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12 funders with a record of paying for “billy”
Where the money went Lilly Endowment Inc → Wheaton College Billy Graham Center: $5.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation → Billy Graham Evangelical Association: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Servant Foundation → Wheaton College Billy Graham Center: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Hughes Ruby L Mem Pfdn → Billy Graham Evangelistic Assn: $269K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Care and Share Inc → Billy V Hall Senior Center: $226K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Smith Foundation - Trustee → Billy Graham Ministries: $217K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Yot Full Circle Foundation → Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Billie Holiday Theatre Inc: $200K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Precision Institute: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Heisman Trophy Trust → Billy Sims Foundation Inc: $60K across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Community Foundation of Middle → Nashville Symphony Association: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Amin Foundation → Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Frist Foundation → Harvard Business School: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Billie Holiday Theatre the: $125K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Servant Foundation → Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: $119K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Middle → Jewish Federation of Nashville & Middle Tennessee: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Lilly Endowment Inc → Etchason Billie Jo: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Frist Foundation → Autism Speaks: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Servant Foundation → Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (Bgea): $91K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Community Foundation of Middle → West End Synagogue: $27K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Frist Foundation → Autism Society of America: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Princeton University: $105K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Ensworth School: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Nashville Humane Association: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Brightstone Inc: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Currey Ingram Academy: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Fisk University: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Lipscomb University: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Time to Rise Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Nashville Public Library Foundation: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → American Red Cross of Nashville: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Nashville Public Education Foundation: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Cheekwood: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Project Redesign: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Leadership Nashville Foundation: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Middle → Highland Park Church: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Pet Community Center: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Frist Foundation → Family & Children's Service: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Children Are People Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Thistle Farms: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Tpac Management Corp: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Frist Foundation → Asmt Inc (Autism Tennessee): $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Servant Foundation → Billy Long Ministries: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Middle → Martha O'bryan Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Lilly Endowment Inc: $5.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Lilly Endowment Inc $5.6M The Frist Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Frist Foundation $1.1M Servant Foundation: $516K on this topic. Open the funder. Servant Foundation $516K Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation: $400K on this topic. Open the funder. Carson-Myre Charitable Founda… $400K The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc: $325K on this topic. Open the funder. The Howard Gilman Foundation… $325K Hughes Ruby L Mem Pfdn: $269K on this topic. Open the funder. Hughes Ruby L Mem Pfdn $269K Care and Share Inc: $226K on this topic. Open the funder. Care and Share Inc $226K Smith Foundation - Trustee: $217K on this topic. Open the funder. Smith Foundation - Trustee $217K Yot Full Circle Foundation: $200K on this topic. Open the funder. Yot Full Circle Foundation $200K The Community Foundation of Middle: $139K on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation of M… $139K Heisman Trophy Trust: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Heisman Trophy Trust $60K Amin Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Amin Foundation $20K Wheaton College Billy Graham Center: received $5.8M on this topic Wheaton College Billy Graham Ce… $5.8M Billy Graham Evangelical Association: received $400K on this topic Billy Graham Evangelical Associ… $400K Billy Graham Evangelistic Assn: received $269K on this topic Billy Graham Evangelistic Assn $269K Billy V Hall Senior Center: received $226K on this topic Billy V Hall Senior Center $226K Billy Graham Ministries: received $217K on this topic Billy Graham Ministries $217K Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: received $200K on this topic Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc… $200K Billie Holiday Theatre Inc: received $200K on this topic Billie Holiday Theatre Inc $200K Precision Institute: received $150K on this topic Precision Institute $150K Harvard Business School: received $150K on this topic Harvard Business School $150K Billie Holiday Theatre the: received $125K on this topic Billie Holiday Theatre the $125K Autism Speaks: received $125K on this topic Autism Speaks $125K Autism Society of America: received $125K on this topic Autism Society of America $125K Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: received $119K on this topic Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc… $119K Princeton University: received $105K on this topic Princeton University $105K Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (Bgea): received $91K on this topic Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc… $91K Ensworth School: received $65K on this topic Ensworth School $65K Billy Sims Foundation Inc: received $60K on this topic Billy Sims Foundation Inc $60K Nashville Symphony Association: received $50K on this topic Nashville Symphony Association $50K Jewish Federation of Nashville & Middle Tennessee: received $45K on this topic Jewish Federation of Nashville… $45K Nashville Humane Association: received $40K on this topic Nashville Humane Association $40K Brightstone Inc: received $40K on this topic Brightstone Inc $40K Currey Ingram Academy: received $30K on this topic Currey Ingram Academy $30K West End Synagogue: received $27K on this topic West End Synagogue $27K Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc: received $20K on this topic Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc $20K Fisk University: received $20K on this topic Fisk University $20K Lipscomb University: received $20K on this topic Lipscomb University $20K Time to Rise Inc: received $20K on this topic Time to Rise Inc $20K Nashville Public Library Foundation: received $20K on this topic Nashville Public Library Founda… $20K American Red Cross of Nashville: received $20K on this topic American Red Cross of Nashville $20K Nashville Public Education Foundation: received $20K on this topic Nashville Public Education Foun… $20K Etchason Billie Jo: received $15K on this topic Etchason Billie Jo $15K Cheekwood: received $15K on this topic Cheekwood $15K Project Redesign: received $15K on this topic Project Redesign $15K Leadership Nashville Foundation: received $15K on this topic Leadership Nashville Foundation $15K Highland Park Church: received $12K on this topic Highland Park Church $12K Pet Community Center: received $10K on this topic Pet Community Center $10K Family & Children's Service: received $10K on this topic Family & Children's Service $10K Children Are People Inc: received $10K on this topic Children Are People Inc $10K Thistle Farms: received $10K on this topic Thistle Farms $10K Tpac Management Corp: received $10K on this topic Tpac Management Corp $10K Asmt Inc (Autism Tennessee): received $10K on this topic Asmt Inc (Autism Tennessee) $10K Billy Long Ministries: received $6K on this topic Billy Long Ministries $6K Martha O'bryan Center: received $5K on this topic Martha O'bryan Center $5K 12 funders, 43 recipients, grants matching “billy” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $50,000 to PRECISION INSTITUTE — general support directed by jennifer and billy frist
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Largest: $50,000 to NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — billy ray hearn fund
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Largest: $300,000 to WHEATON COLLEGE BILLY GRAHAM CENTER — religious ministry
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Largest: $5.0M to WHEATON COLLEGE BILLY GRAHAM CENTER — ministry in rural areas & towns init
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Largest: $50,000 to BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION — billy graham library
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Largest: $45,487 to BILLY GRAHAM MINISTRIES — general operating
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Largest: $75,000 to BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE INC — foundation grant - supplemental general operating support
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Largest: $10,000 to BILLY SIMS FOUNDATION INC — financial support
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Largest: $72,437 to BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSN — to be used at discretion of
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Largest: $100,000 to BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION — support christian ministry
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Largest: $7,500 to BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOC — for fellowship
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Largest: $64,500 to BILLY V HALL SENIOR CENTER — help center support
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