Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc
Nashville, TN · EIN 62-0812197. Reported 153 grants totalling $19.8M to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 62 distinct organizations, with 66% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 78% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $5,171 and the largest $5,084,032. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
11 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $1,121,059 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smile 180 Foundation | Nashville, TN | $13.1M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The University of Tennessee Foundat Ion Inc | Knoxville, TN | $2,596,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Lebanese Syrian Assoc Char Inc | Memphis, TN | $520,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Music City Bowl Inc | Nashville, TN | $330,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Governors Early Literacy Foundation | Nashville, TN | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation | Nashville, TN | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospital Hospitality House | Nashville, TN | $208,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $203,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Erlanger Foundation | Chattanooga, TN | $190,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Le Bonheur Childrens Hospital Foundation | Memphis, TN | $137,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Operation Stand Down Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $118,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tennessee Golf Foundation | Franklin, TN | $109,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation Inc | Franklin, TN | $102,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee | Maryville, TN | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | $88,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation | Jackson, TN | $88,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballad Health Foundation | Johnson City, TN | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| East Tennessee Childrens Hospital Association Inc | Knoxville, TN | $72,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Liberty Bowl Festival Assn | Memphis, TN | $66,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee Inc | Nashville, TN | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $62,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kingsport Chamber Foundation | Kingsport, TN | $60,482 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $56,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc | Knoxville, TN | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Tennessee Inc | Brentwood, TN | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Niswonger Foundation | Greeneville, TN | $49,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cable Foundation | Nashville, TN | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $37,952 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Middle Tennessee State University Foundation | Murfreesboro, TN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adoption Project Inc | Eagleville, TN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| East Tennessee Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leadership Tennessee Inc | Brentwood, TN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Childrens Museum of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nashville Ballet | Nashville, TN | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Covenant Health Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drummonds Elementary School | Drummonds, TN | $12,382 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jackson Madison County General Hospital | Jackson, TN | $12,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| US Figure Skating Championships Nashville Inc | Nashville, TN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meharry Medical College | Nashville, TN | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Austin Peay State University Foundation | Clarksville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee Inc | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tennessee Dental Association | Franklin, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Humphreys County | Waverly, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Memphis Foundation | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ Presbyterian Church Inc | Nashville, TN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nashville Public Television Inc | Nashville, TN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | Nashville, TN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Federation of Independent Business Inc | Nashville, TN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| White House Heritage Elementary School | White House, TN | $7,111 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeast Middle School | Jackson, TN | $6,135 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Star Center Inc | Jackson, TN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Parkway Middle School | Jackson, TN | $5,819 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hispanic Dental Association | New Rochelle, NY | $5,172 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ellen Myers Primary | Harrogate, TN | $5,171 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mary Hughes School | Piney Flats, TN | $5,171 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
38 of 62 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Smile 180 Foundation
DONATION TO THE GENERAL FUND - Alsacst Jude Children's Research Hospital
EVENT SPONSORSHIP AND DONATION TO THE GENERAL FUND - Tennessee Performing Arts Center
EVENT SPONSORSHIP AND DONATION TO THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
DONATION TO BRENDA AND PHIL WENK FUND - Univeristy of Tennessee
DONATION TO ENDOWMENT FUND - Erlanger Foundation
EVENT SPONSORSHIP FOR ERLANGER HEALTH AND GRANT FOR DENTAL CLINIC OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR DODSON AVE COMMUNITY HEALTH
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 47 of 62 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | $8,694,084 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $5,811,488 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $4,001,145 | $19,000 |
| 2024 | 42 | $1,312,648 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in Tennessee. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Tennessee.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 38 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 4 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1600 West End Avenue Suite 1700, Nashville, TN, 37203.
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