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Robin and Bill King Family Foundati at a glance

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Robin and Bill King Family Foundati

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$83kCrime & Legal$70kPhilanthropy$50kEducation$46kHuman Services$36kCivil Rights$25kReligion$20kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$496k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$5,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $5k → 16%BARTLESVILLE SPORTS COMMISSION: $1k → 14%BLUE MONARCH: $10k → 14%THE TENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $70k → 14%CT VIVIAN LEADERSHIP: $15k → 13%PUBLIC MEDIA COMPANY: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOL: $5k → 5%BEREA COLLEGE: $500 → 16%NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5k → 14%CT VIVIAN LEADERSHIP: $10k → 13%VANDERBILT UNIV MED CTR: $10k → 14%HEALTHY TENNESSEE: $3k → 14%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TN - KRAFT FUND: $800 → 14%UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $10k → 14%INTERSECTION: $500 → 14%WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $20k → 14%CHEEKWOOD ESTATE AND GARDENS: $3k → 14%CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS: $5k → 14%UNITED WAY OF NASHVILLE: $25k → 14%UNITED WAY OF NASHVILLE: $20k → 14%UNITED WAY OF NASHVILLE: $20k → 14%FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CTR: $10k → 14%SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE: $5k → 14%NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL: $10k → 14%NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERS: $5k → 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

MA
WY
NJ
CO
KY
TN
OK
GA
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$170k · 4 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +248% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
19

Total granted

$170k
$174k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+248%
+16%

Still filing today

50%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NASHVILLE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $65k
  • SF
    SebastianStrong Foundation Inc
    5× · 2017–2021 · $60k · revenue +248%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2019–2020 · $25k

Funded once

  • TJ
    TENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $70k · revenue -17%
  • WP
    WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • BM
    BLUE MONARCH
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -10%
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
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
3
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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4
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
5
Impacthealth-Tn

To foster a sustainable network of community health workers and to train frontline public health professionals who possess a deep understanding of and strong ties to the local community.

Human Services
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Midwives College of Utah

Educate and train midwives to provide safe, professional, affordable and personal maternity and general health care.

Education
8
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Tusculum University

Building on a rich Presbyterian heritage and a pioneering spirit, Tusculum University provides an active and experiential education within a caring Christian environment to inspire civic engagement, enrich personal lives, and equip…

Education
10
Roane County Medical Center

Roane County Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
11
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
12
Journey Health Foundation

Convene passionate, collaborative partners to help build bold, data-driven systems and solutions that promote healthy communities for all

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF NASHVILLE: $65,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF NASHVILLEIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHVANDERBILT UNIV MED CTR: $10,000 · OtherVANDERBILT UNIV MED CTRNASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherNASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL+6 more: $21,800 · Other+6 moreSebastianStrong Foundation Inc: $60,000 · HealthSebastianStrong Foundati…FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CEN…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NON…Healthy Tennessee: $3,000 · HealthTENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $70,000 · Crime & LegalTENNESSEE JUSTICE CENT…UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP: $5,000 · EducationNASHVILLE…The Trustees of Princeton University: $5,000 · EducationThe Trust…+1 more: $500 · EducationBLUE MONARCH: $10,000 · EmploymentPUBLIC MEDIA COMPANY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART: $3,000 · Arts & CultureINTERSECTION: $500 · Arts & CultureAfrican Leadership Inc: $5,000 · International
Other$151,800Health$78,000Crime & Legal$70,000Education$30,500Employment$10,000Arts & Culture$8,500International$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $70,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSebastianStrong Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE MONARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPUBLIC MEDIA COMPANY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Leadership Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy Tennessee: $3,000 over 1y, 99% of budgetCHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARTLESVILLE SPORTS COMMISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERSECTION: $500 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

The Community Foundat…The Healing Trust For…United Way of Middle …Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN18.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Robin and Bill King Family Foundati funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robin and Bill King Family Foundati. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to Robin and Bill King Family Foundati?

Find your warmest path to Robin and Bill King Family Foundati through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 25 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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