Tennessee · Private foundation
Speller Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $22k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2026
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $5,475
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $523k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 38% of the organizations Speller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 12 | $22k | 42% |
| FY2025 | 8 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $49k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $50k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $102k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $41k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $42k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $37k | 45% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Center of Nashville | $5,950 | 4 | 0% |
| Abe's Garden | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University | $2,850 | 2 | 0% |
| University School of Nashville | $2,250 | 4 | 0% |
| The Holton Arms School | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Landon School | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Harpeth Hall School | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Radio | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($448k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Speller Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The John and Heidi Hassenfeld Family Foundation · The Joel C & Bernice W Gordon Family Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund
How this is measured
About Speller Foundation
- How much does Speller Foundation give?
- Speller Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $22,355 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Speller Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Religion (38%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Speller Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Jewish Community Center of Nashville ($6k), Abe's Garden ($5k), Vanderbilt University ($3k).
- Does Speller Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Speller Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Speller Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, The John and Heidi Hassenfeld Family Foundation.
- Where is Speller Foundation based?
- Speller Foundation is based in TN.
Play a game based on Speller’s filings →