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The Harrison-Robbie Dearing 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.

$137k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$36,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 30
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$154k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 ServicesReligionCrime & LegalHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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
FY2024still arriving29$137k41%
FY202324$143k29%
FY202225$90k56%
FY202130$220k60%
FY20208$22k25%
FY201913$86k31%
FY201813$128k31%
FY201721$142kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$341kReligion$269kHuman Services$158kCommunity Improvement$114kHealth$31kInternational$15kHousing & Shelter$8kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MI
NY
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
TN
NC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

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
Lipscomb University$253,05080%
Timothy Hill Children's Ranch Inc$50,50060%
Nations University$30,50070%
Gods Word for Warriors$30,00056%
Vanderbilt University$20,00030%
Southwest Church of Christ$8,0003n/a
Entryway$7,50030%
Beaumont Retirement Services Inc$7,50020%
Tennessee Resettlement Aid$7,00023%
Nashville Christian Schools Inc$6,00020%
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All grantees of The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lipscomb University$253,05080%
Timothy Hill Children's Ranch Inc$50,50060%
Nations University$30,50070%
Gods Word for Warriors$30,00056%
Vanderbilt University$20,00030%
Southwest Church of Christ$8,0003n/a
Entryway$7,50030%
Beaumont Retirement Services Inc$7,50020%
Tennessee Resettlement Aid$7,00023%
Nashville Christian Schools Inc$6,00020%
Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry Inc$6,00010%
Belmont Church$5,5002n/a
Freed-Hardeman University$5,00010%
Operation Andrew Group Inc$5,00011%
High Hopes Inc$5,00030%
Rochester Christian University$5,00010%
Friends of Tenwek Inc$5,00010%
Healing Hands International Inc$3,50020%
Mercy Ships International$3,00010%
Rotary Club of Nashville$3,00010%
Fisk University$3,00010%
Trinity College$2,50010%
Faith Village Church of Christ$2,5001n/a
Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville$2,00020%
Pepperdine University$1,50010%
Love One International$1,50010%
Challenge International$1,5002n/a
Life Science Tennessee Inc$1,00011%
Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc$1,00010%
Alive Hospice Inc$1,00020%
Rocketown of Middle Tennessee$1,00010%
The Little Pantry That Could$1,00010%
Alabama Christian Academy$1,00010%
Cumberland University$1,00010%
Mars Hill Bible School$1,0001n/a
The Carpenters Square Inc$75010%
Franklin Light Opera$5001n/a
Lamia Afghan Foundation Inc$50010%
Oak Hill School$50010%
The Next Door Inc$50010%
Room in the Inn Inc$5001n/a
Le Bonheur Club Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($476k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLipscomb University: $253,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTimothy Hill Children's Ranch Inc: $50,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNations University: $30,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGods Word for Warriors: $30,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEntryway: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBeaumont Retirement Services Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTennessee Resettlement Aid: $7,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetNashville Christian Schools Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTennessee Prison Outreach Ministry Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFreed-Hardeman University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Andrew Group Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHigh Hopes Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Christian University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Tenwek Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHealing Hands International Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRotary Club of Nashville: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFisk University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPepperdine University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLove One International: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLife Science Tennessee Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNashville Inner City Ministry Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlive Hospice Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRocketown of Middle Tennessee: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Little Pantry That Could: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlabama Christian Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCumberland University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carpenters Square Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLamia Afghan Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOak Hill School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Next Door Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 34.

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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.

Stephens' Christian TrustTN28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stephens' Christian Trust · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Ezell Foundation Inc · Washington Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Servant Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc

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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About The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation

How much does The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation give?
The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $137,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (35%), Religion (28%), Human Services (16%).
Who are The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lipscomb University ($253k), Timothy Hill Children's Ranch Inc ($51k), Nations University ($31k).
Does The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Harrison-Robbie Dearing 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 Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Stephens' Christian Trust, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Ezell Foundation Inc.
Where is The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation based?
The Harrison-Robbie Dearing 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 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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