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The Jeffrey & Donna Eskind Family Foundation at a glance

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The Jeffrey & Donna Eskind Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$454k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$803kReligion$216kPhilanthropy$206kHealth$196kSocial Science$160kArts & Culture$155kHuman Services$131kHousing & Shelter$43kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 42 grants below total $379,115, the rows itemized in this filing. The $454,345 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $75,230 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $134k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mary Christie Institute$80,000
The Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom$53,535
Planned Parenthood$45,000
Jewish Federation of Nashville$40,000
Gordon Jewish Community Center$22,790
Abe's Garden$20,000
Belle Meade Children's Center$20,000
Frist Center for Visual Arts$15,000
Ensworth School$10,000
Cheekwood Society$6,200
Nashville Public Library Foundation$6,000
Tennessee Performing Arts Center$5,000
Nashville Public Education Foundation$5,000
Tulane University$5,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$3,650
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 51 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

51 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
10

Total granted

$1.8M
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+83%

Still filing today

51%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’21’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • Vanderbilt University
    4× · 2017–2023 · $394k · revenue +74%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE
    5× · 2017–2024 · $82k · revenue +34%
  • LU
    LYNN UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $53k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Bill Wilkerson Ctr
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • BA
    Boys and Girls Club - RBI
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • FR
    FAIRVIEW RECREATION ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +493%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
2
Nashville Academy of Medicine and Davidson County Medical Society

The nashville academy of medicine is dedicated to supporting physicians in greater nashville who provide quality medical care and are pledged to uphold high standards of conduct. we promote physician health, practice health, and community…

Community Improvement
3
Nashville Bar Association

Nashville bar association is organized to improve the practice of law through education, service & fellowship

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4
Nashville Technology Council

Ntc mission is to advance the diverse technology ecosystem by connecting and promoting members, attracting, growing and retaining tech talent, and providing opportunities to reinvest in the greater nashville community.

Community Improvement
5
Nashville Public Media Inc

Nashville banner is a locally owned, community supported, civic news organization. we exist to empower the people of nashville to make informed decisions by providing non-partisan journalism from an independent, nonprofit newsroom. we are…

Arts & Culture
6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
8
Lead Public Schools Inc

Lead public schools exists to prepare all our students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and in life.

Education
9
Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville Inc

Arts & business council of greater nashville supports and promotes the arts by driving collaboration between arts and business that contribute to the creativity, vitality, and prosperity of greater nashville/the regions/the city.

Crime & Legal
10
Nashville Zoo Inc

In fulfillment of our mission to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation and leadership, our goal is to build a first class zoo for middle tennessee and to develop a facility…

Animals
11
University School of Nashville

University school of nashville models the best educational practices. in an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of metropolian nashville. usn fosters each student's intellectual, artistic, and athletic…

Education
12
Nashville Opera Association

To bravely imagine the power and passion of opera and who can sing and enjoy it.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Cares; the most unlike its peers is Mary Christie Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 65 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
28/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Curry Ingram Academy: $215,100 · OtherCurry Ingram AcademyTEMPLE CONGREGATION OHABAI SHOLOM: $213,285 · OtherTEMPLE CONGREGATION OHABAI SHOLOMPlanned Parenthood: $136,850 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodFrist Center for Visual Arts: $55,000 · OtherFrist Center for Visual ArtsBelle Meade Children's Center: $30,000 · OtherCheekwood Society: $29,700 · Other+31 more: $145,570 · Other+31 moreVanderbilt University: $394,209 · EducationVanderbilt UniversityMARY CHRISTIE INSTITUTE INC: $160,000 · EducationMARY CHRISTIE INSTITUTE INCLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $52,500 · EducationLYNN UNIVERSITY INCNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $33,100 · EducationTHE ENSWORTH SCHOOL: $30,000 · Education+7 more: $81,750 · Education+7 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $200,050 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDE…+1 more: $1,350 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE: $81,878 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $8,500 · Human ServicesTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $26,400 · Arts & CultureBELCOURT THEATRE INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE ACADEMY THEATRE AND NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOZ ARTS INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureABE'S GARDEN: $43,150 · Housing & ShelterVanderbilt University Medical Center: $18,650 · HealthNASHVILLE CARES: $4,000 · HealthSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER: $3,000 · Health+3 more: $450 · Health
Other$825,505Education$751,559Philanthropy$201,400Human Services$90,378Arts & Culture$54,400Housing & Shelter$43,150Health$26,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVanderbilt University: $394,209 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $200,050 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMARY CHRISTIE INSTITUTE INC: $160,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE: $81,878 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $52,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetABE'S GARDEN: $43,150 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $33,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ENSWORTH SCHOOL: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $26,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $18,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBELCOURT THEATRE INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAKIVA SCHOOL: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNASHVILLE ACADEMY THEATRE AND NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE CARES: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASA INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOZ ARTS INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPENCIL FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBook Em: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEWORK HOTLINE INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $1,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRVIEW RECREATION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL FOUNDATION OF NASHVILLE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPETERSON FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds MARY CHRISTIE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds LYNN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds ABE'S GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BELCOURT THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds AKIVA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE REPERTORY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE ACADEMY THEATRE AND NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE CARES ↗
  • Who funds CASA INC ↗

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.

The Steven & Laurie E…Hca Healthcare Founda…Memorial Foundation I…The Annette & Irwin E…The Community Foundat…The Blum Family Found…Dorothy Cate and Thom…The Frist FoundationUnited Way of Middle …The Joel C & Bernice …The Danner FoundationEnchiridion Foundation
The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family FoundationTN45.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Annette & Irwin Eskind Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Blum Family Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Joel C & Bernice W Gordon Family Foundation · The Danner Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation

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.

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 65 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $332k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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