James R Meadows Jr Foundation

What they fund

function

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.

2 grants matching “publiceducation” · $10,000

• $5,000

  Nashville Publiceducation Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Publiceducation Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

Top recipients

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

• Fisk University4 grants · $810,000
• Webb School3 grants · $331,000
• Mercy Corps4 grants · $325,000
• Peabody at Vanderbilt2 grants · $200,000
• American Baptist College3 grants · $150,000
• Backfield in Motion3 grants · $150,000
• Second Harvest Food Bank3 grants · $125,000
• Land Trust for Tennessee3 grants · $125,000
• Preston Taylor Ministries3 grants · $115,000
• Cumberland Heights3 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 129 grants.

• $300,000

  Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $211,000

  Webb School · Bell Buckle, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $210,000

  Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $200,000

  Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $125,000

  Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $110,000

  Webb School · Bell Buckle, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $100,000

  American Baptist College · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $100,000

  Cumberland Heights · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $100,000

  Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $100,000

  Peabody College of Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $100,000

  Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $100,000

  Peabody at Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $100,000

  Peabody at Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $75,000

  Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $75,000

  Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $50,000

  Backfield in Motion · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $50,000

  Backfield in Motion · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $50,000

  Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $50,000

  Backfield in Motion · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $50,000

  Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $45,000

  Preston Taylor Ministries · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $45,000

  Preston Taylor Ministries · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $30,000

  Wpln · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $30,000

  Ywca of Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $30,000

  Cumberland River Compact · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $30,000

  Ywca of Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $30,000

  Ywca of Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Preston Taylor Ministries · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  American Baptist College · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Doctors Without Borders · Hagerston, MD · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  American Baptist College · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Doctors Without Borders · Hagerston, MD · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $25,000

  Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Equal Chance for Education · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Nurture the Next · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  United Way of East Tn Highlands · Elizabethton, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Equal Chance for Education · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Siloam Family Health Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Equal Chance for Education · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $20,000

  Siloam Family Health Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $15,000

  United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $15,000

  Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $15,000

  United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $15,000

  Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $15,000

  United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $11,000

  Humane Society of US · Washington, DC · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Siloam Family Health Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Webb School · Bell Buckle, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Nurture the Next · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  St Jude (Alsac) · Memphis, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Wpln · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $10,000

  Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $6,000

  Westminster Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $6,000

  Westminster Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,350

  Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  A Step Ahead · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Cumberland University · Lebanon, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Downtown Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research & Conservation · Washington, DC · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Humane Assn · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Public Television · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Publiceducation Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  National Museum of African American Music · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  A Step Ahead · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Cumberland Heights · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Downtown Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Healing Housing · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research & Conservation · Washington, DC · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Community Bail Fund · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Humane Society · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Public Television · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Publiceducation Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  National Museum of African American Music · Nashville, TN · 2023

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  A Step Ahead · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Civic Tn · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Cumberland Heights · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

• $5,000

  Downtown Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For use in the organization's exempt function

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