Grants awarded
Who does James R Meadows JR Foundation fund?
James R Meadows JR Foundation has awarded $5.8 million across 216 grants to 83 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$5.8M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
83
Grants
216
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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$1.4M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$554K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$330K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank | $275K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Backfield in Motion INC
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$245K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$240K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| P Peabody College | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Baptist College | $195K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Land Trust for Tennessee INC
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$160K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $150K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Tennessee Justice Center INC
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$150K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$121K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| S Siloam Family Health Center | $120K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $120K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Martha O'Bryan Center INC
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$100K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| P Peabody College of Vanderbilt | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$90K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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United Way of Kentucky INC
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$75K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | KY | |
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$70K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$70K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Abe's Garden
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$62K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$55K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| S Southern Poverty Law Center INC | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
| U United Way of Greater Nashville | $45K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Wpln | $40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $37K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$36K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TN | |
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$30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| Y YWCA | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Westminster Presbyterian Church | $27K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Downtown Presbyterian Church | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Center for Disaster Philanthropy INC
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Nashville Public Television INC
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| I Individual recipient | $23K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$22K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| U United Way of East TN Highlands | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
| J Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research & Conservation | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N National Museum of African American Music | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Humane Society of US | $13K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Equity Alliance
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$13K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
| S St Jude INC | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| N Nashville Publiceducation Foundation | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Livebeyond | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| N Nashville Humane Society | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S St Jude (alsac) | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Humane Society of the US | $7K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Nashville Humane Association | $7K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| L Legion Fund Co Community Fdn | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Nashville Public Radio
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
Nashville Community Bail Fund
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TN | |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| C Cheekwood | $5K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S St Judes Children's Research Hospital | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Vanderbilt University
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Tennessee Youth Courts INC
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
Civic TN
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| N Nashville Humane Assn | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Cumberland University | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Civictn | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Belcourt Theater | $5K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Tennessee Historical Society
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
| F Frist Museum | $3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fisk University Galleries | $3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Nashville Public Library Foundation
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
| C Continental T-Belles Track Club | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Obama Foundation | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N National Museum for African American Music | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| J Jane's Peak Society (jane Goodall Institute) | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Charity Navigator
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NJ | |
| G Gideon's Army | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
| J Jane Goodall Institute | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Impact 100 Nashville | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| O Obama Presidential Library | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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