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The Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.3M
Granted FY2019
20
Grants FY2019
5
States reached
$515k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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, FY2018 to 2019.

Philanthropy$1.6MEducation$578kArts & Culture$343kReligion$256kHealth$60kFood & Nutrition$10kHousing & Shelter$10kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2019 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k7 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $457k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.8M
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELTY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND KELLY FAMILY GIVING FUND$514,826
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST EMMIE ROBINSON RICK DONOR ADVI$514,826
BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND WALTER M ROBINSON DONOR ADVISED FUND$514,826
NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$257,413
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL$205,931
HISTORIC TRAVELERS REST PLANTATION & MUSEUM$90,000
ALIVE HOSPICE$60,000
THE FRANK AND CALLA BELL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$51,483
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL$50,000
ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE$10,000
CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS$10,000
HARDING ACADEMY$10,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN$10,000
FIDELTY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND KELLY FAMILY GIVING FUND$4,908
BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND WALTER M ROBINSON DONOR ADVISED FUND$4,908
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 (FY19–19, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $10k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $60k → 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 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
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School

We engage a diverse community of learners in a collaborative educational experience, preparing them for college success and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the broader world.

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2
Haverford School

The haverford school, a non-sectarian college preparatory school for junior kindergarten through grade twelve, provides a superior liberal arts education for qualified boys of differing backgrounds. we are committed to developing the full…

Education
3
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
4
Harvard-Westlake School

Harvard-westlake strives to be a diverse and inclusive community united by the joyful pursuit of educational excellence, living and learning with integrity, and purpose beyond ourselves.

Education
5
Hampshire Country School

Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…

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6
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
7
The Webb Schools

Webb's mission is to provide a dynamic learning community that nurtures and inspires our students and alumni to think boldly, mindfully, and creatively; act with honor and moral courage; lead with distinction; and serve with a generous…

Education
8
Hillbrook School

Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…

Education
9
The Hill School

The hill school prepares students from across the country and around the world for college, careers and life. within a family school environment and a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, we challenge our young people to work hard; think and…

Education
10
New Hope Academy

Christ-centered school educating children of diverse racial & socioeconomic backgrounds by establishing a biblical worldview & preparing each child to flourish academically, emotionally, socially & spiritually.

Education
11
Concord Academy

Concord academy is a community animated by love of learning, diverse and striving for equity, with common trust as our foundation. honoring each individual, we challenge and expand our understanding of ourselves and the world through…

Education
12
Rumsey Hall School Inc

Rumsey hall school is committed to the whole child approach to education and believes that teaching academics and teaching an attitude of mind are of equal importance. the school emphasizes effort as a criterion for success and is…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Harding Academy; the most unlike its peers is Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund. 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST EMMIE ROBINSON RICK DONOR ADVI: $519,734 · OtherMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST EMMIE ROBINSON RICK DO…FIDELTY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND KELLY FAMILY GIVING FUND: $519,734 · OtherFIDELTY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND KELLY FAMILY GIVING FUNDHISTORIC TRAVELERS REST PLANTATION & MUSEUM: $340,000 · OtherHISTORIC TRAVELERS REST PLANTATION & MUSEUMCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL: $255,931 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL+1 more: $10,000 · OtherNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $507,413 · EducationNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRAR…Chief and Calla Bell Scholarship Foundation: $51,483 · EducationChief and Calla Bell Sc…+3 more: $18,658 · EducationBNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $519,734 · PhilanthropyBNY MELLON CHARITABL…ALIVE HOSPICE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $3,750 · Youth DevelopmentWO SMITH NASHVILLE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,645,399Education$577,554Philanthropy$519,734Human Services$70,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Youth Development$3,750Arts & Culture$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $519,734 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $507,413 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetALIVE HOSPICE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARDING ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRENCH BROAD RIVER ACADEMY INC: $4,908 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWO SMITH NASHVILLE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Community Foundat…Dettwiller FoundationRaymond James Charita…Milton and Denice Joh…Henry Laird Smith Fou…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dettwiller Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Milton and Denice Johnson Family Foundation · Henry Laird Smith Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 16 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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