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9th Avenue Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$388k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $151k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $137k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KING'S ACADEMY NASHVILLE$80,000
YOUNG LIFE$57,000
REDEEMER CITY TO CITY$30,000
REFORMED UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP$24,000
CEDAR SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$20,000
TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG$17,000
HOPE HOUSE OF TENNESSEE$15,000
EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$15,000
NAHT COALITION$10,000
SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN$10,000
FAITHFULLY RESTORED$10,000
EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION$7,000
SOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES$7,000
SEARCH MINISTRIES INC$7,000
CORNER TO CORNER$7,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG: $17k → 4%CORNER TO CORNER: $7k → 14%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $5k → 12%ANCORA TN: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Rahab House

Rahab House is deeply committed to the rescue, refuge, and restoration of human trafficking survivors. We provide comprehensive support that encompasses immediate safety and connections to long-term restorative care in alignment with the…

Human Services
2
Middle Tennessee Christian Foundation

Christian fellowship for college students

Religion
3
Renew Clinic

We are a christ-centered intensive outpatient treatment center located in knoxville tn. our iop model follows a 12-week program that is christ-centered and clinically informed.

Health
4
New Name Counseling and Teaching Center Inc

Our mission is to glorify god and serve our community by assisting people in finding freedom from their past, peace in their present, and hope for their future.

Religion
5
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
6
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
7
Claiborne Medical Center

Claiborne Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
8
New Hope Academy

Christ-centered school educating children of diverse racial & socioeconomic backgrounds by establishing a biblical worldview & preparing each child to flourish academically, emotionally, socially & spiritually.

Education
9
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
10
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
11
The Mend House Sober Living Community

The Mend House is a sober living community for men, in Knoxville, Tn. which empowers them to gain control over their actions, decisions and choices. The Mend House allows men to enjoy clean, sober and stable housing for up to 2 years while…

Health
12
Roane County Medical Center

Roane County Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Restoration House of East Tennessee and the most unlike its peers is The Stoke Collective. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%0%<5yr18%21%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr14%29%20–35yr11%21%35–55yr10%7%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr18%43%5–10yr20%20%10–20yr14%13%20–35yr11%21%35–55yr10%3%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
17%
2,326/13,401

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
12/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

KINGS ACADEMY NASHVILLE — $80,000 · EducationKINGS ACADEMY NASHVILLECLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · EducationPRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES — $5,000 · Education+1 more — $2,000 · EducationPCA REFORMED UNIVERSITY MINISTRIES — $24,000 · OtherPCA REFORMED UNIVERSITY MINIS…CEDAR SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $20,000 · OtherCEDAR SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CH…SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 · OtherSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDRENNAHT COALITION — $10,000 · OtherNAHT COALITIONSEARCH MINISTRIES INC — $7,000 · OtherSEARCH MINISTRIES INCHOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH — $5,000 · OtherTHISTLE FARMS INC — $5,000 · OtherLIBERTI CHURCH OF THE RIVER WARDS — $4,000 · OtherJUSTICE AND MERCY INTERNATIONAL — $5,000 · Other+4 more — $11,000 · Other+4 moreYOUNG LIFE — $57,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION — $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentEMERALD YOUTH FOUN…Redeemer City To City — $30,000 · ReligionRedeemer City…FAITHFULLY RESTORED — $10,000 · ReligionFAITHFULLY RE…CHARLOTTE FELLOWS PROGRAM — $5,000 · ReligionCHARLOTTE FEL…BARNABAS CENTER — $2,000 · Religion+1 more — $500 · ReligionTENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC — $17,000 · Human ServicesTENNESSEE K…Corner To Corner — $7,000 · Human ServicesCorner To C…SOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE — $7,000 · Human ServicesSOAR YOUTH …THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE — $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE RESTORA…ANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesANCORATN FK…Hope House of Tennessee Inc — $15,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE NEXT DOOR INC — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC — $15,000 · HealthCENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC — $2,000 · Health
Education$97,000Other$101,000Youth Development$64,000Religion$47,500Human Services$41,000Housing & Shelter$20,000Health$17,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetKINGS ACADEMY NASHVILLE — $80,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $57,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRedeemer City To City — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC — $17,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHope House of Tennessee Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITHFULLY RESTORED — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCorner To Corner — $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE — $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUSTICE AND MERCY INTERNATIONAL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE FELLOWS PROGRAM — $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF RADNOR LAKE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARNABAS CENTER — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

East Tennessee Founda…Bill and Crissy Hasla…The Community Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Servant FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…United Way of Middle …Dettwiller FoundationStowers Machinery Fou…Haslam Family Foundat…Hca Healthcare Founda…Natl Christian Charit…
East Tennessee FoundationTN40.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Tennessee Foundation · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Servant Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dettwiller Foundation · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization 9th Avenue Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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