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Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation

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$38M
Granted FY2024still arriving
567
Grants FY2024still arriving
41
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$65MEducation$25MHuman Services$12MHealth$11MInternational$6.8MYouth Development$6.4MPhilanthropy$6.2MCommunity Improvement$3.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 567 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 567 grants below total $36,405,358, the rows itemized in this filing. The $37,802,054 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,396,696 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k127 grants · $889k
  • $10k–50k304 grants · $6.3M
  • $50k–250k109 grants · $11M
  • $250k+27 grants · $18M
$18,250
Median grant
41
States reached
$136M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROSSNORE SCHOOL & CHILDREN'S HOME$2,500,000
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$1,991,461
BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS$1,530,282
COVENANT COLLEGE$1,162,441
GRACE PEACE CHURCH$1,046,475
100FOLD$1,035,000
CHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION$860,250
BETHLEHEM CENTERS$737,413
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$644,188
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION ATLANTA$526,100
ILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC$500,000
WAYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$465,887
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - CHATTANOOGA$461,470
CHOICES PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$461,321
FIRST THINGS FIRST$432,382
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 (FY20–24, $9.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES: $126k → 16%REDBIRD MINISTRIES: $50k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $99k → 8%GEORGIA SHERIFFS' YOUTH HOMES: $50k → 8%CHOSEN & DEARLY LOVED FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%FAITH FOR CULTURE: $150k → 15%CHOSEN & DEARLY LOVED FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND: $50k → 4%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $50k → 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $91k → 8%CHOSEN & DEARLY LOVED FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $50k → 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $86k → 8%CHOSEN & DEARLY LOVED FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY: $60k → 15%REDBIRD MINISTRIES: $55k → 14%CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY: $50k → 15%REDBIRD MINISTRIES: $55k → 14%FELLOWSHIP ADVENTURES: $58k → 4%ASCEND: $115k → 8%ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND LIBERTY INC: $112k → 4%SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION: $118k → 12%ASCEND: $101k → 8%ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND LIBERTY INC: $92k → 4%ASCEND: $60k → 8%ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND LIBERTY INC: $86k → 4%SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION: $87k → 12%ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND LIBERTY INC: $84k → 4%ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND LIBERTY INC: $55k → 4%SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION: $78k → 12%SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION: $75k → 12%SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION: $56k → 12%LA PAZ OF CHATTANOOGA: $250k → 12%LA PAZ OF CHATTANOOGA: $100k → 12%NEIGHTIONS: $89k → 12%BETHLEHEM CENTERS: $737k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC DBA BETHLEHEM CENTERS: $717k → 12%BETHLEHEM CENTERS: $658k → 12%BETHLEHEM CENTER: $587k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC DBA BETHLEHEM CENTERS: $553k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $395k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $346k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $208k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $196k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $176k → 12%EVERY VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $70k → 12%EVERY VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $69k → 12%EVERY VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $67k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$133M · 599 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

599 repeat relationships: 428 still active in FY2024, 171 since wound down; 109 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

599
660

Total granted

$133M
$6.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+28%

Still filing today

66%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalArts & 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

  • GG
    GENEROUS GIVING INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $8.3M · revenue +213% · 65% of their budget
  • PS
    PUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7.7M · revenue +68% · 58% of their budget
  • UM
    UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +58% · 36% of their budget

Funded once

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $302k · revenue +36%
  • CS
    CHATTANOOGA SYMPHONY & OPERA ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $302k · revenue +21%
  • LM
    Ligonier Ministries Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $301k · revenue -17%
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.

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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
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
6
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
7
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
8
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
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Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
10
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
11
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
12
Charis Bible College Inc

Charis Bible Colleges, Inc. (CBC) was established to train and equip individuals to carry out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through practical application through mentoring, training, and teaching.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Commission to Every Nation; the most unlike its peers is The Lot Project. 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

916 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 916 of the 1,395 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)
221
Early backer (in before they grew)
869/916
Grantees still filing
654/916
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $8,136,416 · OtherLOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHAAA WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $1,881,336 · OtherAMG INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,931,773 · Other+101 more: $44,231,106 · Other+101 morePUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE: $7,725,846 · EducationPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE…CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $2,881,179 · EducationCHATTANOOGA CHRISTI…COVENANT COLLEGE: $1,822,544 · EducationCOVENANT COLLEGEMONTREAT COLLEGE: $1,770,476 · EducationMONTREAT COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $904,419 · Education+18 more: $5,871,876 · Education+18 moreGENEROUS GIVING INC: $8,335,440 · ReligionGENEROUS GIVING I…100 FOLD: $1,760,009 · Religion100 FOLDPRAY CHATTANOOGA: $1,624,553 · ReligionPRAY CHATTANOOGASAMARITAN'S PURSE: $941,908 · Religion+23 more: $6,550,213 · Religion+23 moreUNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $3,252,348 · Human ServicesBethel Bible Village: $1,321,623 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR THE INNER CITY INC: $666,635 · Human ServicesALLIANCE FOR LAW AND LIBERTY INC FKA FAMILY ACTION COUNCIL OF TENNESSEE: $429,550 · Human ServicesTHE SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION INC: $413,822 · Human ServicesLA PAZ DE DIOS INC: $356,000 · Human ServicesWEASCEND CORPORATION: $336,500 · Human Services+11 more: $2,191,467 · Human ServicesCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $2,500,000 · HealthFIRST THINGS FIRST INC: $2,071,829 · HealthON POINT: $1,485,970 · HealthUntold Inc: $584,000 · HealthTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MID-SOUTH INC: $360,820 · HealthTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $275,000 · Health+4 more: $673,740 · HealthNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $2,457,587 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $1,271,000 · PhilanthropyMISSION INCREASE: $555,682 · PhilanthropyILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · PhilanthropyThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $427,000 · PhilanthropyThe Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $244,943 · PhilanthropyTHE ENRICHMENT CENTER AN AFFILIATED CHAPTER OF THE ARC: $240,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $610,989 · PhilanthropyYOUNG LIFE: $1,686,448 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $709,889 · Youth DevelopmentCARE FOR CHILDREN CARE FOR CHILDREN - USA INC: $472,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHATTANOOGA YOUTH NETWORK: $456,530 · Youth DevelopmentChild Evangelism Fellowship of Tennessee Inc: $370,213 · Youth DevelopmentLIFT YOUTH CENTER INC: $300,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $133,150 · Youth Development
Other$56,180,631Education$20,976,340Religion$19,212,123Human Services$8,967,945Health$7,951,359Philanthropy$6,307,201Youth Development$4,128,230

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetGENEROUS GIVING INC: $8,335,440 over 4y, 65% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE: $7,725,846 over 5y, 58% of budgetUNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $3,252,348 over 5y, 36% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $2,881,179 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $2,500,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $2,457,587 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST THINGS FIRST INC: $2,071,829 over 5y, 35% of budgetAMG INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,931,773 over 4y, 22% of budgetAAA WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $1,881,336 over 5y, 32% of budgetCOVENANT COLLEGE: $1,822,544 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMONTREAT COLLEGE: $1,770,476 over 5y, 1.2% of budget100 FOLD: $1,760,009 over 2y, 99% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,686,448 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPRAY CHATTANOOGA: $1,624,553 over 5y, 81% of budgetON POINT: $1,485,970 over 5y, 31% of budgetBethel Bible Village: $1,321,623 over 5y, 14% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $1,321,550 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $1,271,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetCOVENANT COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,236,000 over 3y, 40% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $1,094,995 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetCHATTANOOGA FC FOUNDATION INC: $1,014,942 over 5y, 14% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $941,908 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $904,419 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $709,889 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR THE INNER CITY INC: $666,635 over 5y, 25% of budgetAFRICAN STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP PRAYER NETWORK: $635,000 over 4y, 92% of budgetPrison Prevention Ministries Inc: $623,506 over 5y, 37% of budgetHAMILTON FLOURISHING: $621,170 over 3y, 96% of budgetTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $593,263 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAXIS: $593,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetUntold Inc: $584,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetMISSION INCREASE: $555,682 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $490,031 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSamford University: $485,944 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES & HAVENS: $479,575 over 4y, 72% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $473,400 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetCARE FOR CHILDREN CARE FOR CHILDREN - USA INC: $472,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetCHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC: $464,264 over 5y, 14% of budgetVIA VERITAS INC A CALIFORNIA RELIGIOUS CORPORATION: $457,417 over 5y, 65% of budgetCHATTANOOGA YOUTH NETWORK: $456,530 over 5y, 30% of budgetCHATT FOUNDATION: $455,394 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR LAW AND LIBERTY INC FKA FAMILY ACTION COUNCIL OF TENNESSEE: $429,550 over 5y, 37% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $428,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $427,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION INC: $413,822 over 5y, 17% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $403,420 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $400,000 over 4y, 0.9% 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 GENEROUS GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST THINGS FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds AMG INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AAA WOMEN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MONTREAT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds 100 FOLD ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds PRAY CHATTANOOGA ↗
  • Who funds ON POINT ↗
  • Who funds Bethel Bible Village ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA FC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗

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 Maclellan Foundat…Robert L & Kathrina H…Weldon F Osborne Foun…The Community Foundat…Hugh and Charlotte Ma…Benwood Foundation IncRobert F Stone Founda…Hamico IncLyndhurst Foundation …McKenzie Foundation D…United Way of Greater…Tucker Foundation
The Maclellan Foundation IncTN167.4× affinity154 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · Hugh and Charlotte Maclellan Charitable Charitable Trust · Benwood Foundation Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Hamico Inc · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · McKenzie Foundation D/B/A the McKenzie Foundation · United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Tucker 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 Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    10get no government money at all
    38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
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    How do I get to Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Chattanooga Christian Community 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 1395 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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