Tennessee · Private foundation
The Sixteen Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $551k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $385,660
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Sixteen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $551k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $601k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $678k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $628k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $276k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $250k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $283k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $360k | 62% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee Christian School | $2,101,567 | 9 | 3% |
| Camp Shiloh Inc | $676,216 | 9 | n/a |
| North Boulevard Church of Christ | $299,044 | 8 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Barnabas Vision Inc | $66,500 | 8 | 5% |
| Special Kids Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greenhouse Ministries | $31,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Adventures in Missions Inc | $29,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | $27,690 | 5 | 0% |
| Rutherford County Library Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 23% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee Christian School | $2,101,567 | 9 | 3% |
| Camp Shiloh Inc | $676,216 | 9 | n/a |
| North Boulevard Church of Christ | $299,044 | 8 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Barnabas Vision Inc | $66,500 | 8 | 5% |
| Special Kids Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greenhouse Ministries | $31,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Adventures in Missions Inc | $29,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | $27,690 | 5 | 0% |
| Rutherford County Library Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford Cty | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Last Call 4 Grace Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Child Advocacy Center | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Doors of Hope | $8,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Journeys in Community Living Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Advocacy Center of Rutherford County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charity Circle of Murfreesboro | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| The Timothy Network Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Carillon Beach Chapel Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Murfreesboro Fire Fighters Associat | $112 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($326k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sixteen 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: John D Floyd Charitable Foundation Inc · Coggin Family Foundation · Christy-Houston Foundation Inc · Twelve Stone Health Partners Foundation a Reeves Company · Adams Family Foundation I · Charity Circle of Murfreesboro · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Burgess Family Charitable · Jennings & Rebecca Jones Foundation Inc · Adams Family Foundation II · Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About The Sixteen Foundation
- How much does The Sixteen Foundation give?
- The Sixteen Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $550,710 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sixteen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Recreation & Sports (22%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Sixteen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Middle Tennessee Christian School ($2.1M), Camp Shiloh Inc ($676k), North Boulevard Church of Christ ($299k).
- Does The Sixteen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sixteen 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 Sixteen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D Floyd Charitable Foundation Inc, Coggin Family Foundation, Christy-Houston Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Sixteen Foundation based?
- The Sixteen Foundation is based in TN.
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