Tennessee · Public charity
Music City Inc
Enhance the music environment of Nashville and lessen the burden on government by producing music related events and other related services for the general public, and providing event related supplies and services to the Metro Government of Nashville.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $34k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,444
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Music City Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $34k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $110k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Golf Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tennessee Titans Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metro Nashville Parks and Recreatio | $22,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Tennessee State Troopers Association | $22,250 | 1 | 27% |
| Our Pride Encompasses Nashville | $21,444 | 1 | 1% |
| Marty Stuart Center for Country Music Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Unicycle | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Children of Restaurant Employees Ltd | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Golf Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tennessee Titans Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metro Nashville Parks and Recreatio | $22,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Tennessee State Troopers Association | $22,250 | 1 | 27% |
| Our Pride Encompasses Nashville | $21,444 | 1 | 1% |
| Marty Stuart Center for Country Music Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Unicycle | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Children of Restaurant Employees Ltd | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Big Table | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Music City Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Music City Inc
- How much does Music City Inc give?
- Music City Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $34,444, out of $37,944 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Music City Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (29%), Public Safety & Disaster (21%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Music City Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Nashville Predators Foundation ($35k), Vanderbilt University Medical Center ($25k), Tennessee Golf Foundation ($25k).
- Does Music City Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Music City Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Music City Inc based?
- Music City Inc is based in TN.
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