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The Junior League of Nashville Inc

The junior league of nashville is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.6MHealth$1.6MHuman Services$183kHousing & Shelter$95kCommunity Improvement$65kCivil Rights$48kFood & Nutrition$23kYouth Development$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$23,932
Median grant
1
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$1,389,847
BOOK 'EM$25,660
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL$23,932
NASHVILLE DIAPER CONNECTION$7,000
THE ALOE FAMILY$6,600
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $171k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE (ANCORA TN): $20k → 14%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $19k → 14%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $14k → 14%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $13k → 14%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $10k → 14%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $8k → 14%YOUTH VILLAGES: $15k → 14%YOUTH VILLAGES: $15k → 14%YOUTH VILLAGES: $15k → 14%YOUTH VILLAGES: $14k → 14%THE ALOE FAMILY: $7k → 14%YOUTH VILLAGES: $11k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $11k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 14 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$3.6M
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
0%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCommunity 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +91%
  • NP
    NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +238%
  • BE
    Book Em
    8× · 2018–2025 · $136k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • CR
    COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $11k · revenue +129%
  • NB
    NASHVILLE BOOK CONNECTION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • EN
    East Nashville Hope Exchange Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue 0%
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.

04Its 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
Girls Write Nashville

Girls write nashville empowers expression through songwriting, production, mentorship and creative community for teen artists. we are an artist and educator-led 501(c)(3) creative youth development program in nashville, tn allied with…

Arts & Culture
3
My Fathers House Nashville

The mission of My Fathers House Nashville (MFHN) is to provide shelter, parenting education, recovery information and life skills for fathers transitioning out of institutional settings or homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
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
Nurture the Next Fka Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee

Nuture the next is a state chapter of prevent child abuse america formed to prevent the abuse and neglect of tennessee's children.

Crime & Legal
6
Park Center Inc

Park center has been serving nashville for over 40 years, providing a place for hope and recovery for people experiencing serious mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. we meet people where they are and provide support through…

Employment
7
Nashville Freedom School Partnership

The Nashville Freedom School Partnership(C) uses literacy to instill cultural pride, self-assurance, and active citizenship with a primary focus on children of color.

Education
8
Tennessee Kids Belong Inc

Tennessee Kids Belong dramatically improves the experiences and outcomes for children in foster care.

Human Services
9
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
10
Nashville Food Project Inc

The nashville food project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

Food & Nutrition
11
The Victor S Johnson Iii Nashville Children's Alliance Inc

The mission of the nashville children's alliance is healing and justice for children who have been abused or exposed to violence.

Crime & Legal
12
Nashvillehealth

Nashvillehealth creates a culture of health and wellbeing by serving as a convener to open dialogue, aligning resources and building smart strategic partnerships to create a plan for health unique to nashvilles needs.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nashville Book Connection. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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.

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

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $1,519,748 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical CenterRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $63,508 · Health+1 more: $6,000 · HealthNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,392,847 · EducationNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIONBook Em: $136,457 · EducationBook Em+3 more: $40,590 · EducationANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC: $84,883 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $68,651 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $11,000 · Human ServicesAloe Family Inc: $6,600 · Human ServicesMCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $80,796 · OtherMONROE HARDING INC: $16,000 · OtherTHISTLE FARMS INC: $7,000 · OtherNASHVILLE BOOK CONNECTION: $10,000 · OtherNASHVILLE ACADEMY THEATRE AND NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC: $7,900 · OtherNASHVILLE DIAPER CONNECTION: $13,000 · OtherMOVES AND GROOVES INC: $7,700 · OtherNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC: $95,042 · Housing & ShelterOASIS CENTER INC: $74,364 · Community ImprovementYou Have The Power Know How To Use It Inc: $47,642 · Civil Rights
Health$1,589,256Education$1,569,894Human Services$171,134Other$142,396Housing & Shelter$95,042Community Improvement$74,364Civil Rights$47,642

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 Medical Center: $1,519,748 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,392,847 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetBook Em: $136,457 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC: $95,042 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC: $84,883 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $80,796 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetOASIS CENTER INC: $74,364 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $68,651 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $63,508 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYou Have The Power Know How To Use It Inc: $47,642 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetPRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES: $18,332 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMONROE HARDING INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPENCIL FOUNDATION: $13,758 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNASHVILLE DIAPER CONNECTION: $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $11,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEast Nashville Hope Exchange Inc: $8,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetNASHVILLE ACADEMY THEATRE AND NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC: $7,900 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVES AND GROOVES INC: $7,700 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAloe Family Inc: $6,600 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Hca Healthcare Founda…Memorial Foundation I…The Community Foundat…Nashville Predators F…The Frist FoundationUnited Way of Middle …Joe C Davis FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…Dollar General Litera…The Steven & Laurie E…Dettwiller FoundationPublix Super Markets …
Hca Healthcare FoundationTN35.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hca Healthcare Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Nashville Predators Foundation · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Joe C Davis Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Junior League of Nashville Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Junior League of Nashville Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 22 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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