Funding search · EIN 816922938 · Brentwood, TN

Speer Foundation

Name: Speer 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.

176
grants reported: $23.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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.

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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.

Young Mens Christian Association of Greater St Petersburg3 grants · $6.5M
Lighthouse Media Na3 grants · $1.3M
Presidential Prayer Team3 grants · $1.3M
Nashville Zoo3 grants · $1.1M
Cumberland Heights Foundation2 grants · $1.0M
Nashville Rescue Mission3 grants · $900,000
Christ Presbyterian Church3 grants · $840,000
Tennessee Wildlife Federation3 grants · $782,500
Practical Christianity Foundation3 grants · $525,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville1 grant · $500,000

Giving over time

$7.6M

2022

$6.8M

2023

$8.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 176 grants.

$3.0M
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater St Petersburg · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Operating support
$2.0M
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater St Petersburg · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
Operating support
$1.5M
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater St Petersburg · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Operating support
$550,000
Lighthouse Media Na · Temple City, CA · 2022
Operating support
$505,000
Tennessee Wildlife Federation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$500,000
Cumberland Heights Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$500,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$500,000
Cumberland Heights Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$450,000
Christ Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$450,000
Presidential Prayer Team · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Operating support
$400,000
Presidential Prayer Team · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Operating support
$400,000
Presidential Prayer Team · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Operating support
$400,000
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$390,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$375,000
Lighthouse Media Na · Temple City, CA · 2024
Operating support
$350,000
Lighthouse Media Na · Temple City, CA · 2023
Operating support
$350,000
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$330,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$330,000
Christ Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$330,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$250,000
Operation Stand Down Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$250,000
Saint Thomas Health Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$250,000
The Refuge Center · Franklin, TN · 2022
Operating support
$225,000
Keswick Christian School · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Operating support
$225,000
Practical Christianity Foundation · Odessa, FL · 2023
Operating support
$225,000
Friends of Warner Park · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$200,000
Practical Christianity Foundation · Odessa, FL · 2024
Operating support
$200,000
Alpha House of Pinellas County · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
Operating support
$172,000
Trinity College of Florida · Trinity, FL · 2022
Operating support
$157,200
Hope International Ministries · Tampa, FL · 2024
Operating support
$152,500
Tennessee Wildlife Federation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$150,000
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$150,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Operating support
$150,000
Tennessee Baptist Children'S Home · Brentwood, TN · 2024
Operating support
$150,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
Operating support
$150,000
Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$150,000
Crossroads Campus the · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$130,000
Belmont College of Law · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$130,000
Belmont College of Law · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$125,000
Fifty Forward · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$125,000
Interfaith Dental Clinic · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$125,000
Tennessee Wildlife Federation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$125,000
High Hopes · Franklin, TN · 2022
Operating support
$125,000
US Institute Against Human Trafficking · Tampa, FL · 2022
Operating support
$108,000
Trinity College of Florida · Trinity, FL · 2024
Operating support
$105,000
Centerstone · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$100,000
Florida Orchestra · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Operating support
$100,000
Heimerdinger Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$100,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
Operating support
$100,000
Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
Florida Orchestra · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
Friends of Warner Park · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
Medical University of South Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
Operation Stand Down Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
Rooftop Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
Trinity College of Florida · Trinity, FL · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
Barefoot Republic · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Florida Orchestra · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Heimerdinger Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Hope International Ministries · Tampa, FL · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Medical University of South Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Practical Christianity Foundation · Odessa, FL · 2022
Operating support
$87,500
Cairn University · Langhorne, PA · 2022
Operating support
$87,000
Overland Missions · Cocoa, FL · 2022
Operating support
$85,000
Nashville Youth for Christ · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$80,000
Nashville Youth for Christ · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$75,000
Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco · New Port Richey, FL · 2024
Operating support
$75,000
High Hopes · Franklin, TN · 2024
Operating support
$75,000
Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco · New Port Richey, FL · 2023
Operating support
$75,000
High Hopes · Franklin, TN · 2023
Operating support
$75,000
Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco · New Port Richey, FL · 2022
Operating support
$75,000
Team Haiti · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2022
Operating support
$64,600
Hope International Ministries · Tampa, FL · 2023
Operating support
$60,000
Overland Missions · Cocoa, FL · 2024
Operating support
$60,000
Preston Taylor Ministries · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$60,000
Christ Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$50,000
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Middle Tennessee State University Foundation · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Pasco Baptist Association · Land O Lakes, FL · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Team Haiti · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
The Angelus · Hudson, FL · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
Nashville Early Education Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
Our Place Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
Team Haiti · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
The Angelus · Hudson, FL · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
Vanderbilt Museum Suffolk County · Centerpoint, NY · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
West Nashville Dream Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
Ymca of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
Healing Housing · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Operating support
$50,000
Preston Taylor Ministries · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operating support
$45,000
Bridges of Williamson County · Franklin, TN · 2022
Operating support
$45,000
Creation Foundation · New Port Richey, FL · 2022
Operating support
$42,200
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2023
Operating support
$42,000
Overland Missions · Cocoa, FL · 2023
Operating support
$40,000
Nashville Youth for Christ · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operating support
$40,000
Insight Counseling Centers · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operating support
$40,000
Mission Increase · Tigard, OR · 2022
Operating support

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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.