Tennessee · Private foundation
The Vandewater 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2023
- 4
- Grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,575
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $88k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Vandewater Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $27k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $51k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $162k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $97k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $146k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Cancer Society Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Starkey Hearing Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Chance for Education | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Harpeth Hall School | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Heal Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee | $24,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Foundation Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc | $2,575 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Cancer Society Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Starkey Hearing Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Chance for Education | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Harpeth Hall School | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Heal Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee | $24,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Foundation Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc | $2,575 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Warner Parks Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Redesign Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vandewater 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: The Frist Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Servant Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About The Vandewater Foundation
- How much does The Vandewater Foundation give?
- The Vandewater Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $5,075 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Vandewater Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (31%), Health (27%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Vandewater Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: American Cancer Society Inc ($75k), The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc ($75k), Starkey Hearing Foundation ($50k).
- Does The Vandewater Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Vandewater 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 Vandewater Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Frist Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
- Where is The Vandewater Foundation based?
- The Vandewater Foundation is based in TN.
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