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Grant recipient EIN 47-5522558Public affairs

Who funds Sycamore Institute Inc?

18 private foundations gave Sycamore Institute Inc in Nashville, TN $4 million across 50 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

50 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2024

    Project support grant to advance child and family economic well-being, create user-friendly data tools, and engage stakeholders through a growing community council for planning and analysis.

    $150,000
  2. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    Public awareness and analysis

    $125,000
  3. The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital TrustNashville, TN 2024

    To further the exempt purposes of the organization.

    $67,500
  4. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2024

    Support various KIDS COUNT activities

    $60,000
  5. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2024

    Provide general operating support

    $50,000
  6. Jr Hyde III Family FoundationMemphis, TN 2024

    Annual fund support/support for the capital campaign

    $50,000
  7. Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    To support education on the drivers of variation in fine and fee policy in tennessee.

    $49,044
  8. Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    To produce a report on the fiscal implications of incarceration in the state of tennessee.

    $25,000
  9. Hca Healthcare FoundationNashville, TN 2024

    Operational funding request

    $25,000
  10. Memorial Foundation IncMadison, TN 2024

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

    $15,000
  11. Bill and Crissy Haslam FoundationKnoxville, TN 2024

    General operating support

    $10,000
  12. The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY 2024

    Insights on the Distribution and Use of Opioid Abatement Funds in Tennessee

    $4,774
  13. The Ayers Foundation TrustParsons, TN 2024

    General/operating

    $3,500
  14. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2023

    The sycamore institute proposes continued support for our work to advance social and economic mobility by uncovering systemic barriers to and opportunities for child and family well-being in tennessee, as well as for the creation of a community council to deepen our relationships with and better equip local stakeholders to act on these issues.

    $125,000
  15. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2023

    Support efforts to identify strategies and state policy levers related to debt collection lawsuits and criminal justice fees and fines in tennessee

    $100,000
  16. Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    To support education on the drivers of variation in fine and fee policy in tennessee.

    $85,834
  17. The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital TrustNashville, TN 2023

    To further the exempt purposes of the organization.

    $80,500
  18. Scarlett Family FoundationNashville, TN 2023

    Support for research on paying for college in tennessee.

    $47,400
  19. The West End Home FoundationNashville, TN 2023

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

    $26,000
  20. Hca Healthcare FoundationNashville, TN 2023

    Operational funding request

    $25,000
  21. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2023

    Provide general operating support

    $24,385
  22. The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY 2023

    Insights on the Distribution and Use of Opioid Abatement Funds in Tennessee

    $20,000
  23. Memorial Foundation IncMadison, TN 2023

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

    $20,000
  24. Yarbrough Family FoundationFranklin, TN 2023

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  25. Bill and Crissy Haslam FoundationKnoxville, TN 2023

    General operating support

    $10,000
  26. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $16
  27. Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    To support education on the drivers of variation in fine and fee policy in tennessee.

    $164,386
  28. The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital TrustNashville, TN 2022

    To further the exempt purposes of the organization.

    $146,000
  29. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2022

    Support efforts to identify strategies and state policy levers related to medical debt and criminal justice fees and fines in tennessee

    $130,440
  30. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2022

    The sycamore institute proposes a multi-pronged, 2gen effort to advance social and economic mobility in tennessee by uncovering the family and community characteristics and opportunities that disrupt relationships between family poverty, exposure to sources of toxic stress, and child outcomes.

    $40,000
  31. Scarlett Family FoundationNashville, TN 2022

    Researching the impact of tennessee possibly refusing federal funding

    $25,000
  32. Memorial Foundation IncMadison, TN 2022

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

    $20,000
  33. Bill and Crissy Haslam FoundationKnoxville, TN 2022

    General operating support

    $10,000
  34. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $5
  35. The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital TrustNashville, TN 2021

    To further the exempt purposes of the organization.

    $140,000
  36. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2021

    The sycamore institute proposes a multi-pronged, 2gen effort to advance social and economic mobility in tennessee by uncovering the family and community characteristics and opportunities that disrupt relationships between family poverty, exposure to sources of toxic stress, and child outcomes.

    $125,000
  37. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2021

    Support efforts to identify strategies and state policy levers related to medical debt and criminal justice fees and fines in tennessee

    $120,000
  38. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    K-12 education

    $100,000
  39. Memorial Foundation IncMadison, TN 2021

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

    $20,000
  40. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $10
  41. The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital TrustNashville, TN 2020

    To further the exempt purposes of the organization.

    $414,458
  42. Joe C Davis FoundationNashville, TN 2020

    Program support

    $45,000
  43. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2020

    The purpose of the grant is to support the sycamore institute (si) to gain a better understanding of and to educate practitioners and policymakers about the implications of state policymaking on local decisions and governance in tennessee, with a focus on memphis.

    $25,000
  44. Broadridge FoundationNewark, NJ 2020

    providing accesible reliable data/research that IMPROVES LIVES OF LOCALS

    $10,000
  45. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $10
  46. The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital TrustNashville, TN 2019

    To further the exempt purposes of the organization.

    $500,000
  47. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2019

    Support to identify potential strategies and state policy levers related to medical debt and criminal justice fees and fines in Tennessee

    $131,200
  48. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2019

    The purpose of the grant is to support the sycamore institute (si) to gain a better understanding of and to educate practitioners and policymakers about the implications of state policymaking on local decisions and governance in tennessee, with a focus on memphis.

    $75,000
  49. The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital TrustNashville, TN 2018

    To further the exempt purposes of the organization.

    $500,000
  50. The Frist FoundationNashville, TN 2018

    General support for 2018.

    $25,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other public affairs organizations in Nashville, TN and are not among Sycamore Institute Inc’s funders above.

  1. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 5 grants Preselected only $740,600 to similar organizations
  2. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation IncMilwaukee, WI 4 grants Accepts applications $660,000 to similar organizations
  3. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 3 grants Preselected only $385,000 to similar organizations
  4. Thomas W Smith Foundation IncBoca Raton, FL 5 grants Preselected only $325,000 to similar organizations
  5. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 3 grants Accepts applications $275,000 to similar organizations
  6. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 3 grants Preselected only $210,000 to similar organizations
  7. Charles Koch FoundationArlington, VA 3 grants Accepts applications $181,000 to similar organizations
  8. Andrea Waitt Carlton Family FoundationNashville, TN 6 grants Accepts applications $175,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 47-5522558 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.