· Private foundation
The Robert E & Jenny D Kirkland 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k37 grants · $95k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $105k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
- $250k+2 grants · $11M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Discovery Park of America | $8,664,085 |
| Charitable - Promethean Foundation | $2,288,300 |
| Union City Rotary Foundation | $59,000 |
| The Cincinnati Tennis Foundation | $48,000 |
| Univ of TN Foundation | $15,000 |
| Boca Grande Women's Scholarship Club | $12,000 |
| Preston Taylor Ministries | $10,000 |
| Imagine Worldwide | $10,000 |
| Cumberland University | $10,000 |
| Mercy Community Healthcare | $5,000 |
| Thistle Farms | $5,000 |
| The National Quilt Museum | $5,000 |
| Inland Waterways Museum | $5,000 |
| Middle TN Boy Scouts of AM | $5,000 |
| Who You With Ministries | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
56 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DPDiscovery Park of America Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $54M · revenue +52% · 91% of their budget
- UCUNION CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2024 · $452k · revenue +3% · 41% of their budget
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +178%
Funded once
- PFPromethean Foundation Incgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1.7M · revenue +29% · 92% of their budget
- BGBOCA GRANDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $60k
- BGBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +311%
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.
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.
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
Our Mission at Welcome House Knoxville is to share the love of Jesus through the ministries of hospitality and friendship. We provide safe and loving homes for individuals and families in transition to permanent housing.
Empowering women to break the cycles of poverty, addiction, and human trafficking.
Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.
The united way of south central tennessee's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.
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.
A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.
To provide accessible affordable, holistic healthcare to patients across the lifespan with a special focus on vulnerable populations, within a financially sustainable delivery model. further, uchs supports health professions education,…
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.
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
Methodist childrens homes seeks to bring restoration to children and youth who have been neglected or abused. by the end of their time with us, we hope to see that they find reconciliation with their biological families, love within an…
How this is measured
46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 90 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Discovery Park of America Inc ↗
- Who funds Promethean Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds UNION CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Cincinnati Tennis Foundation ↗
- Who funds PRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds MERCY HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS FOR MEDICAL RELIEF ↗
- Who funds THE MAGDALEN HOUSE ↗
- Who funds THISTLE FARMS INC ↗
- Who funds CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds SHERRY'S HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds Masquerade Theatre ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE ASSOC OF WILSON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds WILSON COUNTY CIVIC LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds THE BRIDGE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC ↗
- Who funds IMAGINE WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds SWEET SLEEP INC ↗
- Who funds United Way of Obion County ↗
- Who funds Phoebe Connections Inc ↗
- Who funds SUNCOAST HUMANE SOCIETYINC ↗
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: Hca Healthcare Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · Nashville Predators Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn · Joe C Davis Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · The Frist Foundation · Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robert E & Jenny D Kirkland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert E & Jenny D Kirkland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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