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Nashville Predators Foundation

Foundation is a public non-profit organization established to conduct charitable activities and raise funds for contributions to various charities

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
62
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$229k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$3.9MHuman Services$1.9MRecreation & Sports$1.9MEducation$1.1MYouth Development$715kArts & Culture$356kHousing & Shelter$353kReligion$344kOther$0
02FY2025 · 62 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 62 grants below total $1,267,987, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,863,626 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $595,639 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $213k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $431k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $625k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT$229,365
KABOOM$142,680
INSPIRITUS INC$102,500
YWCA OF NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TN$100,000
WESTMINSTER HOME CONNECTION$50,000
PETERSON FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S$32,567
SOLES4SOULS$30,900
EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION$30,429
SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION$30,000
BEST BUDDIES$30,000
THE JOHN AND MATTHEW GAUDREAU FOUNDATION$27,315
APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC$25,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$25,000
WAGS & WALKS NASHVILLE$20,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NASHVILLE INC$14,740
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS EASTERN MISSOURI: $20k → 11%THE HOPE STATION INC: $10k → 9%HOSPICE OF THE HIGHLAND RIM FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 17%ARMED SERVICES YMCA: $9k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC: $9k → 9%YAIPAK OUTREACH: $40k → 11%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM: $9k → 9%YAIPAK OUTREACH: $16k → 11%SHOWER UP: $36k → 10%UNICYCLE: $10k → 14%MAKE A WISH MIDDLE TN: $32k → 4%SHOWERUP: $8k → 10%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TN: $28k → 4%ABLE YOUTH INC: $10k → 4%FORREST SPENCE FUND NASHVILLE: $10k → 14%ABLE YOUTH INC: $10k → 4%THE FAMILY CENTER: $9k → 9%ABLE YOUTH: $9k → 4%MY FRIEND'S HOUSE FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $70k → 4%FORESEEABLE FUTURE FOUNDATION: $10k → 4%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TENNESSEE: $9k → 14%THE CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $75k → 14%MOTHER TO MOTHER INC: $17k → 14%WEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER: $10k → 14%SOLES4SOULS: $29k → 14%SOLES4SOULSORG: $25k → 14%SOLES4SOULSORG TOTAL: $23k → 14%SOLES4SOULS: $19k → 14%SOLES4SOULSORG: $17k → 14%SOLES4SOULS: $10k → 14%FRIENDS LIFE COMMUNITY: $40k → 14%MY BAG MY STORY: $10k → 14%TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR KIDS: $10k → 14%AGAPE: $10k → 14%MOTHER TO MOTHER INC: $15k → 14%HISPANIC FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%HISPANIC FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%HISPANIC FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%YMCA OF MIDDLE TN: $108k → 14%YMCA OF NASHVILLE AD MIDDLE TN: $100k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $60k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE TOTAL: $20k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $14k → 14%MAKE-A-WISH MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $34k → 14%MAKE-A-WISH MIDDLE TENNESSEE TOTAL: $31k → 14%MAKE-A-WISH MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $26k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER TOTAL: $15k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $12k → 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

IL
NY
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 144 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

144 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 106 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

144
169

Total granted

$10M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+12%

Still filing today

83%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +120%
  • YWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $750k · revenue +105%
  • PF
    PETERSON FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS
    6× · 2017–2025 · $316k · revenue +302% · 58% of their budget

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -6%
  • TC
    THE CROSSROADS CAMPUS
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue -42%
  • NA
    NASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $70k · revenue -45%
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
Tennessee Kids Belong Inc

Tennessee Kids Belong dramatically improves the experiences and outcomes for children in foster care.

Human Services
3
My Fathers House Nashville

The mission of My Fathers House Nashville (MFHN) is to provide shelter, parenting education, recovery information and life skills for fathers transitioning out of institutional settings or homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
4
Hope House of Tennessee Inc

By creating a safe and structured two year residential program the Hope House of Tennessee will aim to equip and empower personal and educational growth economic self-sufficiency and a deeper understanding of Christs unconditional love.

Housing & Shelter
5
Nashville Technology Council

Ntc mission is to advance the diverse technology ecosystem by connecting and promoting members, attracting, growing and retaining tech talent, and providing opportunities to reinvest in the greater nashville community.

Community Improvement
6
Tennessee Children's Home Inc

Tennessee children's home, inc. is a not-for-profit organization that provides a home for neglected and pre-delinquent children who have an unstable family situation and who are beginning to develop problems which cannot be solved in their…

Human Services
7
The Victor S Johnson Iii Nashville Children's Alliance Inc

The mission of the nashville children's alliance is healing and justice for children who have been abused or exposed to violence.

Crime & Legal
8
One Family Memphis
Human Services
9
Needlink Nashville

Provide needy families and individuals with rent and utilities assistance in order to prevent their eviction or termination of utility services. also provide food and other assistance to needy families and individuals.

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10
Park Center Inc

Park center has been serving nashville for over 40 years, providing a place for hope and recovery for people experiencing serious mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. we meet people where they are and provide support through…

Employment
11
Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy

To promote, assist, and support the development, growth, and sustainability of child advocacy centers in their service to at-risk, abused, and neglected children and their families.

Human Services
12
Tennessee Voices for Children

Tennessee voices for children, inc. (tnv) is a statewide and national source of referral, support, and advocacy for families and the systems that serve them. our mission is to be the collaborative leader guiding mental health…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Nhl Foundation Us 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

279 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. 279 of the 338 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
96
Early backer (in before they grew)
269/279
Grantees still filing
180/279
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $2,589,515 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical Cen…PETERSON FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS: $315,581 · HealthPETERSON FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON…+21 more: $451,559 · Health+21 moreYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $750,250 · OtherYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEENASHVILLE PREDATORS: $179,834 · OtherWESTMINSTER HOME CONNECTION: $150,000 · OtherBest Buddies International Inc: $228,921 · OtherBest Buddies International Inc+93 more: $2,888,488 · Other+93 moreYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $208,250 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Chr…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $196,039 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOU…SOLES4SOULS INC: $157,559 · Human ServicesSOLES4SOULS INCOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $94,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION STAND…My Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc: $77,000 · Human ServicesTHE CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $75,000 · Human ServicesYAIPAK: $70,450 · Human ServicesMOTHER TO MOTHER INC: $66,500 · Human ServicesTUCKER'S HOUSE: $62,500 · Human ServicesFriends Life Community: $56,662 · Human Services+24 more: $523,583 · Human Services+24 moreKABOOM INC: $773,742 · Recreation & SportsKABOOM IN…7ELEMENT ATHLETICS INC: $35,000 · Recreation & Sports+6 more: $102,573 · Recreation & Sports+6 moreCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE: $107,000 · EducationNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $70,000 · EducationPENCIL FOUNDATION: $65,500 · EducationMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $62,000 · EducationNASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $57,500 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $52,400 · EducationPERSIST NASHVILLE: $50,000 · EducationTHE COVENANT SCHOOL: $39,551 · EducationBook Em: $32,500 · Education+10 more: $123,914 · EducationHENDERSONVILLE IN-LINE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $63,046 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES INC: $57,000 · Youth DevelopmentROCKETOWN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $47,700 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $43,180 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENN: $35,600 · Youth DevelopmentBAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC: $30,050 · Youth DevelopmentTRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLIND-VISUALLY IMPAIRED EARLY SERVICES OF TENNESSE: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH INCORPORATED: $16,375 · Youth Development+1 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTEAMMATES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $67,052 · PhilanthropyJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $48,000 · PhilanthropyEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $30,429 · PhilanthropyTENNESSEE TRUCKING FOUNDATION INC: $25,412 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyScripps Howard Fund: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,867 · Philanthropy
Health$3,356,655Other$4,197,493Human Services$1,587,543Recreation & Sports$911,315Education$715,365Youth Development$338,951Philanthropy$326,760

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $2,589,515 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKABOOM INC: $773,742 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $750,250 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetPETERSON FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS: $315,581 over 6y, 58% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $228,921 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $208,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $196,039 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetSOLES4SOULS INC: $157,559 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER HOME CONNECTION: $150,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetInspiritus Inc: $123,301 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOTTAGE COVE COMPANY: $111,654 over 4y, 14% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE: $107,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetWags and Walks: $100,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOASIS CENTER INC: $98,606 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $94,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC: $82,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC: $75,150 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $75,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYAIPAK: $70,450 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $70,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTEAMMATES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $67,052 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMOTHER TO MOTHER INC: $66,500 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetPENCIL FOUNDATION: $65,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHARVEST HANDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $65,050 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetHENDERSONVILLE IN-LINE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $63,046 over 6y, 50% of budgetMAPLE BUILT INC: $62,587 over 1y, 26% of budgetTUCKER'S HOUSE: $62,500 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $62,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMONROE HARDING INC: $60,800 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $60,710 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $60,334 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $57,583 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $57,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES INC: $57,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetFriends Life Community: $56,662 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetSTARS NASHVILLE: $56,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROVERBS 1210 ANIMAL RESCUE AND ADOPTION: $54,997 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetPATHWAYS KITCHEN: $54,534 over 1y, 12% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $52,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRETRIEVING INDEPENDENCE INC: $51,789 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetAFTER THE IMPACT FUND INC: $50,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetPERSIST NASHVILLE: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetNASHVILLE INNER CITY MINISTRY INC: $49,911 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAble Youth Inc: $48,225 over 5y, 12% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $48,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetROCKETOWN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $47,700 over 3y, 1.2% 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.

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…Hca Healthcare Founda…United Way of Middle …The Frist FoundationThe Community Foundat…The Healing Trust For…Joe C Davis FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…Dettwiller FoundationCarolyn Smith Foundat…The Dan and Margaret …Louie M & Betty M Phi…
Memorial Foundation IncTN159.6× affinity87 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Joe C Davis Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · Carolyn Smith Foundation · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nashville Predators Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nashville Predators Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
59report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 338 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 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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