Tennessee · Private foundation
The Bryant Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $43k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2026
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,575
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 28
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $221k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 35% of the organizations The Bryant Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 9 | $43k | 44% |
| FY2025 | 20 | $91k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $48k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $56k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $75k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $45k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $63k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $36k | 48% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episcopal School of Nashville | $89,500 | 10 | 1% |
| Christ Church Cathedral | $60,588 | 7 | n/a |
| The Harpeth Hall School | $37,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc | $34,661 | 9 | 0% |
| Martha O'Bryan Center Inc | $26,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Nashville Food Project Inc | $25,850 | 7 | 0% |
| United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Virginia Law School Foundation | $10,125 | 4 | 0% |
| Baylor School | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Library Foundation | $7,350 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($123k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bryant 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: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · Devine-Majors Foundation · Msb Cockayne Fund Inc · The Frist Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Pine Haven Foundation Trust Attn Kevin Crumbo · Enchiridion Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · Ebs Foundation · Sandra Schatten Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bryant Family Foundation
- How much does The Bryant Family Foundation give?
- The Bryant Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $43,475 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 28 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Bryant Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (14%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are The Bryant Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Episcopal School of Nashville ($90k), Christ Church Cathedral ($61k), The Harpeth Hall School ($38k).
- Does The Bryant Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bryant 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 The Bryant Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Memorial Foundation Inc, Devine-Majors Foundation.
- Where is The Bryant Family Foundation based?
- The Bryant Family Foundation is based in TN.
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