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Memorial Foundation Inc

THE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE THROUGH SUPPORT TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

$4.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
182
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$11MHealth$7.6MYouth Development$4.3MEducation$3.5MArts & Culture$3.4MCrime & Legal$3.4MHousing & Shelter$3.3MCommunity Improvement$1.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 182 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k47 grants · $237k
  • $10k–50k114 grants · $2.6M
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $1.5M
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$135M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$200,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$100,000
YWCA OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TN$90,000
OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE$85,000
SILOAM HEALTH$80,000
STARS NASHVILLE$80,000
INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE$75,000
SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER$75,000
AGAPE$75,000
PROJECT RETURN$60,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$60,000
HOPE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES$60,000
MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER$55,000
FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER$55,000
THE NEXT DOOR$55,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $8.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $175k → 14%CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $40k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $40k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $40k → 14%GALLATIN DAY CARE CENTER: $54k → 8%CHILDREN ARE PEOPLE: $50k → 8%COMMUNITY LIFE BRIDGE: $40k → 8%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $45k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 14%GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TENNESSEE: $70k → 4%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE SERVICES: $40k → 8%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $45k → 14%ANCORA TN: $45k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD MADISON STATION: $200k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD MADISON STATION: $200k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD MADISON STATION: $200k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD MADISON STATION: $130k → 14%FAMILY CENTER: $70k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $50k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $50k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $50k → 14%AGAPE: $90k → 14%THE STORE: $50k → 14%AGAPE: $85k → 14%AGAPE: $45k → 14%MARY PARRISH CENTER: $45k → 14%MARY PARRISH CENTER: $45k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD: $225k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD: $215k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $85k → 14%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $75k → 14%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $75k → 14%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $75k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS-NASHVILLE AREA CHAPTER: $55k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS-NASHVILLE AREA CHAPTER: $50k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $45k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS-NASHVILLE AREA CHAPTER: $45k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$42M · 268 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +66% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

268 repeat relationships — 168 still active in FY2024, 100 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

268
93

Total granted

$42M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+25%

Still filing today

87%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $409k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SC
    SENIOR CITIZENS INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.2M · revenue +55%
  • PR
    PROJECT RETURN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $855k · revenue +153%
  • OS
    OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $785k · revenue +257%

Funded once

  • TS
    TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue -97%
  • MS
    MADISON STATION SENIOR CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • AB
    AMERICAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY dba AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +60%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc

Nashville inner city ministry is a christ-centered community organization dedicated to empowering the spiritual, educational and vocational development of at-risk youth and their families.

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3
Tennessee Charitable Care Network

The mission of tccn is to support, educate, and represent non-profit organizations that provide charitable healthcare services to low-income, uninsured, and underserved tennesseans. tccn envisions a strong, compassionate healthcare safety…

Health
4
Nashville Cares

Nashville cares exists to end the hiv epidemic, promote comprehensive sexual health and end sexual health stigmatization and discrimination through prevention, education, treatment, support, advocacy, and strategic partnership.

Health
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
Hope House of Tennessee Inc

By creating a safe and structured two year residential program the Hope House of Tennessee will aim to equip and empower personal and educational growth economic self-sufficiency and a deeper understanding of Christs unconditional love.

Housing & Shelter
7
Tennessee Health Care Association

To maintain high standards for nursing homes in the state of tennessee and to seek the solutions to problems common to members of the association.

—
8
Tennessee Children's Home Inc

Tennessee children's home, inc. is a not-for-profit organization that provides a home for neglected and pre-delinquent children who have an unstable family situation and who are beginning to develop problems which cannot be solved in their…

Human Services
9
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
10
Michael Dunn Center

To empower individuals living with disabilities and challenges to gain independence

Human Services
11
Tennessee Advocacy Talk

Our mission is to increase the access and quality of social service resources through bettering norms and culture with advocacy, performance improvement strategies, and technology.

Health
12
Leadership Tennessee Inc

Leadership tennessee fosters collaborative, non-partisan dialogue on issues of state importance, by connecting and deploying a network of diverse leaders and engaged citizens.

Public Benefit

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission and the most unlike its peers is Orange Heart Medal Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%1%<5yr16%6%5–10yr20%25%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr11%22%35–55yr11%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%1%<5yr16%2%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr11%25%35–55yr11%24%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%6/333
the rest of the field
14%
724/5,088

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 315 of the 377 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
132
Early backer (in before they grew)
305/315
Grantees still filing
245/315
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PROJECT RETURN INC — $855,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT — $832,434 · OtherSILOAM HEALTH — $730,000 · OtherYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $695,000 · Other+83 more — $14,273,920 · Other+83 moreSENIOR CITIZENS INC — $1,215,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS INCOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE — $785,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION STAND DOWN T…FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE — $490,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SE…Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) — $435,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE — $282,500 · Human Services+35 more — $5,242,202 · Human Services+35 moreSTARS NASHVILLE — $715,000 · HealthSTARS NASHVILL…SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER — $650,000 · HealthSEXUAL ASSAULT…INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE — $537,000 · HealthINTERFAITH DEN…FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC — $445,000 · HealthFAITH FAMILY M…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $385,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCE…GILDA'S CLUB MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $290,000 · HealthGILDA'S CLUB M…MENDING HEARTS INC — $275,000 · HealthSALVUS CENTER INC — $265,000 · HealthTHE NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER — $259,500 · HealthHOPE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES — $247,950 · HealthHOPE CLINIC FOR WOMEN — $225,000 · HealthRENEWAL HOUSE INC — $215,000 · Health+7 more — $739,949 · Health+7 moreNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC — $402,500 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE…WELCOME HOME MINISTRIES — $375,000 · Arts & CultureWELCOME H…MONTHAVEN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER — $375,000 · Arts & CultureMONTHAVEN…NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT — $325,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE…TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC — $250,000 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE…THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC — $248,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIO…ADVENTURE SCIENCE CENTER - NASHVILLE — $232,000 · Arts & CultureADVENTURE…ANDREW JACKSON FOUNDATION FKA LADIES' HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION — $220,000 · Arts & CultureANDREW JA…NASHVILLE ACADEMY THEATRE AND NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC — $185,000 · Arts & CultureNashville Symphony Association — $180,000 · Arts & CultureFRIST ART MUSEUM — $160,000 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION — $130,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more — $619,000 · Arts & Culture+7 moreTeach for America Inc — $375,000 · EducationNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $303,000 · EducationPENCIL FOUNDATION — $288,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE — $265,000 · EducationNASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $262,500 · EducationNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC — $170,000 · EducationCROSSBRIDGE INC — $165,000 · EducationGlobal Education Center — $102,500 · EducationAMERICAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY dba AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGE — $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE — $93,500 · Education+7 more — $447,500 · EducationFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $565,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN — $352,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $345,000 · Youth Development100 BLACK MEN OF MIDDLE TN INC — $325,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES INC — $247,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $220,000 · Youth DevelopmentROCKETOWN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $133,000 · Youth DevelopmentNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION — $500,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE NEXT DOOR INC — $470,000 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC — $402,000 · Housing & ShelterGRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC — $315,000 · Housing & ShelterGreater Faith Community Action Corp — $150,000 · Housing & ShelterOPEN TABLE OF NASHVILLE INC — $120,000 · Housing & Shelter413 STRONG INC — $80,000 · Housing & ShelterURBAN HOUSING SOLUTIONS INC — $75,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more — $113,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$17,386,354Human Services$8,449,702Health$5,249,399Arts & Culture$3,701,500Education$2,572,000Youth Development$2,413,000Housing & Shelter$2,225,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC — $1,215,000 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetPROJECT RETURN INC — $855,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE — $785,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetSILOAM HEALTH — $730,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetSTARS NASHVILLE — $715,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $695,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER — $650,000 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $565,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $555,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE — $537,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION — $500,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC — $495,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetMCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC — $490,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE — $490,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC — $470,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC — $445,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetMEN OF VALOR — $445,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) — $435,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NASHVILLE — $430,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT INC — $428,500 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetOASIS CENTER INC — $420,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN — $410,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC — $410,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE VICTOR S JOHNSON III NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC — $406,000 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC — $402,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC — $402,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY HOME — $395,000 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $385,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWELCOME HOME MINISTRIES — $375,000 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $375,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMONTHAVEN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER — $375,000 over 6y, 87% of budgetTENNESSEE PRISON OUTREACH MINISTRY INC — $355,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN — $352,500 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $345,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetNASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT — $325,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF MIDDLE TN INC — $325,000 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetHANDS ON NASHVILLE INC — $315,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetGRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC — $315,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $303,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetNASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR — $295,000 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $290,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetPENCIL FOUNDATION — $288,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NASHVILLE — $282,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBUILDING LIVES FOUNDATION INC — $282,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION — $280,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetMENDING HEARTS INC — $275,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetFANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC — $275,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC — $265,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT RETURN INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds SILOAM HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds STARS NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds YWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds THE NEXT DOOR INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MEN OF VALOR ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds OASIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VICTOR S JOHNSON III NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY HOME ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WELCOME HOME MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds MONTHAVEN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE PRISON OUTREACH MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT ↗
  • Who funds 100 BLACK MEN OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDS ON NASHVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Frist FoundationHca Healthcare Founda…United Way of Middle …Dorothy Cate and Thom…Joe C Davis FoundationThe Healing Trust For…Nashville Predators F…The Community Foundat…The Steven & Laurie E…Carolyn Smith Foundat…Dettwiller FoundationLouie M & Betty M Phi…
The Frist FoundationTN257.7× affinity140 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Memorial Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
98report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 377 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home