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The Samuel M Fleming 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.

$715k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182024.

Education$1.6MArts & Culture$680kHuman Services$256kRecreation & Sports$248kHealth$208kReligion$203kYouth Development$106kAnimals$97kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $409k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $205k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$8.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL$85,000
KIPP ACADEMY$70,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
GILDA'S CLUB NASHVILLE$48,000
CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC$48,000
TPAC$44,000
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$38,000
NASHVILLE OPERA$35,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$32,500
FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION$20,000
ENSWORTH SCHOOL$20,000
BATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST$13,500
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY$12,000
NASHVILLE BALLET$12,000
NASHVILLE SYMPHONY$12,000
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 (FY24–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $12k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.8M · 46 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

46 repeat relationships — 34 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
4

Total granted

$3.8M
$23k

Still filing today

54%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsAnimalsReligionOther

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

  • MP
    MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $575k · revenue +32%
  • TE
    THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL
    7× · 2018–2024 · $290k · revenue +101%
  • NO
    NASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $245k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • UW
    US WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMP CHARITABLE FDN
    one grant, 2018 · $13k
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KY
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • TP
    TPACHOT PROGRAM
    one grant, 2018 · $3k

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 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
Fayetteville Academy

Fayetteville academy is an independent, college preparatory school (prek- 12) that encourages students to achieve their full potential by offering exceptional opportunities in academics, fine arts, and athletics. the academy emphasizes…

Education
3
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
4
Tower Hill School Association

Tower hill school prepares students from diverse backgrounds for full and creative engagement with a dynamic world. each student is provided with an educational experience that emphasizes the development of an inquisitive, discerning and…

Education
5
The Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation

The nashville chamber public benefit foundation supports the work of the nashville area chamber of commerce through efforts to improve the quality of education, encourage public and private efforts around education, and to facilitate the…

6
The Winsor School

Our mission: the winsor school prepares young women to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the world.

Education
7
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
8
Field School of Charlottesville

Field school is a boy's middle school founded in 2007 by todd barnett with the support of many parents, friends, and community leaders. its mission is to develop well-rounded boys of character and accomplishment. its motto is "omnis puer…

Education
9
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

The nashville area chamber of commerce facilitates community leadership to create economic prosperity.

10
Valor Collegiate Academies

To prepare a diverse student population for success in college and to live inspired and purposeful lives. our scholars will graduate with academic skills, social-emotional skills, and positive character strengths that rival the outcomes of…

Education
11
Phillips Exeter Academy

Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

Education
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Academy Theatre and Nashville Children's Theatre Assoc and the most unlike its peers is Heritage Plantation Foundation. 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 38 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr12%26%35–55yr14%36%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr12%35%35–55yr14%52%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
12%
841/6,777

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

32 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 59 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
28/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

KIPP ACADEMY — $370,000 · OtherKIPP ACADEMYFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $202,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHHERITAGE PLANTATION FOUNDATION — $198,000 · OtherHERITAGE PLANTATION FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient — $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYMCA — $95,000 · OtherVANDERBILT — $88,500 · OtherCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS — $75,000 · OtherTPAC — $66,500 · Other+28 more — $610,855 · Other+28 moreMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC — $575,000 · EducationMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INCTHE ENSWORTH SCHOOL — $290,000 · EducationTHE ENSWORTH SCHOOLBATTLE GROUND ACADEMY — $131,000 · EducationBATTLE GROUND ACADEMYFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $112,500 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL — $60,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE — $57,000 · Education+2 more — $25,000 · EducationNASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION — $245,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE OPERA …Nashville Symphony Association — $102,000 · Arts & CultureNashville Sympho…TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION — $97,000 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE GOLF F…NASHVILLE BALLET — $77,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE BALLETFRIST ART MUSEUM — $35,000 · Arts & CultureFRIST ART MUSEUM+3 more — $22,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC — $100,000 · Recreation & SportsBACKFIELD IN MOTION — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC — $48,000 · HealthJORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 · HealthHOPEKIDS INC — $3,500 · HealthNASHVILLE ZOO INC — $67,500 · AnimalsMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC — $33,500 · Religion
Other$1,856,355Education$1,250,500Arts & Culture$578,500Recreation & Sports$125,000Health$91,500Animals$67,500Religion$33,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC — $575,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ENSWORTH SCHOOL — $290,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION — $245,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetHERITAGE PLANTATION FOUNDATION — $198,000 over 7y, 57% of budgetBATTLE GROUND ACADEMY — $131,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $112,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Symphony Association — $102,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC — $100,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION — $97,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetNASHVILLE BALLET — $77,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNASHVILLE ZOO INC — $67,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TELOMERE PROJECT — $58,000 over 7y, 50% of budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE — $57,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC — $48,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFRIST ART MUSEUM — $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC — $33,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTIME TO RISE INC — $27,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION — $25,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHANDS ON NASHVILLE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST INC — $13,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNASHVILLE TREE FOUNDATION — $13,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) — $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLATC PARENT BOOSTER CLUB INC — $12,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE ACADEMY THEATRE AND NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBELLE MEADE MANSION — $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL
  • Who funds NASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds HERITAGE PLANTATION FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BATTLE GROUND ACADEMY
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Nashville Symphony Association
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC
  • Who funds TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION
  • Who funds NASHVILLE BALLET
  • Who funds NASHVILLE ZOO INC
  • Who funds THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL
  • Who funds THE TELOMERE PROJECT
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE
  • Who funds CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds JORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds FRIST ART MUSEUM
  • Who funds MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC
  • Who funds TIME TO RISE INC
  • Who funds BACKFIELD IN MOTION
  • Who funds HANDS ON NASHVILLE 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 Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN30.3× affinity14 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 · The Frist Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · The Hunt Family Foundation of Nashville · Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation · The Rich Foundation · Henry Laird Smith Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation

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 The Samuel M Fleming Foundation 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
202122232425
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Samuel M Fleming Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Samuel M Fleming Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 59 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.

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