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Chazen Family Foundation at a glance

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Chazen Family 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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$185kEducation$114kHealth$108kArts & Culture$78kFood & Nutrition$26kReligion$20kHuman Services$15kYouth Development$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$115k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA$10,000
CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK$10,000
HUNTER MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHATTANOOGA$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHILDRENS NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI: $5k → 12%A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION: $5k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$510k · 17 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$510k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+16%

Still filing today

65%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • BS
    BAYLOR SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $50k · revenue +46%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA
    5× · 2017–2023 · $45k · revenue +23%
  • HM
    Hunter Museum of American Art
    8× · 2017–2025 · $38k · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • SN
    ST NICHOLAS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -18%
  • CN
    CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +19%
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
Girls Inc of Chattanooga

Girls inc. of chattanooga inspires and equips girls to be strong, smart and bold leaders within their families, their communities and society.

Youth Development
2
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education

To advance state policies and practices that ensure all tennessee children from birth through 3rd grade get the high quality early education they need to power our state's future.

Education
3
United Way of South Central Tennessee

The united way of south central tennessee's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.

—
4
Girls Incorporated of Tennessee Valley

Inspiring girls ages 5-19 to become strong, smart & bold

Youth Development
5
Chattanoogahamilton County Public Education Fund

To improve student achievement in public schools through highly effective teaching, strong leadership, and strategic partnerships so that children succeed in learning and in life.

Education
6
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

—
7
The Children's Museum of Memphis Inc

The mission is to create memorable learning experiences through the joy of play, in hands-on exhibits and programs. we accomplish this mission by reaching out to the mid-south school children, families, and the tourist visitor.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
10
Chattacademy Community Schools Inc

The mission of chattacademy is to reimagine what public education can look like in chattanooga, tennessee. chattacademy's mission is to graduate bilingual, biliterate critical thinkers ready to make an impact on the world through top…

Education
11
Hamilton County Schools Fund for Excellence

To improve the quality of the educational experience in the hamilton county schools by providing support in the form of fundraising opportunities, recognition awards, and other charitable programs.

Education
12
Chattahoochee Hills Charter School Inc

The mission of the charter school is to inspire all their children to the highest levels of academic achievement through a rigorous curriculum that integrates the wonders of the natural world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Artsbuild; the most unlike its peers is Polly Boyd Scholarship Fund. 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

22 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. 22 of the 30 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $135,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGACHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEMIZPAH CONGREGATION: $19,500 · OtherMIZPAH CONGREGATION+12 more: $51,000 · Other+12 moreHunter Museum of American Art: $37,500 · Arts & CultureHunter Museum o…Creative Discovery Museum: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCreative Discov…ARTSBUILD: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARTSBUILDFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFACING HISTORY …BAYLOR SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationBAYLOR SCHOO…THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE YOUNG WO…MOSE & GARRISON SISKIN MEMORIAL FDN INC D/B/A SISKIN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $4,000 · EducationMOSE & GARRI…+1 more: $2,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $45,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $26,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesA STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSISKIN HOSPITAL FOR PHYSICAL REHABILITATION INC: $3,000 · Health
Other$330,500Arts & Culture$77,500Education$61,000Philanthropy$50,000Food & Nutrition$26,000Human Services$10,000Health$3,000

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 budgetBAYLOR SCHOOL: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHunter Museum of American Art: $37,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Discovery Museum: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLEE UNIVERSITY: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARTSBUILD: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHATTANOOGA INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSIGNAL CENTERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOSE & GARRISON SISKIN MEMORIAL FDN INC D/B/A SISKIN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSISKIN HOSPITAL FOR PHYSICAL REHABILITATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE RIVER GARDENS: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTENNESSEE WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATTANOOGA GIRLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSCIENCE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPOLLY BOYD SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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…Hamico IncRobert F Stone Founda…Weldon F Osborne Foun…Benwood Foundation IncThe Maclellan Foundat…The Howard FundThe Hacker and Kitty …Lyndhurst Foundation …Tennessee Health Foun…Kennedy Foundation Inc
Chattanooga Christian Community FoundationTN29.2× affinity12 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 · Hamico Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · Benwood Foundation Inc · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · The Howard Fund · The Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · Tennessee Health Foundation Inc · Kennedy Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1get no government money at all
    10report 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.

    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 30 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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