Tennessee · Private foundation
Bishop Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $510k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Bishop Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $435k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $385k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $550k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $366k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga Area Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc | $445,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northside Neighborhood House | $145,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wayside Presbyterian Church | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chambliss Center for Children | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Love Without Reason Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Artsbuild | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bridge Refugee Services Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Signal Mountain Christian School Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga Area Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc | $445,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northside Neighborhood House | $145,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wayside Presbyterian Church | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chambliss Center for Children | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Love Without Reason Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Artsbuild | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bridge Refugee Services Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Signal Mountain Christian School Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Friends of the Zoo Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Signal Centers Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Aquarium | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lone Oak Community Civic League | $10,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Mountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bishop Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · Benwood Foundation Inc · Lillian L Colby Charitable Fdn Ia · Schillhahn-Huskey Foundation · Hamico Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Jack and Charlotte Frost Family Foundation · The Howard Fund
How this is measured
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About Bishop Family Foundation
- How much does Bishop Family Foundation give?
- Bishop Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $510,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Bishop Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (28%), Health (22%), Philanthropy (20%).
- Who are Bishop Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga Area Inc ($450k), Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc ($445k), Northside Neighborhood House ($145k).
- Does Bishop Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bishop Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bishop Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation, The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc, Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation.
- Where is Bishop Family Foundation based?
- Bishop Family Foundation is based in TN.
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