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Akima Club Inc

Akima's mission is to be a friend to the community by giving of ourselves and our resources with respect, dedication and compassion.

$94k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2023.

Health$53kHuman Services$49kFood & Nutrition$33kArts & Culture$24kYouth Development$20kHousing & Shelter$16kEducation$8kCrime & Legal$4kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 2 grants below total $12,372 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $94,442 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $82,070 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$6,372
Median grant
1
States reached
$41k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOBILE MEALSKNOX CO CAC OFFICE ON AGING$6,372
MUSE KNOXVILLE$6,000
02The need
03

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.

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Your human-services grants (FY19–21, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDHELP: $3k → 12%ISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $1k → 18%CHILDHELP: $3k → 12%CHILDHELP: $2k → 12%HELPING MAMAS: $1k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $3k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $2k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $2k → 12%CAMP KOINONIA FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%KOINONIA FOUNDATION OF TENNESSEE: $1k → 12%KNOXVILLE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER: $1k → 12%KNOXVILLE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER: $1k → 12%CARECUTS INC: $2k → 12%CARECUTS INC: $2k → 12%KNOXVILLE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER: $900 → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $1k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $538 → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $486 → 12%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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$195k · 42 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +44% since the first grant, against +30% for the ones you funded once.

42 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2023, 40 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
14

Total granted

$195k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+30%

Still filing today

88%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’23
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TM
    THE MUSE KNOXVILLE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $12k · revenue +42%
  • IH
    INTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER
    3× · 2019–2021 · $12k · revenue +187%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $11k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • RY
    Royal Youth Dance Ensemble Incorporated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • AS
    A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +647%
  • KA
    KNOXVILLE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -55%

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

04Your 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
Hope House of Tennessee Inc

By creating a safe and structured two year residential program the Hope House of Tennessee will aim to equip and empower personal and educational growth economic self-sufficiency and a deeper understanding of Christs unconditional love.

Housing & Shelter
2
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation

To provide no-cost health care to families who have no insurance and do not qualify for the states low income insurance program.

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3
Empower Tennessee

To promote independence for persons with disabilities and provide guidance, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
4
Casa of the Tennessee Valley

The mission of the organization is to provide a powerful voice for abused and neglected children by advocating for each child, within the court's jurisdiction, in order to ensure safety, permancy and an opportunity to thrive.

Human Services
5
Tennessee Kids Belong Inc

Tennessee Kids Belong dramatically improves the experiences and outcomes for children in foster care.

Human Services
6
Casa of Northeast Tennessee

Advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Crime & Legal
7
Tennessee Children's Home Inc

Tennessee children's home, inc. is a not-for-profit organization that provides a home for neglected and pre-delinquent children who have an unstable family situation and who are beginning to develop problems which cannot be solved in their…

Human Services
8
Street Hope Tn

Street hope tn is a faith-based non-profit with a mission to eliminate sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and provide a safe environment to foster healing and hope through jesus christ. this mission is fulfilled through…

Recreation & Sports
9
Knox Housing Partnership Inc

To provide affordable housing to low and moderate income persons in east tennessee through first-time homebuyer education; assist with mortgage loans, downpayments, and closing costs; build new single family housing; develop multi-family…

Housing & Shelter
10
Welcome House Knoxville

Our Mission at Welcome House Knoxville is to share the love of Jesus through the ministries of hospitality and friendship. We provide safe and loving homes for individuals and families in transition to permanent housing.

Housing & Shelter
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
Casa of the Tennessee Heartland Inc

Provide advocacy for abused and neglected children in juvenile court.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc and the most unlike its peers is James Whites Fort. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Development & Soc…Professional Association Ed…Knoxville Community Organiz…Christian Ministry ServicesEast Tennessee Regional Org…Faith-Based Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%7%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr14%19%20–35yr15%28%35–55yr12%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr14%14%20–35yr15%36%35–55yr12%35%55yr+

The field is 24% 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 — 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/56
the rest of the field
14%
310/2,192

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.

04the grantee network

51 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. 51 of the 56 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/51
Grantees still filing
39/51
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

KNOXVILLE-KNOX COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE — $22,520 · OtherKNOXVILLE-KNOX COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMM…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE — $10,500 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEETHE FLORENCE CRITTENTON AGENCY INC — $9,235 · OtherTHE FLORENCE CRITTENTON AGENCY INCNEIGHBORING KNOXVILLE — $5,400 · OtherNEIGHBORING KNOXVILLESERTOMA CENTER INC — $5,400 · OtherSERTOMA CENTER INCCONCORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $4,500 · OtherCONCORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCHCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC — $4,500 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INCEAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER INC — $3,000 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY EAST TENNESSEE INC — $2,880 · OtherHOSPITALITY PANTRIES INC — $3,500 · Other+8 more — $9,242 · Other+8 moreINTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER — $11,500 · HealthINTERFAITH HEALTH …SHANGRI-LA THERAPEUTIC ACADEMY OF RIDING INC — $4,200 · HealthSHANGRI-LA THERAPE…EAST TENNESSEE KIDNEY FOUNDATION INC — $4,000 · HealthEAST TENNESSEE KID…HELEN ROSS MCNABB CENTER INC — $3,500 · HealthHELEN ROSS MCNABB …ALZHEIMERS TENNESSEE INC — $2,200 · HealthALZHEIMERS TENNESS…SUSANNAH'S HOUSE INC — $2,115 · HealthSUSANNAH'S HOUSE I…A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE — $2,000 · HealthA STEP AHEAD FOUND…HOOF & HARNESS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INC — $1,500 · HealthUNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $1,350 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE — $1,200 · Health+1 more — $500 · HealthCHILDHELP INC — $6,900 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INCTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $6,500 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG WOME…KNOXVILLE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER — $3,390 · Human ServicesKNOXVILLE FAMI…THE CAMP KOINONIA FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE CAMP KOINO…CARECUTS INC — $3,000 · Human ServicesCARECUTS INCSUNSHINE SERVICES — $2,427 · Human ServicesSUNSHINE SERVI…ISAIAH 117 HOUSE — $1,250 · Human ServicesHELPING MAMAS INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INCORPORATED OF TENNESSEE VALLEY — $5,700 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCOR…EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION — $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentEMERALD YOU…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL — $3,880 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRL…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC — $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHER…Royal Youth Dance Ensemble Incorporated — $2,715 · Youth DevelopmentRoyal Youth…GIRL TALK INC — $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MUSE KNOXVILLE — $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSE K…KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED — $4,500 · Arts & CultureKNOXVILLE …JAMES WHITES FORT — $1,300 · Arts & CultureJAMES WHIT…KNOXVILLE OPERA COMPANY — $1,100 · Arts & CultureKNOXVILLE …+1 more — $500 · Arts & CultureWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER CO — $6,000 · Housing & ShelterVOLUNTEER MINISTRY CENTER — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF KNOXVILLE — $4,800 · Housing & ShelterPELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $5,250 · EducationFRIENDS OF TENNESSEE'S BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS — $5,000 · EducationPEER ACADEMY — $1,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF LITERACY INC — $1,000 · EducationDREAM BIKES INC — $1,000 · Education
Other$80,677Health$34,065Human Services$27,467Youth Development$21,295Arts & Culture$19,400Housing & Shelter$15,800Education$13,250

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 budgetTHE MUSE KNOXVILLE — $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER — $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE — $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLORENCE CRITTENTON AGENCY INC — $9,235 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDHELP INC — $6,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER CO — $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF TENNESSEE VALLEY — $5,700 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSERTOMA CENTER INC — $5,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $5,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF TENNESSEE'S BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS — $5,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetVOLUNTEER MINISTRY CENTER — $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF KNOXVILLE — $4,800 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED — $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC — $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION — $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHANGRI-LA THERAPEUTIC ACADEMY OF RIDING INC — $4,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE KIDNEY FOUNDATION INC — $4,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL — $3,880 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC — $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPITALITY PANTRIES INC — $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN ROSS MCNABB CENTER INC — $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKNOXVILLE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER — $3,390 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CAMP KOINONIA FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCARECUTS INC — $3,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY EAST TENNESSEE INC — $2,880 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSUNSHINE SERVICES — $2,427 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMERS TENNESSEE INC — $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUSANNAH'S HOUSE INC — $2,115 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE — $2,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetKNOXVILLE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE — $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOOF & HARNESS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INC — $1,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLADIES OF CHARITY KNOXVILLE — $1,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES WHITES FORT — $1,300 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE — $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE — $1,200 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKNOXVILLE OPERA COMPANY — $1,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL TALK INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING MAMAS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEER ACADEMY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF LITERACY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA SECRET SAFE PLACE FOR NEWBORNS OF TENNESSEE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDREAM BIKES INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA of East Tennessee Inc — $922 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE INC — $900 over 2y, 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…United Way of Greater…Thompson Charitable F…The Clayton Homes Fou…Trinity Health Founda…The Melrose FoundationGene & Florence Monda…Haslam Family Foundat…Variety of Eastern Te…Lawson Family Foundat…The Aslan FoundationThe Boyd Foundation
East Tennessee FoundationTN60.6× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Tennessee Foundation · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Thompson Charitable Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · The Melrose Foundation · Gene & Florence Monday Foundation Inc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Variety of Eastern Tennessee · Lawson Family Foundation · The Aslan Foundation · The Boyd Foundation

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 Akima Club Inc 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 56 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $100k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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