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Charity Circle of Murfreesboro

CHARITY CIRCLE OF MURFREESBORO operates to raise funds to help support local charities that provide assistance to individuals and families in need.

$715k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Human Services$1.1MFood & Nutrition$628kHousing & Shelter$586kCrime & Legal$560kHealth$556kEducation$318kPhilanthropy$219kYouth Development$201kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 38 grants below total $697,650, the rows itemized in this filing. The $715,050 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $17,400 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $397k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $219k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$646k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY HELPERS$90,000
NOURISH FOOD BANK$72,000
THE JOURNEY HOME$57,000
ACE LEARNING CENTER - PROJECT HELP$43,500
DOORS OF HOPE$33,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENN INC$29,800
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$25,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$23,000
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER$22,000
MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY$20,000
SPECIAL KIDS$18,850
GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES$18,000
SALVATION ARMY$15,000
INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC$15,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $926k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALIVE HOSPICE: $27k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $22k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $20k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $20k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $25k → 9%ALIVE HOSPICE: $20k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $20k → 14%GOOD SHEPARDS CHILDRENS HOME: $23k → 9%ALIVE HOSPICE: $18k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $22k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $22k → 9%YMCA MID TN - AFTER BREAST CARE: $10k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $22k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $22k → 9%ALIVE HOSPICE: $10k → 14%GOOD SHEPARDS CHILDRENS HOME: $21k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $20k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $20k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $20k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $20k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $20k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $20k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $20k → 9%GOOD SHEPARDS CHILDRENS HOME: $20k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $19k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $19k → 9%GOOD SHEPERD CHILDRENS HOME: $18k → 9%GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $18k → 9%GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $18k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $18k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $15k → 9%GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $15k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $15k → 9%GOOD SHEPERD CHILDRENS HOME: $14k → 9%GOOD SHEPARDS CHILDRENS HOME: $14k → 9%GOOD SHEPERD CHILDRENS HOME: $13k → 9%GOOD SHEPARDS CHILDRENS HOME: $12k → 9%GOOD SHEPARDS CHILDRENS HOME: $12k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS- MID CUMBERLAND HR AGENCY: $10k → 9%POSSIBILITY PLACE: $8k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $15k → 9%THE BARNABAS VISION: $12k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $10k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $10k → 9%THE BARNABAS VISION: $10k → 9%THE BARNABAS VISION: $10k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $10k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $9k → 9%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 40 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against -19% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
2

Total granted

$4.2M
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
-19%

Still filing today

93%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthReligionEducationCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CH
    Community Helpers of Rutherford County
    9× · 2017–2025 · $561k · revenue +25%
  • JH
    JOURNEY HOME INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $534k · revenue +170%
  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $187k · revenue +125%

Funded once

  • RI
    ROOM IN THE INN OF RUTHERFORD CO INC
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -70%
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SERVICES IN TENNESSEE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
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
Crisis Center of Russell County

The Crisis Center of Russell County was organized to provide assistance and temporary housing to victims of domestic abuse through secured temporary housing and education with job placement to transition them back into society. In…

Public Safety & Disaster
2
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
3
Greater Chattanooga Christian Services Inc

Provide Group and Foster care for Homeless Children and Counseling

Human Services
4
Rahab House

Rahab House is deeply committed to the rescue, refuge, and restoration of human trafficking survivors. We provide comprehensive support that encompasses immediate safety and connections to long-term restorative care in alignment with the…

Human Services
5
West Tennessee Family Solutions Inc

To provide the highest quality care and opportunities affording individuals with developmental disabilities to lead successful and fulfilling lives withing their communities

Health
6
Casa of the Tennessee Heartland Inc

Provide advocacy for abused and neglected children in juvenile court.

Civil Rights
7
Ruths House

Provide a community owned and operated shelter for a safe haven from domestic violence for women and their children in beaufort county, nc. provide counseling and guidance to allow these women to make decisions about their future.

Crime & Legal
8
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
9
Tennessee Family Solutions Inc

Residential and support services to children and adults with severe and multiple disabilities allowing them the opportunity to lead safe, stable, and personally fulfilling lifestyles in tennessee communities.

Health
10
Community Resource Center of Robertson County
Human Services
11
Michael Dunn Center

To empower individuals living with disabilities and challenges to gain independence

Human Services
12
Casa of Robertson County Inc

To provide court-appointed special advocates to child victims of abuse and neglect. The programs vision is a safe, permanent, loving home for every child it serves.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Domestic Violence Program Inc; the most unlike its peers is Casa of Rutherford County. 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

42 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. 42 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/42
Grantees still filing
30/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community Helpers of Rutherford County: $560,980 · OtherCommunity Helpers of Rutherford CountyJOURNEY HOME INC: $534,484 · OtherJOURNEY HOME INCRutherford County Emergency Food Bank Inc: $358,850 · OtherRutherford County Emergency Food Bank IncTHE SALVATION ARMY: $72,500 · OtherPROJECT TRANSFORMATION TENNESSEE INC: $82,500 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $104,650 · Other+11 more: $283,200 · Other+11 moreDOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC: $182,500 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM…MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $164,500 · Human ServicesMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESO…ALIVE HOSPICE INC: $156,500 · Human ServicesALIVE HOSPICE INCGOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN'S HOME: $145,300 · Human ServicesGOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN'S …JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $69,750 · Human ServicesJOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIV…GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $65,270 · Human ServicesGREENHOUSE MINISTRIESTUCKER'S HOUSE: $51,500 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $48,800 · Human ServicesTHE BARNABAS VISION INC: $45,500 · Human Services+4 more: $58,153 · Human Services+4 moreCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC: $187,067 · HealthCHILD ADVOCACY…SPECIAL KIDS INC: $158,350 · HealthSPECIAL KIDS I…INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $100,750 · HealthINTERFAITH DEN…BRANCHES RECOVERY CENTERS: $40,000 · HealthBRANCHES RECOV…PREVENTION COALITION FOR SUCCESS INC: $31,930 · HealthPREVENTION COA…CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $27,600 · Health+2 more: $25,500 · HealthMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $258,607 · EducationREAD TO SUCCEED: $59,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUTHERFORD CTY: $175,600 · Youth DevelopmentTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $97,142 · PhilanthropyENDURE ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC: $67,950 · PhilanthropyDOORS OF HOPE: $137,055 · Crime & LegalKYMARI HOUSE INC: $22,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,997,164Human Services$987,773Health$571,197Education$317,607Youth Development$175,600Philanthropy$165,092Crime & Legal$159,555

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Helpers of Rutherford County: $560,980 over 9y, 21% of budgetJOURNEY HOME INC: $534,484 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetRutherford County Emergency Food Bank Inc: $358,850 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $258,607 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC: $187,067 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC: $182,500 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUTHERFORD CTY: $175,600 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $164,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL KIDS INC: $158,350 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetALIVE HOSPICE INC: $156,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN'S HOME: $145,300 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetDOORS OF HOPE: $137,055 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $104,650 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $100,750 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $97,142 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT TRANSFORMATION TENNESSEE INC: $82,500 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetJOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $69,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetENDURE ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC: $67,950 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetGREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $65,270 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED: $59,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE: $53,750 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTUCKER'S HOUSE: $51,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $48,800 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BARNABAS VISION INC: $45,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetRUTHERFORD COUNTY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $43,200 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBRANCHES RECOVERY CENTERS: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budget180 DEGREES MINISTRIES INC: $38,500 over 4y, 21% of budgetPREVENTION COALITION FOR SUCCESS INC: $31,930 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCASA OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $31,250 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetInspiritus Inc: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $27,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKYMARI HOUSE INC: $22,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $17,153 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUTHERFORD COUNTY PRIMARY CARE CLINIC INC: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOSSIBILITY PLACE: $15,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE COLLECTIVE AT BUILDING HOPE: $15,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetElders First Adult Day Services Association: $15,500 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetPORTICO INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetA SOLDIERS CHILD INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetROOM IN THE INN OF RUTHERFORD CO INC: $8,000 over 1y, 23% 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.

  • Who funds Community Helpers of Rutherford County ↗
  • Who funds JOURNEY HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Rutherford County Emergency Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUTHERFORD CTY ↗
  • Who funds MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALIVE HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds DOORS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT TRANSFORMATION TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ENDURE ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds READ TO SUCCEED ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds TUCKER'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNABAS VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTHERFORD COUNTY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANCHES RECOVERY CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds 180 DEGREES MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PREVENTION COALITION FOR SUCCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Inspiritus Inc ↗
  • Who funds CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KYMARI HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) ↗
  • Who funds RUTHERFORD COUNTY PRIMARY CARE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds POSSIBILITY PLACE ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLECTIVE AT BUILDING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Elders First Adult Day Services Association ↗

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 Community Foundat…Christy-Houston Found…United Way of South C…John D Floyd Charitab…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Healing Trust For…United Way of Middle …Nashville Predators F…Saint Thomas Rutherfo…Adams Family Foundati…Jennings & Rebecca Jo…Adams Family Foundati…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN51.3× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Christy-Houston Foundation Inc · United Way of South Central Tennessee · John D Floyd Charitable Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Nashville Predators Foundation · Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital · Adams Family Foundation I · Jennings & Rebecca Jones Foundation Inc · Adams Family Foundation II

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 Charity Circle of Murfreesboro funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charity Circle of Murfreesboro. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%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
    0get no government money at all
    23report 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.

    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 45 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 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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