Tennessee · Private foundation
Sowell Family Foundation
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.
- $69k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crossroads Campus | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nashville Ballet | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Tennessee Justice Center Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| This Is Noteworthy | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Frist Art Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duck River Conservancy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Tennessee Innocence Project | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Room in the Inn Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crossroads Campus | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nashville Ballet | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Tennessee Justice Center Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| This Is Noteworthy | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Frist Art Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duck River Conservancy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Tennessee Innocence Project | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Room in the Inn Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Equity Alliance | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rally Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Impact100 Nashville | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Interfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Daybreak | $1,125 | 1 | 1% |
| Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| McNeilly Center for Children Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Television Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Redesign Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership Nashville Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($110k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sowell Family 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: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · James R Meadows Jr Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Eden Foundation · Sandra Schatten Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust
How this is measured
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About Sowell Family Foundation
- How much does Sowell Family Foundation give?
- Sowell Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $68,510 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does Sowell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (12%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%).
- Who are Sowell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: The Crossroads Campus ($10k), Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society ($10k), Nashville Ballet ($8k).
- Does Sowell Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sowell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation.
- Where is Sowell Family Foundation based?
- Sowell Family Foundation is based in TN.
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