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Brown Whitworth Reynolds Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$460k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$631kPhilanthropy$235kFood & Nutrition$210kYouth Development$115kRecreation & Sports$98kScience & Tech$25kArts & Culture$20kHealth$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $275k
$40,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOL INC$200,000
CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK INC$75,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GORDON MURRAY AND WHITFIELD$45,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC$40,000
UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC$30,000
CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK INC$25,000
LEADERSHIP & COMPETITIVE EXCELLANCEFOUNDATION$25,000
CHATTANOOGA TAKEDOWN CLUB$20,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LEADERSHIP & COMPETITIVE EXCELLANCEFOUNDATION: $25k → 17%CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK INC: $75k → 12%CHATTANOOGA TAKEDOWN CLUB: $20k → 14%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $15k → 4%REINHARDT UNIVERSITY: $1k → 6%UNITED WAY OF NW GEORGIA: $30k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST GEORGIA: $15k → 13%MURRAY COUNTY FCA: $10k → 13%MSAA: $5k → 12%LEADERSHIP & COMPETITIVE EXCELLANCEFOUNDATION: $25k → 17%CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK INC: $50k → 12%CREATIVE ARTS GUILD: $15k → 13%CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK INC: $25k → 12%CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANKNW GA: $10k → 13%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$738k · 6 repeat orgs$509k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$738k
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+3%

Still filing today

67%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • CE
    CHS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $430k · revenue -43% · 33% of their budget
  • CA
    Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $150k · revenue -2%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $60k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NW GA
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GORDON MURRAY AND WHITFIELD C
    one grant, 2024 · $40k
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 Christian Community Foundation

We guide and encourage donors who are motivated toward kingdom-building generosity. our mission is carried out through four primary initiatives: providing donor-advised funds, inspiring and encouraging generosity within families along the…

Philanthropy
2
Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance

Facilitate networking among hospitals

Health
3
The Chattanooga Ballet

To serve through the power of dance.

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4
Christian College of Georgia

Education services and classroom intruction in theology to include all branches of higher education.

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5
Carroll County Economic Development Foundation Inc

To create a stronger economy, to enhance the overall quality of life, to enhance the education level of the workforce and to develop strong community leadership and effective government in carroll county, georgia.

Community Improvement
6
Credit Union of Georgia

The credit union is a cooperative organized to provide members thrift savings and borrowings.

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7
United Way of Greater Chattanooga

Uniting people and resources in building a stronger, healthier community

Philanthropy
8
Toccoa Falls College Inc

The mission of Toccoa Falls College is to glorify God through seeking and developing Christian servant leaders who will impact their world with the love and message of Jesus Christ.

Education
9
Enable of Georgia Inc

Supporting people with special needs to lead fulfilled lives.

Housing & Shelter
10
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc

The community foundation of the chattahoochee valley enables and promotes philanthropy that inspires, facilitates and fosters a vibrant and engaged chattahoochee valley.

Philanthropy
11
The Associated Credit Union Foundation Inc

Promote local and community development.

Philanthropy
12
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc; the most unlike its peers is Deo Clinic Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 24 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)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC: $430,000 · OtherCHS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INCCHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOL: $200,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOLCHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK: $50,000 · OtherCHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANKCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NW GA: $40,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GORDON MURRAY AND WHITFIELD C: $40,000 · Other+9 more: $145,000 · Other+9 moreTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $90,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY…UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF W GEORGIA: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOU…Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $150,000 · Food & NutritionChattanooga …Leadership & Competitive Excellence Foundation: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsCHATTANOOGA TAKEDOWN CLUB: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GORDON MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES INC: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $25,000 · EducationREINHARDT UNIVERSITY: $1,240 · EducationCreative Arts Guild Incorporated: $15,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$905,000Philanthropy$165,000Food & Nutrition$150,000Recreation & Sports$70,000Youth Development$45,000Education$26,240Arts & Culture$15,000

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 budgetCHS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC: $430,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetCHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOL: $200,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLeadership & Competitive Excellence Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATTANOOGA TAKEDOWN CLUB: $20,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCreative Arts Guild Incorporated: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF W GEORGIA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDEO CLINIC INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNorthwest Georgia Family Crisis Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREINHARDT UNIVERSITY: $1,240 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Jack and Aggie Ba…The Community Foundat…Sis Brown Family Foun…Georgia Power Foundat…White Family Foundati…North Georgia Electri…Mohawk Carpet Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Jack and Aggie Bandy Foundation IncGA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jack and Aggie Bandy Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc · Sis Brown Family Foundation 127018-000 · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · White Family Foundation Inc · North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation · Mohawk Carpet Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 Brown Whitworth Reynolds Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Brown Whitworth Reynolds 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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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