Funding search · EIN 621306906 · Nashville, TN

The Joel C & Bernice W Gordon Family

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

112
grants reported
$1.3M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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4 grants matching “frist · $121,400

  • $48,000

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $17,500

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $34,600

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $21,300

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

Top recipients

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

  • Jewish Federation of Nashville4 grants · $283,200
  • Gordon Jewish Community Center4 grants · $174,514
  • The Temple4 grants · $130,681
  • Frist Art Museum4 grants · $121,400
  • United Way of Greater Nashville3 grants · $90,000
  • The University School of Nashville4 grants · $90,000
  • Abe'S Garden1 grant · $75,000
  • Vanderbilt Athletics3 grants · $51,000
  • West End Synagogue3 grants · $50,100
  • Tennessee Performing Arts Center4 grants · $36,000

Giving over time

$273,924
2021
$206,359
2022
$470,225
2023
$330,395
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 112 grants.

  • $165,800

    Jewish Federation of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $136,215

    Gordon Jewish Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $75,000

    Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $65,000

    The University School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $53,800

    Jewish Federation of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $49,740

    The Temple · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $48,000

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $47,800

    Jewish Federation of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $37,500

    West End Synagogue · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $34,600

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $32,726

    The Temple · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $30,180

    The Temple · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $30,000

    United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $30,000

    United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $30,000

    United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $24,000

    Vanderbilt Athletics · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $21,300

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $20,000

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $18,035

    The Temple · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $17,500

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $15,800

    Jewish Federation of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $15,500

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $15,000

    Vanderbilt Athletics · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $13,939

    Gordon Jewish Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $12,500

    Vanderbilt University Children'S Hospital · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $12,500

    West End Synagogue · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $12,260

    Gordon Jewish Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $12,100

    Gordon Jewish Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $12,000

    Vanderbilt Athletics · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $10,000

    The University School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $9,000

    Tennessee Performing Arts Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $9,000

    Tennessee Performing Arts Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $9,000

    Tennessee Performing Arts Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $9,000

    Tennessee Performing Arts Center · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $7,500

    The University School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $7,500

    Ensworth · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $7,500

    The University School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $7,500

    Ensworth · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $6,000

    Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $5,500

    Ensworth School · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $5,000

    Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $5,000

    University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $5,000

    Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $5,000

    Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $5,000

    Jewish Middle School · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $4,000

    Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $3,500

    Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $3,470

    Congregation Sherith Israel · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $3,200

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $3,000

    Jewish Family Service · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Friends of Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Water Walkers · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Water Walkers · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Legal Aid Society · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,180

    Congregation Sherith Israel · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,170

    Congregation Sherith Israel · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,000

    Jewish Family Service · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,000

    Centennial Park Conservancy · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,000

    Jewish Family Service · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $2,000

    Middle Tennessee Council - Bsa · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,920

    Congregation Sherith Israel · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,700

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,500

    Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,500

    Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,500

    National Public Television · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,300

    Nashville Public Library · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,035

    Leadership Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Kipp Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Oz Arts · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Centennial Park Conservancy · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Country Music Hall of Fame · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Leadership Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Nashville Jewish Film Festival · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Nashville Public Radio · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Roots of Reform Judaism · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $1,000

    Vanderbilt Hillel · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $500

    National Council of Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $400

    Macular Degeneration Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $325

    Nashville Jewish Film Festival · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $300

    Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $300

    Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $300

    Symphony Ball · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $250

    Gilda'S Club · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $250

    The Observer · New York, NY · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $200

    Age Well Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $200

    Macular Degeneration Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $200

    World War Ii Veterans Committee · Arlington, VA · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $200

    Agewell Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $200

    Comm Fdn of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $200

    Nashville Public Education Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $200

    The Temple Yahrzeit Fund · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $200

    World War Ii Veterans Committee · Arlington, VA · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $180

    Chabad of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2021

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  • $150

    US Holocaust Mem Museum · Washington, DC · 2022

    To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.