Tennessee · Private foundation
The Mercy 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations The Mercy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $87k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $70k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $68k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $29k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $40k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $55k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steps of Faith Foundation | $67,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Sexual Assault Center | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Ministries of Antioch Tn Inc | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Filter of Hope Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Butterfly Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Summit County Rescue Group Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St John Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elko FISH | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steps of Faith Foundation | $67,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Sexual Assault Center | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Ministries of Antioch Tn Inc | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Filter of Hope Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Butterfly Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Summit County Rescue Group Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St John Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elko FISH | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Encouragement Services Inc | $1,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Able Youth Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope House | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($194k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mercy Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Nashville Predators Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Mercy Foundation
- How much does The Mercy Foundation give?
- The Mercy Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Mercy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Human Services (10%), Religion (10%).
- Who are The Mercy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Steps of Faith Foundation ($68k), Sexual Assault Center ($43k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($35k).
- Does The Mercy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mercy 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 Mercy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nashville Predators Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Servant Foundation.
- Where is The Mercy Foundation based?
- The Mercy Foundation is based in TN.
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