Tennessee · Private foundation
The Bracken Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $250k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $911k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Bracken Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $321k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $821k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Road Academy Inc | $1,000,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | $850,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Medical College of Va Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
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About The Bracken Foundation
- How much does The Bracken Foundation give?
- The Bracken Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $250,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Bracken Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Education (27%), Arts & Culture (23%).
- Who are The Bracken Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Franklin Road Academy Inc ($1.0M), Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art ($850k), Medical College of Va Foundation ($500k).
- Does The Bracken Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bracken 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.
- Where is The Bracken Foundation based?
- The Bracken Foundation is based in TN.
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