Funding search · EIN 954686920 · Nashville, TN

Mike Curb Foundation

Name: Mike Curb Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

49
grants reported: $5.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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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.

Top recipients

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

Belmont University4 grants · $1.4M
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History4 grants · $800,000
Grammy Museum Foundation4 grants · $540,000
Tennessee State Museum Fdn1 grant · $300,000
North Carolina Music Hall of Fame4 grants · $267,000
Room in the Inn1 grant · $200,000
Saint Thomas Health Foundation1 grant · $150,000
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation1 grant · $140,000
Middle Tennessee Council1 grant · $112,600
Daytona State College1 grant · $107,143

Giving over time

$684,500

2021

$2.2M

2022

$542,266

2023

$1.7M

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$1.1M
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$300,000
Tennessee State Museum Fdn · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$240,000
Grammy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General
$200,000
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$200,000
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$200,000
Room in the Inn · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$200,000
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$200,000
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History · Boston, MA · 2021
General
$150,000
Saint Thomas Health Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$140,000
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation · Simi Valley, CA · 2022
General
$112,600
Middle Tennessee Council · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$107,266
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$107,143
Daytona State College · Daytona Beach, FL · 2022
General
$100,000
Grammy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$100,000
Nashville Public Media · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$100,000
Grammy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$100,000
North Carolina Music Hall of Fame · Kannapolis, NC · 2023
General
$100,000
Asu Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2022
General
$100,000
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$100,000
Grammy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$100,000
Junior Achievement of Middle Tenn · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$100,000
Junior Achievement of Southern Ca · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$100,000
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$100,000
Nashville Symphony Assn · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$100,000
Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$100,000
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2021
General
$75,000
North Carolina Music Hall of Fame · Kannapolis, NC · 2024
General
$50,000
Bethune-Cookman University · Daytona Beach, FL · 2022
General
$50,000
Musicians Hall of Fame Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$50,000
North Carolina Music Hall of Fame · Kannapolis, NC · 2022
General
$50,000
Music Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General
$45,000
Safe Haven Family Shelter · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$42,000
North Carolina Music Hall of Fame · Kannapolis, NC · 2021
General
$35,000
White House Historical Association · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$30,000
White House Historical Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$25,000
Matthew 25 · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$25,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tenn · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$24,000
United4hope · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$20,000
Safe Haven Family Shelter · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$20,000
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association · Memphis, TN · 2021
General
$12,500
Metro Historical Commission Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2021
General
$10,000
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association · Memphis, TN · 2023
General
$10,000
Memphis Union Mission · Memphis, TN · 2022
General
$10,000
Metro Historical Commission Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$10,000
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association · Memphis, TN · 2022
General
$10,000
Pet Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$10,000
The Crossroads Campus · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$10,000
Matthew 25 · Nashville, TN · 2021
General
$10,000
Safe Haven Family Shelter · Nashville, TN · 2021
General

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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.