Tennessee · Nonprofit
NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION
NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,229,508 to it, the largest being Declaration of Tr Establishing St Rita Mercy Foundation ($300,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $813k
What Nashville Predators Foundation does
Mission
Foundation is a public non-profit organization established to conduct charitable activities and raise funds for contributions to various charities
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Predators foundation grants - the Nashville Predators Foundation strives to meet the educational, social, health, and cultural needs of our community by offering unique resources and financial support through helper grants and other direct contributions to local youth-oriented organizations. The predators foundation awards grants to nashville and middle-tn non-profits through the annual helper grant cycle. Helper grants are awarded for specific projects and one-time programs, but not for general operating costs, staff salaries, sponsorships or fundraisers of any kind, capital campaigns or building improvement projects, endowments or reserve funds or grants to individuals, ptas or booster clubs. Grant applications through this process are due at the end of january, reviewed, selected and voted on by predators foundation board members in march/april and funds are distributed in may. Additional grants and donations are issued throughout the year to organizations located in or benefiting nashville and middle-tn that are selected by nashville predators players, ownership and the nhl (as part of league initiatives). These grants and donations are coordinated by the foundation's…
$1,849,626 spentof which $1,849,626 as grants99% of program spendingJack diller education award each year the predators foundation awards four high seniors the jack diller education award in the amount of $2,500 each. All applicants must reside in and attend a nashville or middle tn area high school, carry a minimum grade point average of 3.0 from sophomore to senior high school years, display leadership qualities in the classroom and/or the athletic field, and demonstrate the value of education, positive work ethic, and community outreach. The four winning students are recognized during a predators home game in march or april.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants1% of program spendingThe terry crisp scholarship (renamed to the terry & sheila crisp scholarship in january 2026) is a $5,000 grant (a scholarship spread out throughout the student's college career) given to a deserving middle tennessee high school senior who will enroll at a public college or university in the state of tennessee. The scholarship is awarded to the student who best possesses the traits that terry embodied through his playing, coaching, and broadcasting careers, and throughout his life: leadership, hard work, passion, perseverance, and outstanding character.
$4,000 spentof which $4,000 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,863,626.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.4M to $1.8M (−23%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 5% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $37k → $136k.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $208k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 49% · 2019 63% · 2020 47% · 2021 85% · 2022 76% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
15% of NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $395k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Nashville Hockey Club Limited Partnership · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION?
- NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,229,508 to it, the largest being Declaration of Tr Establishing St Rita Mercy Foundation ($300,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,229,508 in grants to NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION?
- Declaration of Tr Establishing St Rita Mercy Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 22 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing