· Private foundation
Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable Foundation Inc C/O Melanie Lykins
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WPLN NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF RADNOR LAKE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| NASHVILLE TREE FOUNDATION | $4,500 |
| NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION CHANNEL 8 | $4,000 |
| DARE TO CARE | $3,145 |
| HONOR FLIGHTS | $3,145 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKY | $3,145 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $3,145 |
| ST JOSEPH CHILDREN'S HOME | $3,145 |
| AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND | $3,145 |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | $3,145 |
| WATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDEN | $3,145 |
| YMCA | $3,145 |
| EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFRIENDS OF RADNOR LAKE7× · 2018–2024 · $28k · revenue +671%
- EIEDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST8× · 2017–2024 · $22k · revenue +531%
- NTNASHVILLE TREE FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2024 · $19k · revenue +113%
Funded once
- OPOLMSTEAD PARKS CONSERVANCYone grant, 2017 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $5k
- WPWESTMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $4k
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.
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.
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.
Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…
In fulfillment of our mission to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation and leadership, our goal is to build a first class zoo for middle tennessee and to develop a facility…
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.
Greenways for nashville promotes, supports, and enhances a system of greenways and open space in nashville and davidson county.
To enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education.
The museum of the american revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked america's ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.
To preserve, maintain and operate the benjamin harrison presidential site, located in indianapolis, indiana as a national historic landmark by the us dept of the interior.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
To restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in tennessee by employing scientific expertise and collaborative relationships to develop, promote, and support broad community stewardship and action.
How this is measured
39 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. 39 of the 74 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds FRIENDS OF RADNOR LAKE ↗
- Who funds EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE TREE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds DARE TO CARE INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKIANA INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds LIVING LANDS & WATERS ↗
- Who funds BELCOURT THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds THE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE INC ↗
- Who funds HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds M4K RICHMOND INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Honor Flight Bluegrass Chapter Inc ↗
- Who funds Habitat for Humanity ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
- Who funds WARRIOR EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Louisville Visual Art Inc ↗
- Who funds THE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM CORPORATION ↗
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 Louisville Inc · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation · James R Meadows Jr Foundation · Henry Laird Smith Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable Foundation Inc C/O Melanie Lykins funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable Foundation Inc C/O Melanie Lykins. Bigger dots raise more.
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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