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The Frist Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18M
Granted FY2023
171
Grants FY2023
125
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Read this first · the figures below need context

52% of The Frist Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 111 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Frist Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 104 organizations, $18M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

145
’17
96
’18
84
’19
105
’20
119
’21
122
’22
104
’23
111
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2023
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$5,895,125
Organizations funded a year
102 to 178
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
17
Total assets, FY2023
$196M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The Frist Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2023125$18M24%
FY2022145$34M22%
FY2021140$24M24%
FY2020128$18M28%
FY2019102$18M29%
FY2018117$17M39%
FY2017178$12Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$60MPhilanthropy$37MAnimals$25MHuman Services$23MEducation$15MHousing & Shelter$11MRecreation & Sports$7.2MHealth$7.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Frist Art Museum$52,402,879847%
Nashville Zoo Inc$25,003,500628%
Nashville Public Library Foundation$5,123,400638%
Friends of the Warner Parks Inc$4,793,040834%
Belmont University$4,341,19371%
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$4,250,500818%
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$3,928,00084%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville$3,620,000511%
Nashville Rescue Mission$3,593,325514%
The Hca Hope Fund$2,500,00037%
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All grantees of The Frist Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Frist Art Museum$52,402,879847%
Nashville Zoo Inc$25,003,500628%
Nashville Public Library Foundation$5,123,400638%
Friends of the Warner Parks Inc$4,793,040834%
Belmont University$4,341,19371%
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$4,250,500818%
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$3,928,00084%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville$3,620,000511%
Nashville Rescue Mission$3,593,325514%
The Hca Hope Fund$2,500,00037%
Project Return Inc$2,400,990522%
The Crossroads Campus$2,347,822630%
Center for Nonprofit Management Inc$2,092,000818%
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)$2,087,00081%
Operation Stand Down Tennessee$1,964,069417%
The Ensworth School$1,776,50073%
Family & Children's Service$1,657,33659%
Martha O'Bryan Center Inc$1,453,75054%
Teach for America Inc$1,386,00080%
Nashville Food Project Inc$1,270,792716%
Senior Citizens Inc$1,241,600726%
Faith Family Medical Center Inc$1,221,000420%
Hands on Nashville Inc$1,166,500811%
Friends of Mill Ridge Park$1,092,844173%
Siloam Health$1,071,50057%
Renewal House Inc$1,002,441118%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$939,10580%
Thistle Farms Inc$910,00084%
St Luke's Community House Inc$877,50068%
Centennial Park Conservancy$842,800419%
Tennessee State Museum Foundation Inc$816,75063%
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition$725,000816%
The National Museum of African American Music$703,50036%
Tennessee Justice Center Inc$637,50065%
Needlink Nashville$613,100813%
Conexion Americas$608,00067%
Interfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville$595,32668%
Sexual Assault Center$572,450711%
Room in the Inn Inc$545,2504n/a
Community Resource Center$533,000824%
Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc$516,00041%
Alive Hospice Inc$500,00011%
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc$482,50079%
The Trustees of Princeton University$461,00060%
The Refuge Center for Counseling Inc$432,39628%
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands$420,00042%
The Heimerdinger Foundation Inc$420,000722%
Rebuilding Together Nashville Inc$402,900418%
The Mary Parrish Center$369,300518%
Jewish Community Center of Nashville$360,00024%
Nashville Adult Literacy Council Inc$325,000321%
Nashville Cares$300,00011%
Nashville Symphony Association$290,35071%
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc$270,25044%
Open Table of Nashville Inc$261,000323%
Stars Nashville$257,47526%
Urban Housing Solutions Inc$236,61532%
Westminster Home Connection$235,000412%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$231,00021%
Give and Go Inc$206,250540%
Vanderbilt University$203,00080%
Youth Encouragement Services Inc$200,000121%
Young Leaders Council$200,000824%
High Hopes Inc$196,00032%
Nations Ministry Center$181,640412%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$175,00060%
Corner To Corner$166,00037%
Kipp Nashville$165,00030%
Precision Institute$160,000411%
Nurture the Next Fka Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee$158,30024%
Philanthropy Southeast Inc$153,10081%
Charity Global Inc$150,00030%
Valor Collegiate Academies$150,00011%
Growth Enterprises Nashville Inc Association$150,000127%
Greenways for Nashville Inc$150,000136%
Tennessee Golf Foundation$145,00081%
Community Care Fellowship$140,6006n/a
Autism Speaks Inc$135,00040%
Crossbridge Inc$126,50026%
Leadership Nashville Foundation$121,50083%
Council on Aging of Greater Nashville Dba Age Well Middle Tennessee$119,825323%
Men of Valor$109,50041%
Nashville Humane Association Aka Nashville Humane Society$104,50061%
Rooftop Foundation$102,500211%
Adventure Science Center - Nashville$100,00011%
The Uva School of Education and Human Development Foundation Inc$100,00013%
Washington University$100,00010%
Nashvillehealth$100,00038%
Gospel Music Association Inc$100,000144%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc$100,00040%
Progress Inc$100,00011%
The Mosaic Institute$98,000212%
The Victor S Johnson III Nashville Children's Alliance Inc$81,00028%
Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee$80,00025%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$80,00040%
Civic Design Center$77,50043%
Yale University$77,5002n/a
Cumberland River Compact Inc$76,50018%
Pet Community Center Inc$76,18254%
Council on Foundations Inc$75,00040%
Oasis Center Inc$73,00040%
Pencil Foundation$68,00030%
Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc$59,54020%
Nashville Diaper Connection$57,00032%
Nashville Public Radio$56,45050%
Big Brothersbig Sisters of Middle Tn$56,26521%
Brightstone Inc$55,00050%
Nashville Public Education Foundation$54,95051%
Walk Bike Nashville Inc$52,30027%
Urban Green Lab$51,750211%
BeWell in School$50,00026%
Nmdp Foundation$50,00070%
Nashville Repertory Theatre Inc$50,00023%
Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation Inc$50,00021%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee$48,50031%
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services$47,44041%
The Branch of Nashville Inc$46,50031%
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc$46,30031%
Raphah Institute$45,00022%
North Nashville Arts Coalition$45,000134%
Backfield in Motion$42,50013%
Lipscomb University$41,75080%
Currey Ingram Academy$40,00050%
Pathways Kitchen$40,00025%
Park Center Inc$39,50040%
Book Em$38,60033%
Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville$35,50060%
The Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation$35,00072%
Turnip Green Creative Reuse$35,00012%
The James C Ferrer Educational Fundinc (Formerly Shinnecock Hills Educational )$35,00037%
Shower the People$35,000212%
Country Music Foundation Inc$34,50060%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$34,00080%
Matthew 25 Inc$32,00022%
Tenngreen Land Conservancy$30,94223%
Native American Indian Association of Tennessee$30,50026%
Ancoratn Fka End Slavery Tennessee Inc$30,50032%
Southampton Playhouse Inc$30,00012%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$30,00020%
Bravo Creative Arts Center$30,000216%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$30,00060%
Nashville Software School Inc$29,00040%
Nashville International Center for Empowerment$27,5002n/a
Nashville Conflict Resolution Ctr$26,80023%
The Family Center Inc$26,51322%
Mother to Mother Inc$25,50021%
The Sycamore Institute Inc$25,00019%
Nasba Center for the Public Trust$25,00014%
Spring Hill College$25,00070%
The Village at Glencliff$25,00015%
Yale University$25,0001n/a
Cul2vate$25,00012%
Tennessee Nonprofit Network$25,00012%
Preston Taylor Ministries$25,00012%
Project Connect Inc$25,00014%
Autism Society of America East Tennessee Chapter$25,0001n/a
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee$25,00010%
Unmanageable$25,00017%
Mdha Housing Trust Corporation$25,000114%
Gideons Army Grassroots Army for Children$25,00012%
Street Works Inc$25,00011%
Neighbor 2 Neighbor$24,10027%
Hope Family Health Services$23,50060%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$21,00030%
Fisk University$21,00030%
Project Redesign Inc$21,00055%
Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance N$20,50013%
St Stephen's and St Agnes School Foundation$20,00020%
The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc$20,00011%
Moves and Grooves Inc$20,000112%
The FIND Design$20,00015%
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation Inc$20,00020%
The Store Inc$20,00010%
Time to Rise Inc$20,00022%
Nashville City Cemetery Association Inc$20,0001n/a
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$20,00010%
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Fund Inc$19,000210%
Cottage Cove Company$18,68524%
Dynamic Young Minorities of Nashville D-Y-M-O-N in the Rough$18,00013%
Rocketown of Middle Tennessee$18,00010%
Choosing Justice Initiative$17,50014%
International Medical Corps$16,50010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$16,50010%
International Rescue Committee INC$16,50010%
Unicycle$16,00013%
Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership$16,000112%
Belcourt Theatre Inc$15,00030%
Tennessee Health Care Campaign Inc$15,00014%
Eighteenth Ave Family Enrichment Ce$15,00012%
Samaritan Recovery Community Inc$15,00010%
The New Beginnings Center$15,00013%
Elmington Elevates Inc$15,00017%
Harpeth Hills Church of Christ$13,9086n/a
Livelikelou Foundation$13,35011%
Woodmont Christian Church$13,0002n/a
First Steps Inc$13,00010%
Nashville Film Festival$12,50021%
Lake Agawam Conservancy Inc$12,50012%
Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing$12,20020%
Palmer Trinity Private School Inc$12,00060%
Family Foundation Fund Inc$11,60042%
Father Ryan High School$11,5007n/a
Tennessee Environmental Council$11,50031%
Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee$11,00016%
Soles4souls Inc$10,00010%
Smyrna-Lavergne Food Bank$10,00010%
Nashville Shakespeare Festival$10,00012%
Southern Word Inc$10,00011%
Senior Ride Nashville Inc$10,00011%
Miracle League of Music City$10,00013%
Justice Industries Inc$10,00012%
Nashville Launch Pad Inc$10,00012%
On Course Foundation USA$10,00011%
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists$10,00012%
Ohoopee Match Club Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Persist Nashville$10,00011%
The College Foundation of the University of Virginia$10,00010%
American Prairie Foundation$10,00020%
Children Are People Rutherford County Inc$10,00012%
Chi Boule Foundation$10,00012%
West Palm Golf Community Trust Inc$10,00010%
Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville Inc$10,00012%
ASMT INC dba AUTISM TENNESSEE$10,00022%
Day 7 Inc$10,00014%
Nashville Academy Theatre and Nashville Children's Theatre Assoc$10,00011%
Frank Town Open Hearts Ministry Inc$10,00011%
Yale University$10,0002n/a
Nashville Parks Foundation$9,00022%
Nashville Tools for Schools$9,0001n/a
Homework Hotline Inc$8,96022%
Tennessee Primary Care Association Inc$8,92420%
Mending Hearts Inc$8,3001n/a
Circle Players$8,2692n/a
Equal Chance for Education$8,14910%
Christ Church Cathedral$7,5003n/a
Harpeth Conservancy$6,85030%
Property and Environment Research Center$6,50020%
Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence$6,4951n/a
Tennessee Historical Society$6,15022%
McNeilly Center for Children Inc$6,11110%
Andrew Jackson Foundation Fka Ladies' Hermitage Association$6,10020%
Techbridge Inc$6,00010%
Tennessee Kidney Foundation Inc$5,50020%
Tennessee Higher Education Initiative Inc$5,5001n/a
Nashville Jazz Workshop$5,50060%
Young Life$5,50020%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee$5,32020%
Nurses for Newborns$5,27910%
One Generation Away$5,00010%
Workers' Dignity Project$5,0001n/a
Jefferson Scholars Foundation$5,00010%
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education Policy and Research$5,00011%
Tennessee Disability Coalition$5,00020%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$5,00010%
Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom$5,0001n/a
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$5,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$5,00010%
Southampton Town Aquatics and Recreation Corporation$5,00011%
Retreat Inc$5,00010%
Musicians on Call Inc$4,97520%
Nashville Ballet$4,90010%
Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy$4,46810%
Music for Seniors$3,95621%
Oz Arts Inc$3,85030%
Hip Donelson Inc$3,7661n/a
George C Marshall Research Foundation$3,75030%
Tennessee Association of Alcohol D & Other Addiction Services$3,74810%
Songs for Sound Inc$3,60011%
Dismas Inc$3,54010%
Communities in Schools of Tennessee$3,50020%
Breakthrough T1d$3,50010%
Saddle Up$3,50010%
Welcome Home Ministries$3,30010%
Juventud En Camino Association$3,25031%
Serve & Protect$3,1211n/a
Friends of Radnor Lake$3,00010%
Rally Foundation Inc$3,00020%
Transitional Housing & Work Program of Davison County$2,85011%
Access Services of Middle Tennessee$2,7811n/a
The Porch Writers Collective Inc$2,69912%
Project Transformation Tennessee Inc$2,69510%
Sam Davis Memorial Association$2,65111%
Casa Inc$2,59911%
The Garden Club of Nashville$2,50011%
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$2,50010%
Tennessee Fair Housing Council$2,50011%
Christian Community Services Inc$2,50011%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$2,5001n/a
Tennessee Respite Coalition$2,5001n/a
Nashville Tree Foundation$2,50011%
Tennessee Wildlife Federation Inc$2,50010%
The Arc of Tennessee Inc$2,50010%
The Educators' Cooperative$2,50010%
Vero Beach Dog Park Inc$2,50012%
Survivor Fitness Foundation$2,5001n/a
Meharry Medical College$2,50010%
Luke 14-12$2,4501n/a
Empower Tennessee$2,21510%
Barefoot Republic Inc$2,12010%
Global Education Center$2,0891n/a
Tennessee Hemophilia & Bleeding Disorder Foundatio$2,02810%
The Bridge Ministry Inc$2,0001n/a
Nashville Opera Association$1,99010%
Encouragement Ministries Inc$1,90011%
Sumner County Casa Inc$1,79311%
Miriam's Promise$1,73010%
Healing Arts Project Inc$1,6901n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville Tennessee Inc$1,62010%
Morning Star Sanctuary Inc$1,56910%
Small World Yoga Inc$1,50010%
Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association$1,50011%
Tennessee Voices for Victims$1,50013%
The Junior League of Nashville Inc$1,50010%
National Health Care for Homeless Council$1,50010%
Daybreak Arts$1,4731n/a
Alignment Nashville Inc$1,45010%
Frances McGlannan Foundation Inc$1,25051%
Dolphin Aquatics Dba Nashville Dolphins$1,20011%
Abrasive Media Inc$1,11011%
The New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch$1,00010%
Grace House of Brunswick Inc$1,00010%
Urban League of Middle Tennessee$1,00010%
Begin Anew$95810%
Guardianship & Trusts Corporation$9021n/a
Tucker's House$80010%
Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition$71910%
Mdrc$50010%
Agape Animal Rescue$50010%
Include Me Advocacy Group$50011%
Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Inc$50010%
University of Richmond$50010%
Humanities Tennessee$39010%
University School of Nashville$35030%
James K Polk Memorial Association$35020%
New Dialect$3051n/a
Waterstone Support Foundation Inc$25010%
Abintra Montessori School$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 77 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Frist Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFrist Art Museum: $52,402,879 over 8y, 47% of budgetNashville Zoo Inc: $25,003,500 over 6y, 28% of budgetNashville Public Library Foundation: $5,123,400 over 6y, 38% of budgetFriends of the Warner Parks Inc: $4,793,040 over 8y, 34% of budgetBelmont University: $4,341,193 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art: $4,250,500 over 8y, 18% of budgetUnited Way of Middle Tennessee Inc: $3,928,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville: $3,620,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetNashville Rescue Mission: $3,593,325 over 5y, 14% of budgetThe Hca Hope Fund: $2,500,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetProject Return Inc: $2,400,990 over 5y, 22% of budgetThe Crossroads Campus: $2,347,822 over 6y, 30% of budgetCenter for Nonprofit Management Inc: $2,092,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $2,087,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetOperation Stand Down Tennessee: $1,964,069 over 4y, 17% of budgetThe Ensworth School: $1,776,500 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetFamily & Children's Service: $1,657,336 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetMartha O'Bryan Center Inc: $1,453,750 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,386,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Food Project Inc: $1,270,792 over 7y, 16% of budgetSenior Citizens Inc: $1,241,600 over 7y, 26% of budgetFaith Family Medical Center Inc: $1,221,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetHands on Nashville Inc: $1,166,500 over 8y, 11% of budgetFriends of Mill Ridge Park: $1,092,844 over 1y, 73% of budgetSiloam Health: $1,071,500 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetRenewal House Inc: $1,002,441 over 1y, 18% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc: $939,105 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThistle Farms Inc: $910,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetSt Luke's Community House Inc: $877,500 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetCentennial Park Conservancy: $842,800 over 4y, 19% of budgetTennessee State Museum Foundation Inc: $816,750 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetTennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition: $725,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetThe National Museum of African American Music: $703,500 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetTennessee Justice Center Inc: $637,500 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetNeedlink Nashville: $613,100 over 8y, 13% of budgetConexion Americas: $608,000 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetInterfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville: $595,326 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetSexual Assault Center: $572,450 over 7y, 11% of budgetCommunity Resource Center: $533,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetCumberland Heights Foundation Inc: $516,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAlive Hospice Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Land Trust for Tennessee Inc: $482,500 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $461,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Refuge Center for Counseling Inc: $432,396 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands: $420,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetThe Heimerdinger Foundation Inc: $420,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetRebuilding Together Nashville Inc: $402,900 over 4y, 18% of budgetThe Mary Parrish Center: $369,300 over 5y, 18% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Memorial Foundation IncTN257.7× affinity140 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Joe C Davis Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc · Carolyn Smith Foundation · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to The Frist Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Frist Foundation

How much does The Frist Foundation give?
The Frist Foundation reported 171 grants totaling $18,211,653 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 102 and 178 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Frist Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Philanthropy (18%), Animals (13%).
Who are The Frist Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Frist Art Museum ($52M), Nashville Zoo Inc ($25M), Nashville Public Library Foundation ($5.1M).
Does The Frist Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Frist Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Frist Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Memorial Foundation Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation, United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
Where is The Frist Foundation based?
The Frist Foundation is based in TN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 421 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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