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Ahb Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$496k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$943kAnimals$794kEducation$739kHealth$541kYouth Development$310kInternational$272kRecreation & Sports$235kEnvironment$229kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $322k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $586k
  • $250k+1 grant · $496k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE$496,000
LAKESHORE PARK$200,000
KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART$186,797
KNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC$123,800
BIG EARS FESTIVAL$75,000
ARTS & CULTURE ALLIANCE$45,000
METRO DRUG COALITION$30,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST$30,000
PABLOVE FOUNDATION$25,000
BOULDER VALLEY WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER INC$22,500
FARM SANCTUARY$20,000
NEW ORLEANS AIRLIFT$20,000
KID SMART$15,000
SON OF A SAINT$15,000
OHR-O'KEEFE MUSEUM OF ART INC$15,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $3k → 14%NINOS DEL SOL PERU INC: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
CA
CO
MO
VA
TN
DC
HI
LA
MS
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Ahb Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 59% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 52%.

Ahb Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 42 repeat orgs$625k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
36

Total granted

$3.6M
$218k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+39%

Still filing today

90%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $407k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthEducationAnimalsInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WS
    WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $662k · revenue +83%
  • KM
    KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART
    8× · 2017–2024 · $358k · revenue +41%
  • DO
    Defenders of Wildlife
    8× · 2017–2024 · $316k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Santa Monica
    one grant, 2017 · $27k · revenue -80%
  • ET
    East Tennessee Historical Society Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue -22%
  • TM
    THE MUSE KNOXVILLEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +42%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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3
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
4
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
5
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
6
Conservation X Labs Inc

To improve the efficacy, speed, cost, sustainability, and scaling of conservation solutions through harnessing exponential technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to prevent human-induced extinction.

Animals
7
Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge

Oikonos studies and protects imperiled ecosystems by engaging diverse communities through innovative scientific and artistic collaborations.

Science & Tech
8
Harpeth Conservancy

To restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in tennessee by employing scientific expertise and collaborative relationships to develop, promote, and support broad community stewardship and action.

Environment
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
11
Tennessee Aquarium

The mission of the Tennessee Aquarium is to connect people with nature and empower them to make informed decisions about water and wildlife.

Animals
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Conservation Colorado Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 82 of the 98 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
81/82
Grantees still filing
53/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $662,000 · EducationWEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILL…New Orleans Airlift: $135,000 · EducationNew Orleans Airlift+7 more: $69,200 · Education+7 moreDefenders of Wildlife: $316,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlif…KNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC: $189,200 · AnimalsKNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL…FARM SANCTUARY INC: $157,000 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INCYOUNG-WILLIAMS ANIMAL CENTER OF EAST TEN: $73,500 · AnimalsYOUNG-WILLIAMS ANIMA…+4 more: $30,560 · AnimalsKNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART: $357,797 · Arts & CultureKNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF…Contemporary Arts Center: $117,000 · Arts & CultureContemporary Arts C…BIG EARS FESTIVAL: $75,000 · Arts & CultureBIG EARS FESTIVALKID SMART: $62,500 · Arts & CultureKID SMARTKNOXVILLE OPERA COMPANY: $40,000 · Arts & CultureKNOXVILLE OPERA COM…COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $38,350 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $47,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST: $230,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUS…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $46,550 · OtherARTS & CULTURE ALLIANCE: $45,000 · OtherWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $67,300 · OtherWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · OtherPABLOVE FOUNDATION INCSON OF A SAINT: $40,000 · OtherEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Other+47 more: $404,700 · Other+47 moreEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $215,000 · HealthEAST TENN…METRO DRUG COALITION INC: $65,000 · HealthMETRO DRU…SJOGREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $40,450 · HealthSJOGREN'S…+7 more: $51,440 · Health+7 moreEPIC FOUNDATION INC: $245,000 · International+3 more: $17,500 · InternationalLAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsKNOX YOUTH SPORTS INC: $35,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$866,200Animals$766,260Arts & Culture$738,147Other$998,550Health$371,890International$262,500Recreation & Sports$235,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $662,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetKNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART: $357,797 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $316,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEPIC FOUNDATION INC: $245,000 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $215,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY: $200,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC: $189,200 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $157,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNew Orleans Airlift: $135,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetContemporary Arts Center: $117,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetBIG EARS FESTIVAL: $75,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYOUNG-WILLIAMS ANIMAL CENTER OF EAST TEN: $73,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $67,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO DRUG COALITION INC: $65,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetKID SMART: $62,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $46,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSJOGREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $40,450 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSON OF A SAINT: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKNOXVILLE OPERA COMPANY: $40,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $38,350 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetKNOX YOUTH SPORTS INC: $35,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetBOULDER VALLEY WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER INC: $29,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Santa Monica: $26,700 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOCEANA INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOHR-O'KEEFE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $14,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE INC: $13,700 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEast Tennessee Historical Society Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MUSE KNOXVILLE: $12,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE A21 CAMPAIGN INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $11,440 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNINOS DE SOL PERU INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANSWER ALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHY GULF: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetABORTION CARE NETWORK: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Haslam Family Foundat…The Clayton Family Fo…East Tennessee Founda…Bill and Crissy Hasla…The Boyd FoundationStowers Machinery Fou…University Health Sys…Battelle Memorial Ins…The Aslan FoundationLawson Family Foundat…The Clayton Homes Fou…Impactassetsinc
Haslam Family Foundation IncTN40.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Haslam Family Foundation Inc · The Clayton Family Foundation · East Tennessee Foundation · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · The Boyd Foundation · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · University Health System Inc · Battelle Memorial Institute · The Aslan Foundation · Lawson Family Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Impactassetsinc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ahb Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ahb Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ahb Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Ahb Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 98 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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