Funding search · EIN 621134070 · Nashville, TN

The Frist Foundation

Name: The Frist Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

567
grants reported: $110.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

directed frist elcan matching billy jennifer chuck julie

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

56 grants matching “chuck” · $825,000

$100,000
Delta Waterfowl Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2024
General support directed by chuck elcan
$81,000
Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$62,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$50,000
Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support directed by chuck elcan
$30,000
Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support for reimagining community spaces mnps directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$25,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
General support directed by chuck elcan
$10,000
The College Foundation of the University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2024
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$10,000
Be the Match Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support directed by chuck elcan
$10,000
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2024
Virginia fund support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$7,000
The Heimerdinger Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support directed by chuck elcan
$6,000
Teach for America · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$5,000
Uva Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Jefferson trust support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$5,000
Spring Hill College · Mobile, AL · 2024
General support directed by chuck elcan
$5,000
Jefferson Scholars Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$3,000
Father Ryan High School · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support directed by chuck elcan
$2,500
Property and Environment Research Center · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$50,000
Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$25,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
General support directed by chuck elcan, board member of the frist foundation
$25,000
Delta Waterfowl Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$10,000
American Red Cross of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Tiffany circle support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$10,000
Be the Match Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$10,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for frist center for autism and innovation directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$10,000
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$10,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Parents fund support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$10,000
Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$10,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$8,000
The Heimerdinger Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$6,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Mccosh health center support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$5,000
American Prairie · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$5,000
American Cancer Society of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Hope lodge support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$5,000
Spring Hill College · Mobile, AL · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$3,500
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$3,000
Father Ryan High School · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$3,000
Cumberland Heights Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$2,500
Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
Support for the legion fund, directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$2,500
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
School of nursing support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$2,500
St Cecilia Academy · Nashville, TN · 2023
Lisa elcan bruner scholarship fund, directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$2,500
Project Redesign · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$50,000
Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$25,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan, board member of the frist foundation
$20,000
Delta Waterfowl Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$10,000
The Heimerdinger Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$10,000
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$10,000
Give and Go · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$10,000
Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$10,000
American Red Cross of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$10,000
Be the Match Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$8,000
American Cancer Society of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for hope lodge as directed by chuck elcan
$5,000
Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
Support for the legion fund as directed by chuck elcan
$5,000
Spring Hill College · Mobile, AL · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$5,000
Family Foundation Fund · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$4,500
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Support for the jefferson scholars foundation as directed by chuck elcan
$4,000
Property and Environment Research Center · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$3,000
Young Life Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$3,000
Cumberland Heights Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan
$2,500
Father Ryan High School · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by chuck elcan

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund2 grants · $24.9M
Frist Art Museum14 grants · $21.7M
Nashville Zoo4 grants · $9.8M
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee18 grants · $5.8M
Nashville Public Library Foundation5 grants · $5.0M
Ywca of Nashvillemiddle Tn3 grants · $4.0M
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville3 grants · $3.4M
Friends of Warner Parks6 grants · $2.3M
United Way of Greater Nashville8 grants · $2.1M
Belmont University4 grants · $2.0M

Giving over time

$34.2M

2022

$18.2M

2023

$58.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 567 grants.

$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
$5.9M
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support for 2023
$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
$5.0M
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2022
Payment of 2017 set-aside - support for exhibit buildout
$4.9M
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support for 2022
$4.5M
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2022
Additional support for the zoo's grow wild campaign
$3.0M
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capital support for bella terra community in antioch
$3.0M
Ywca of Nashvillemiddle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support for capital upgrades and renovations of the weaver domestic violence center
$2.0M
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital and community engagement for the belmont university frist college of medicine
$2.0M
Project Return · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital campaign to purchase the property on lafayette
$2.0M
The Crossroads Campus · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support building construction, which will house phase 2 of capital campaign
$1.5M
Operation Stand Down Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for transitional housing complex serving veterans experiencing homelessness
$1.4M
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2024
Frist foundation donor advised fund gift
$1.2M
Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2022
Technology support as directed by dr. Frist
$1.2M
Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support towards park improvements
$1.1M
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capital support
$1.1M
Friends of Mill Ridge Park · Antioch, TN · 2023
Support for a capital campaign to build out a public park in antioch
$1.1M
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capital support
$1.0M
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support for 2022
$1.0M
Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capital campaign for early learning center
$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
$1.0M
Fifty Forward · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital support
$1.0M
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022
To support capital and maintenance needs in 2022
$1.0M
Ymca of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Cabin expansion of camp widjiwagan
$1.0M
Ywca of Nashvillemiddle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for renovation of domestic violence shelter
$999,836
Family & Children'S Service · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for expansion efforts
$800,000
Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital support to build out a cafe to generate earned revenue for the park
$700,000
Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support for renovation and expansion of warner parks headquarters
$500,000
Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support for capital campaign to renovate and reconstruct housing
$500,000
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support for the family collective
$500,000
Alive Hospice · Nashville, TN · 2022
Funding for capital campaign for facilities improvements and programming upgrades
$500,000
Room in the Inn · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for phase 1 of a capital campaign to expand services
$430,000
The Refuge Center for Counseling · Franklin, TN · 2024
Capital support
$370,000
St Luke'S Community House · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for building renovations and other capacity building needs
$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
$290,000
Center for Nonprofit Management · Nashville, TN · 2022
General operating and programming support
$290,000
Fannie Battle Day Home · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital improvements to the fannie battle daycare
$273,014
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2022
Additional support for the zoo's grow wild campaign
$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
$250,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
A gift to pete bird's donor advised fund, honoring his many years with the frist foundation
$250,000
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for construction of a multipurpose building at camp sycamore
$250,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital campgain for african american ballfields, a metro park, and habitat homes.
$250,000
The Heimerdinger Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital support to renovate and expand space in berry hill
$250,000
Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital request for thistle farms' body and home products division
$250,000
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Welcoming nashville fund
$200,000
Friends Life · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capital investments
$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
Faith Family Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for a social enterprise called healthpass
$200,000
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands · Nashville, TN · 2022
For technology support
$200,000
Ymca of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Ymca/hbcu alliance to sustain the northwest family ymca as a permanent community resource.
$190,000
The Sexual Assault Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital for surface renovations and a planning process to expand outreach efforts
$175,000
Hands On Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for geek cause in 2023 and operational support
$170,000
Westminster Home Connection · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for the implementation of the strategic plan and gap funding
$150,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Three years of operating support for the nashville early education coalition
$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 · 2023
A nashville for all
$150,000
Friends of Shelby Parks and Bottoms · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capital support for shelby commons, to provide facilities and rental spaces
$150,000
Teach for America · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for tfa's teacher training program for the fiscal year beginning june 1, 2023.
$150,000
Mary Parrish Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital improvements to administrative offices
$150,000
Teach for America · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for tfa's teacher education program for the fiscal year beginning june 1, 2022.
$130,000
Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capacity building support: strategic communications, staff development, and technology systems
$125,000
The Heimerdinger Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capital needs ($100,000) and consulting support ($25,000)
$125,000
Crossbridge · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capital support ($100,000) for women's recovery housing and consulting support ($25,000)
$125,000
Hands On Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for geek cause in 2022 ($75,000) and operational support ($50,000)
$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
$115,000
Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for maintenance of the frist learning center
$110,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Technology consultation, training, software and hardware
$110,000
Family & Children'S Service · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support for technology improvements
$105,000
Corner To Corner · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support for technology work with nashville analytics
$105,000
Conexion Americas · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support to acquire and implement salesforce
$100,000
Delta Waterfowl Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2024
General support directed by chuck elcan
$100,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Princeton golf support directed by julie and tommy frist
$100,000
Rooftop Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
To establish a cash reserve exclusively for reimbursement purposes
$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
$100,000
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Support for the danforth circle chancellors fund for excellence, directed gift
$100,000
Adventure Science Center Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
2023 security enhancement grant in partnership with hca
$100,000
Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for percy warner golf course renovation, directed by julie and tommy frist
$100,000
Gospel Music Association · Nashville, TN · 2022
Technology support to build a software database in preparation for a new museum
$100,000
Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support as directed by trisha elcan
$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
To install hardware and software at 188 partner agencies.
$92,500
Teach for America · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support as directed by julie and tommy frist
$91,000
Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for student life center directed by dr. Thomas frist, jr.
$88,000
Mosaic Institute Dba Mosaic Changemakers · Nashville, TN · 2022
To support the purchase of salesforce database
$85,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
To install hardware and software at 188 partner agencies to better track food distribution
$84,205
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support for 2023
$81,000
Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support directed by trisha and chuck elcan
$75,000
Community Resource Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support for 2024
$75,000
Nashville Adult Literacy Council · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capacity building support
$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 · 2023
General support for 2023
$75,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Support for princeton university golf program, directed by julie and tommy frist
$73,000
Young Leaders Council · Nashville, TN · 2023
Technology support to purchase board match platform, developed with mission data

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