The Frist Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $23.5M

  Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2024

  Frist foundation donor advised fund gift

• $6.5M

  Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Annual operating gift

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  To support the launch of the nashville early education coalition (neec)

• $5.0M

  Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for the begin bright program

• $3.0M

  Ywca of Nashvillemiddle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for capital upgrades and renovations of the weaver domestic violence center

• $3.0M

  Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Capital support for bella terra community in antioch

• $1.4M

  Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2024

  Frist foundation donor advised fund gift

• $1.1M

  Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Capital support

• $1.0M

  The Hca Hope Fund · Nashville, TN · 2024

  To hope fund for hurricane helene relief

• $1.0M

  United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for recovery efforts in clarksville following the december 2023 tornadoes

• $700,000

  Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for renovation and expansion of warner parks headquarters

• $500,000

  United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for the family collective

• $500,000

  Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for capital campaign to renovate and reconstruct housing

• $430,000

  The Refuge Center for Counseling · Franklin, TN · 2024

  Capital support

• $350,000

  Rebuilding Together Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for the multiplier fund

• $300,000

  Inspiritus · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for programming, operational capacity needs for senior housing expansion

• $250,000

  Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for renovation and expansion of warner parks headquarters

• $250,000

  Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Additional support toward the ongoing capital campaign

• $200,000

  United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for hands on nashville and geekcause

• $200,000

  Youth Encouragement Services · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Capital investments

• $200,000

  Friends Life · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Capital investments

• $150,000

  Teach for America · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for tfa's teacher training program for the fiscal year beginning june 1, 2024

• $150,000

  Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Three years of operating support for the nashville early education coalition

• $125,000

  The Heimerdinger Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Capital needs ($100,000) and consulting support ($25,000)

• $115,881

  Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Annual operating gift

• $115,000

  Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for maintenance of the frist learning center

• $105,000

  Corner To Corner · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for technology work with nashville analytics

• $100,000

  Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

  Support for the danforth circle chancellors fund for excellence, directed gift

• $100,000

  Rooftop Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

  To establish a cash reserve exclusively for reimbursement purposes

• $100,000

  Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

  Princeton golf support directed by julie and tommy frist

• $100,000

  Delta Waterfowl Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2024

  General support directed by chuck elcan

• $100,000

  Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Technology support to create a data dashboard for leadership and staff

• $100,000

  Uva School of Education and Human Development Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

  Support for the faculty excellence fund directed by trisha elcan

• $81,000

  Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan

• $75,000

  United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024, half comes from the ansley fund

• $75,000

  Community Resource Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $75,000

  Nashville Adult Literacy Council · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Capacity building support

• $62,000

  Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan

• $60,000

  Needlink Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $50,000

  Charity Water · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

  General support directed by julie and tommy frist

• $50,000

  Give and Go · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for tearing down the walls conference for independent schools directed gift

• $50,000

  Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024

  Annual fund support directed by jennifer and billy frist

• $50,000

  Precision Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2024

  General support directed by jennifer and billy frist

• $50,000

  Kipp Academy Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  General support directed by julie and tommy frist

• $50,000

  Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  General support directed by chuck elcan

• $45,000

  Interfaith Dental Clinic · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for facility upgrades to address security concerns

• $30,000

  Southampton Playhouse · New York, NY · 2024

  General support directed by julie and tommy frist

• $30,000

  Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for reimagining community spaces mnps directed by trisha and chuck elcan

• $30,000

  Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for giving matters

• $25,000

  Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Annual fund support directed by jennifer and billy frist

• $25,000

  Himalayan Cataract Project · Norwich, VT · 2024

  General support directed by julie and tommy frist

• $25,000

  Hands On Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Emergency response - 2023 tornadoes

• $25,000

  Cafe Momentum Nashville · Hermitage, TN · 2024

  Support for cafe momentum to transition from national organization

• $25,000

  Center for Nonprofit Management · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Implementation of strategic plan

• $25,000

  American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy · Washington, DC · 2024

  General support directed by chuck elcan

• $25,000

  Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Voad support for 2024

• $25,000

  Autism Society of America · Rockville, MD · 2024

  General support directed by jennifer and billy frist

• $25,000

  Community Resource Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Emergency response - 2023 tornadoes

• $25,000

  Corner To Corner · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for the 37208 fund

• $25,000

  Cul2vate · Brentwood, TN · 2024

  Capital support to complete onsite training kitchen

• $25,000

  Autism Speaks · Boone, IA · 2024

  General support directed by jennifer and billy frist

• $25,000

  Fannie Battle Day Home · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support

• $25,000

  Justice for Our Neighbors · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for employee resilience and quarterly day-long staff resilience sessions

• $25,000

  North Nashville Arts Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for planning and capacity-building

• $25,000

  Oasis Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $25,000

  Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi · Nashville, TN · 2024

  General support directed by lauren elcan ingram

• $25,000

  Preston Taylor Ministries · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for continued partnership with petra coach

• $25,000

  Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

  Class of 1993 annual fund directed by billy frist

• $25,000

  Raising Resilience Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for elevate consulting expenses

• $25,000

  Shower the People · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for the buildout of a newly donated bus into a mobile shower unit

• $25,000

  St Luke'S Community House · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024 - directed to the childcare center

• $25,000

  Tennessee Nonprofit Network · Memphis, TN · 2024

  Support for learning cohort on board governance best practices for up to 20 davidson county nfps

• $25,000

  Unmanageable · Nashville, TN · 2024

  North nashville elders project

• $25,000

  Village at Glencliff · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for staff and board development, strategic planning and hospital partnerships

• $25,000

  Walkbike Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for strategic planning with noah spiegel consulting

• $25,000

  Westminster Home Connection · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $25,000

  Young Leaders Council · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $21,000

  Walkbike Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for consulting services to increase staff professional and leadership skills

• $20,000

  Tennessee Golf Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2024

  General support directed by julie and tommy frist

• $20,000

  Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2024

  General support directed by lauren elcan ingram

• $20,000

  Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for department of medicine health and society directed by lauren ingram

• $20,000

  Siloam Health · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $20,000

  Ywca of Nashvillemiddle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $20,000

  One Love Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

  General support directed by julie and tommy frist

• $20,000

  The Sexual Assault Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $20,000

  North Nashville Arts Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for the north nashville culture crawl

• $20,000

  The Store · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Website design, implementation, zapier integration, volunteer platform and integration

• $20,000

  Philanthropy Southeast · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  Middle tennessee donors forum support for 2024

• $20,000

  Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2024

  General support directed by lauren elcan ingram

• $20,000

  Conexion Americas · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $20,000

  Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Emergency response - 2023 tornadoes

• $20,000

  Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Operating support for 2024

• $20,000

  Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

  Support for department of anthropology, as directed by lauren elcan ingram

• $18,000

  Rocketown of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for security enhancements as an extension of hca/tff security enhancement grant program

• $18,000

  Dymon in the Rough · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for strategic development and capacity building consultants

• $18,000

  Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Strategic planning

• $16,000

  Unicycle · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Support for rebranding and expanding

• $15,000

  Salvation Army · Nashville, TN · 2024

  Emergency response - 2023 tornadoes, direct to emergency disaster services

• $15,000

  Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2024

  General support for 2024

• $15,000

  Room in the Inn · Nashville, TN · 2024

  General support directed by lauren elcan ingram