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Bishop Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$510k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$615kHealth$485kPhilanthropy$435kHuman Services$135kEnvironment$120kReligion$100kYouth Development$56kInternational$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $475k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION$200,000
THE GENEROSITY TRUST$75,000
CHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN$50,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$50,000
ARTS BUILD$50,000
LOVE WITHOUT REASON$50,000
NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$25,000
LONE OAK COMMUNITY CIVIC LEAGUE$5,000
WHITE OAK BICYCLE CO-OP$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $60k → 14%Northside Neighborhood House: $40k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 14%Northside Neighborhood House: $20k → 14%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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 7% of Bishop Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Bishop Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 8 repeat orgs$470k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$1.3M
$320k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+32%

Still filing today

63%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA AREA INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $450k · revenue +39%
  • CH
    CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $445k · revenue +48%
  • NN
    NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $145k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • WP
    WAYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • BR
    BRIDGE REFUGEE SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -10%
  • SM
    SIGNAL MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +32%
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
Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition Inc

To advocate for people who are homless or near homeless, strategically planning for housing and services in the community, maximizing resources and collaboarating with community partners to implement housing and services within the…

Community Improvement
2
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
3
Choptank Community Health System Inc

Primary health care services: delivery of health care to medically underserved community

Health
4
Nashville Zoo Inc

In fulfillment of our mission to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation and leadership, our goal is to build a first class zoo for middle tennessee and to develop a facility…

Animals
5
Tennessee Health Care Association

To maintain high standards for nursing homes in the state of tennessee and to seek the solutions to problems common to members of the association.

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6
Chattanooga Design Studio

Chattanooga design studio seeks to elevate the quality of life for all citizens through guidance, collaboration, innovation, and education that promotes livable, accessible, walkable, and humane urban design.

Community Improvement
7
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
8
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
9
Chattanooga Christian School Inc

To prepare students to lead and serve with distinction while representing christ and his kingdom in all areas of home, church, society and culture.

Education
10
Tennessee Clean Water Network

To identify, prevent, and remedy water pollution statewide through a network of allies and resources.

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11
Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville Inc

Arts & business council of greater nashville supports and promotes the arts by driving collaboration between arts and business that contribute to the creativity, vitality, and prosperity of greater nashville/the regions/the city.

Crime & Legal
12
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Artsbuild; the most unlike its peers is Lone Oak Community Civic League. 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

15 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. 15 of the 22 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA AREA INC: $450,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF…CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $445,000 · HealthCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUN…CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $425,000 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN …WAYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherWAYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHU…ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE MIDSOUTH: $75,500 · OtherADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE…CHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 · OtherCHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHI…BRIDGE REFUGEE SERVICES INC: $50,000 · OtherBRIDGE REFUGEE SERVICES …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH: $40,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEA…SIGNAL CENTERS INC: $20,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC: $25,000 · OtherTennessee Aquarium: $20,000 · OtherSIGNAL MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · OtherSIGNAL MOUNTAIN CHRISTIA…+6 more: $55,000 · Other+6 moreNORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $145,000 · Human ServicesNORTHSIDE …LOVE WITHOUT REASON INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesLOVE WITHO…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $120,000 · EnvironmentARTSBUILD: $50,000 · Arts & Culture
Housing & Shelter$450,000Health$445,000Philanthropy$425,000Other$475,500Human Services$195,000Environment$120,000Arts & Culture$50,000

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 budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA AREA INC: $450,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $445,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $425,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $145,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLOVE WITHOUT REASON INC: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetARTSBUILD: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBRIDGE REFUGEE SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSIGNAL MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSIGNAL CENTERS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTennessee Aquarium: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLONE OAK COMMUNITY CIVIC LEAGUE: $10,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetMountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

Chattanooga Christian…The Community Foundat…Robert L & Kathrina H…Weldon F Osborne Foun…Benwood Foundation IncLillian L Colby Chari…Schillhahn-Huskey Fou…Hamico IncRobert F Stone Founda…The Maclellan Foundat…Jack and Charlotte Fr…The Howard Fund
Chattanooga Christian Community FoundationTN27.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Bishop Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bishop Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
    8report 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
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Bishop Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bishop Family Foundation 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 22 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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