FundersTennessee

Toby S Wilt Family Foundation

Nashville, TN · EIN 62-6195897. Reported 74 grants totalling $463,150 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$463,150granted, 2021-2024
47organizations funded
44%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,497,300assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Toby S Wilt Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $105,300. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
20 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
26 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
12 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN$205,300222024
Friends of Warner ParkNashville, TN$40,000332024
Ensworth SchoolNashville, TN$23,000442024
Tennessee Golf FoundationFranklin, TN$21,000332024
St George's Episcopal ChurchNashville, TN$20,000222022
Franklin High SchoolFranklin, TN$15,000222024
Snedeker FoundationNashville, TN$15,000332024
CheekwoodNashville, TN$12,000222022
Alive HospiceNashville, TN$10,000112023
Greater Houston Community FoundationHouston, TX$10,000112024
Masters Tournament FoundationAugusta, GA$10,000112024
The Golf Club of TennesseeKingston Springs, TN$9,250442024
Humanities TennesseeNashville, TN$7,500222023
Frist Center for the Visual ArtsNashville, TN$5,500222022
Montgomery Bell AcademyNashville, TN$5,250222023
Boys & Girls Clubs of Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC$5,000112022
Harry Chapin Food BankFort Myers, FL$5,000112022
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchNew York, NY$5,000112024
Texas Christian University Frog ClubFort Worth, TX$5,000112023
Cumberland Heights Foundation IncNashville, TN$3,700222023
Trinity Episcopal ChurchNashville, TN$3,500222023
Nashville SymphonyNashville, TN$3,300222022
Nashville ZooNashville, TN$3,000222023
The Preservation Society of NashvilleNashville, TN$3,000112024
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital IncNashville, TN$2,500112024
Friends Life CommunityNashville, TN$2,000222023
American Heart AssociationNashville, TN$1,000112021
Cumberland Heights Treatment CenterNashville, TN$1,000112021
Covenant Presbyterian ChurchNashville, TN$1,000112023
MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX$1,000112022
Sexual Assault CenterNashville, TN$1,000112024
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenTampa, FL$1,000112022
Tennessee Higher Education InitiativeNashville, TN$1,000112024
The 100 ClubNashville, TN$1,000222022
United Way of East Tn HighlandsJohnson City, TN$1,000112024
Bay Colony Golf ClubNaples, FL$500112022
Collier Community FoundationNaples, FL$500222023
King's HomeChelsea, AL$500112023
Monroe Carol JR Children's Hospital at VanderbiltNashville, TN$500112021
Nashville BalletNashville, TN$500112022
Swan BallNashville, TN$500112024
United States Seniors' Golf AssociationElmsford, NY$500222024
Semper K9 Assistance DogsCatlett, VA$300112023
Project RedesignNashville, TN$250112022
Habitat for HumanityNashville, TN$100112022
Nashville Fire Fighters AssociationNashville, TN$100112021
Second Harvest Food BankNashville, TN$100112022

20 of 47 (43%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 44%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
16 grants
Arts & Culture
13 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202113$31,850$1,000
202225$78,450$1,200
202319$172,050$2,500
202417$180,800$3,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 90% of this one's giving went to organizations in Tennessee. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Tennessee
$419K
Texas
$16K
Georgia
$10K
Florida
$7K
New York
$6K
North Carolina
$5K
Alabama
$500
Virginia
$300

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund20 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc19 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc18 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation of Middle17 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation15 shared recipientsRaymond James Charitable Endowment Fund15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Tennessee.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Toby S Wilt Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 4400 Harding Pike 310, Nashville, TN, 37205. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 62-6195897 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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