Tennessee · Private foundation
William H Frist Family 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations William H Frist Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 17 | $999k | 65% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $670k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $401k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $252k | 91% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $87k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $83k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $123k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee State University Foundation | $520,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Nashvillehealth | $275,000 | 4 | 25% |
| Austin Peay State University Foundation | $232,500 | 1 | 1% |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $112,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hollins University Corporation | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Through Healing Hands | $100,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Meharry Medical College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heritage Foundation of Williamson County | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($627k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William H Frist Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Martha W Banker Charitable Trust · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · The Frist Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Ayers Foundation · Regions Foundation · Henry Laird Smith Foundation · Pam Lewis Foundation
How this is measured
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About William H Frist Family Foundation
- How much does William H Frist Family Foundation give?
- William H Frist Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,298,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William H Frist Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (36%), Education (23%), Environment (14%).
- Who are William H Frist Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Middle Tennessee State University Foundation ($520k), Nashvillehealth ($275k), Austin Peay State University Foundation ($233k).
- Does William H Frist Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William H Frist Family 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 William H Frist Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Where is William H Frist Family Foundation based?
- William H Frist Family Foundation is based in TN.
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