· Private foundation
Robinson Family Foundation Inc
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.
What you funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BELMONT UNIVERSITY | $8,650 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $7,500 |
| ENSWORTH SCHOOL | $6,400 |
| CHAPTERS HEALTH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| BRENTWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $3,000 |
| ALS UNITED OF GA | $3,000 |
| UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE | $2,200 |
| ST AUGUSTINE'S EPISCOPAL CHAPEL | $1,900 |
| NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $1,500 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +48% since the first grant, against -35% for the ones you funded once.
12 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
- BUBelmont University8× · 2018–2025 · $132k · revenue +71%
- TETHE ENSWORTH SCHOOL8× · 2018–2025 · $40k · revenue +101%
- USUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE8× · 2018–2025 · $16k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF INDIAN LAKE PENINSULAone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -97%
- WCWILLIAMSON COUNTY YOUNG LIFEone grant, 2018 · $500
- BHBRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL BOOSTER CLUBone grant, 2018 · $500
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.
The episcopal school of nashville, a diverse urban independent school, is dedicated to nurturing the joy of learning and the spirit of discovery in each of its students.
Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…
Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.
See Disclosure Above.
Intrepid college prep is committed to ensuring our scholars, educators, and families have the opportunity to unlock an unlimited future. by providing rigorous academic instruction and creating powerful relationships amongst our community's…
Lake norman charter school prepares students to be community leaders demonstrating personal integrity with a life-long desire to learn, lead and serve.
Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…
The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
The mission of intrinsic schools is to create a revolutionary new school model in order to 1) prepare all students for postsecondary success and world-changing endeavors; and 2) provide the education community with a roadmap to sustainable…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Christian Schools Inc and the most unlike its peers is Decisions Choices and Options Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Belmont University ↗
- Who funds THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE ↗
- Who funds CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ALS UNITED OF GEORGIA INC ↗
- Who funds Chapters Health Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF INDIAN LAKE PENINSULA ↗
- Who funds ABINTRA MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds RABUN COUNTY FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING ↗
- Who funds DECISIONS CHOICES AND OPTIONS INC ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Robinson Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
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