Tennessee · Public charity
Riser Foundation
To raise funds through donations from the general public in order to support other nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations and governmental institutions through charitable donations and grants which are to be used for charitable, conservation, educational, literary, medical, religious and/or scientific purposes.
- $113k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Itemized, FY2025
- $110k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $423k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 64% of the organizations Riser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $110k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $556k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $290k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University School of Nashville | $251,470 | 1 | 1% |
| Music Health Alliance Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 9% |
| City of Hope | $100,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Love One International | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Store Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nurses for Newborns | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nashville Public Library Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Martha O'Bryan Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University School of Nashville | $251,470 | 1 | 1% |
| Music Health Alliance Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 9% |
| City of Hope | $100,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Love One International | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Store Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nurses for Newborns | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nashville Public Library Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Martha O'Bryan Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Follow Your Heart Arts Program Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Siloam Health | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Riser 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: Memorial Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Cma Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation · Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Dollar General Literacy Foundation
How this is measured
About Riser Foundation
- How much does Riser Foundation give?
- Riser Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $110,000, out of $112,652 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Riser Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Health (30%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Riser Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University School of Nashville ($251k), Music Health Alliance Inc ($140k), City of Hope ($100k).
- Does Riser Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Riser Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Memorial Foundation Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, The Cma Foundation.
- Where is Riser Foundation based?
- Riser Foundation is based in TN.
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