612%
My Bag My Story$15,00016%
Luke 14-12$15,00015%
Loaves and Fishes of Clarksville$14,45615%
Lambscroft Ministries Inc Dba the Cookery$13,52612%
Final Command Ministries$12,69311%
Hospital Hospitality House Corporation$11,11011%
First Steps Inc$9,97910%
Assistance League of Nashville$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNashville Rescue Mission: $693,284 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetDismas Inc: $650,852 over 4y, 16% of budgetRenewal House Inc: $640,978 over 4y, 11% of budgetOne Generation Away: $532,179 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetBrightstone Inc: $500,388 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetThistle Farms Inc: $423,096 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetOperation Stand Down Tennessee: $350,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetMending Hearts Inc: $321,069 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetInterfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville: $288,050 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetGraceworks Ministries Inc: $273,257 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetSt Luke's Community House Inc: $265,590 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetNashville Food Project Inc: $263,080 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetTennessee Justice Center Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetMartha O'Bryan Center Inc: $242,138 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMen of Valor: $184,053 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSiloam Health: $182,152 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetThe Next Door Inc: $177,744 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNations Ministry Center: $174,254 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetOur Place Nashville: $150,963 over 2y, 43% of budgetBig Brothersbig Sisters of Middle Tn: $129,004 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetShower Up: $118,131 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetThe Mary Parrish Center: $98,833 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetIcm Foundation Inc: $97,411 over 1y, 61% of budgetPark Center Inc: $96,348 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOur Kids Inc: $95,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTennessee Wildlife Federation Inc: $94,750 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCompassionate Hands Inc: $79,370 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetNashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc: $70,940 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMatthew 25 Inc: $65,784 over 1y, 10% of budgetCottage Cove Company: $63,111 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetAmerican Humane Association: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPastoral Counseling Centers of Tenn: $59,869 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetOasis Center Inc: $58,404 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFrank Town Open Hearts Ministry Inc: $54,900 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetHigh Hopes Inc: $48,202 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCatholic Comfort Care Homes: $45,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetStars Nashville: $39,043 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe New Beginnings Center: $36,164 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetHealing Housing Inc: $34,749 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSamaritan Recovery Community Inc: $27,814 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Contributor Inc: $24,026 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMy Bag My Story: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetLuke 14-12: $15,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetLoaves and Fishes of Clarksville: $14,456 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetLambscroft Ministries Inc Dba the Cookery: $13,526 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFinal Command Ministries: $12,693 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHospital Hospitality House Corporation: $11,110 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFirst Steps Inc: $9,979 over 1y, 0.3% 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 49.

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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.

Hca Healthcare FoundationTN69.9× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Frist Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Kharis Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · Joe C Davis Foundation · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn

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 McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn

How much does McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn give?
McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn reported 26 grants totaling $1,906,686 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (37%), Human Services (23%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
Who are McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Room in the Inn Inc ($813k), Nashville Rescue Mission ($693k), Dismas Inc ($651k).
Does McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
Where is McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn based?
McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn 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 78 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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