FundersTennessee

Timothy 617 Foundation

Brentwood, TN · EIN 22-3622751. Reported 131 grants totalling $758,351 to 53 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$758,351granted, 2020-2024
53organizations funded
72%of grantees funded again the next year
$925,441assets, 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. Timothy 617 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $110,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
23 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
72 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
12 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 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 University HospitalNashville, TN$220,000332024
Lt Dennis Zilinski Memorial FundHolmdel, NJ$101,664552024
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$95,880552024
Christ Presbyterian ChurchNashville, TN$75,700552024
The Forge NashvilleNashville, TN$33,201112023
Family Resources AssociatesShrewsbury, NJ$30,500552024
Tulane Educational FundDallas, TX$25,000112023
Nashville Wine AuctionNashville, TN$24,061332024
Fellowship of Christian AthletesRed Bank, NJ$22,044552024
Love Thy NeighborLong Branch, NJ$11,000222024
United States Military AcademyWest Point, NY$8,300112024
Second Harvest of Middle TnNashville, TN$8,000552024
Nashville Rescue MissionNashville, TN$6,500552024
City HarvestNew York, NY$6,000442023
Kids Alive InternationalAlpharetta, GA$6,000112024
MiscellaneousVarious, NJ$5,814552024
Operation Stand DownNashville, TN$5,375112024
Radooga USA IncNewnan, GA$5,104332024
Gratitude AmericaFernandina Beach, FL$5,048552024
Avon Fire DepartmentAvon By the Sea, NJ$5,000552024
Uplift UkraineMatthews, NC$4,083222023
Avon First Aid & Safety SquadAvon, NJ$4,000442024
Interfaith NeighborsAsbury Park, NJ$4,000442023
Westminster Presbyterian ChurchNashville, TN$3,400112020
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$3,100332024
Team Red White and BlueAtlanta, GA$3,064332024
Gilead Presbyterian ChurchCarmel, NY$3,000332024
University of Albany FoundationAlbany, NY$3,000332023
UPPER90Buford, GA$3,000332024
No Barriers USAFt Collins, CO$2,053112023
Semper Fi & America's FundOceanside, CA$2,040222024
Avon By the Sea FoundationAvon By the Sea, NJ$2,000222024
Jersey Shore Rescue MissionAsbury Park, NJ$2,000222023
St Judes Childrens HospitalMemphis, TN$2,000222021
Marine Toys for TotsTriangle, VA$1,516332023
Avon By the Sea Beach FoundationAvon, NJ$1,500222021
Kelly Brush FoundationBurlington, VT$1,500332024
The Ssadh Wave of Hope FoundationAvon, NJ$1,030222024
Juvenile Diabetes Research FoundationNew York, NY$1,010112024
Big Brothers Big SistersAsbury Park, NJ$1,000112024
Leukemia & Lymphoma FoundationNew York, NJ$1,000112024
Liveup ProgramsSyosset, NY$1,000112021
Second Harvest of WisconsinMadison, WI$1,000112020
Semper Fi & Americas FundOceanside, CA$1,000222021
Sloan KetteringNew York, NY$1,000112023
St Judes Children Research HospitalNew York, NY$1,000112024
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$904112020
UniteCashmere, WA$540112024
Helping HeroesHolly Springs, NC$520112023
Fort Houston Artisan Support ProjectNashville, TN$500112021
Hobart & William CollegesGeneva, NY$500112022
Oceanport Hook & Ladder Volunteer FireOceanport, NJ$500112023
Wave of Hope FoundationLong Branch, NJ$400112021

32 of 53 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 72%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.

Plus 3 grants to individuals totalling $26,100 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 55 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Food & Nutrition
9 grants
Recreation & Sports
8 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
8 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Religion
5 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Education
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202020$48,860$1,000
202120$75,600$1,000
202225$96,696$1,032
202335$286,892$1,000
202431$250,303$1,000

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. 50% 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
$379K
New Jersey
$193K
Louisiana
$96K
New York
$29K
Texas
$25K
Georgia
$17K
Florida
$5K
North Carolina
$5K

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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 Fund15 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program14 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc11 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. 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 Timothy 617 Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 9203 Sheridan Park Court, Brentwood, TN, 37027. 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 22-3622751 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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