Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
NASHVILLE, TN
$325KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Colobus monkey habitat exhibit
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Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 62-1103568 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: DOROTHY CATE AND THOMAS F FRIST FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 309 | $2.8M |
| 2023 | 330 | $2.7M |
Where Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
NASHVILLE, TN
$200KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Colobus monkey habitat exhibit
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
NASHVILLE, TN
$186.5KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
The carol k. And robert a. Frist, m.d. Fund.
Upward Intuition Inc
PENSACOLA, FL
$150KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Safe skate spots
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
NASHVILLE, TN
$142KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
The carol k. And robert a. Frist, m.d. Fund.
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Figures are aggregated from Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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