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Coker Foundation at a glance

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Coker 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.

$253k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

53% of Coker Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Greater Chattanooga Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Coker Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $253k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

1
’19
0
’20
4
’21
4
’22
3
’23
5
’24
3
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$431kArts & Culture$300kPhilanthropy$294kEducation$150kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kHealth$20kYouth Development$3kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $200k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC$50,000
OPEN EYES$50,000
OPERATION HELO INC$50,000
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS$50,000
REVIVAL OUTSIDE THE WALLS$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION$10,000
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE$2,500
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 (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA: $100k → 12%REVIVAL OUTSIDE THE WALLS: $20k → 12%MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $100k → 14%NEW COVENANT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $10k → 12%BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS: $50k → 14%OPERATION HELO INC: $50k → 12%YOUNG LIFE: $1k → 9%AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC: $10k → 9%OPEN EYES: $50k → 7%ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA: $100k → 12%AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%BIBLE IN SCHOOLS: $50k → 14%CALVARY CHAPEL: $100k → 12%BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS: $50k → 14%CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $50k → 12%PUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE AKA BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS: $50k → 14%CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $50k → 12%BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS: $50k → 14%CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $50k → 12%CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $50k → 12%CALVARY CHAPEL CHATTANOOGA: $1k → 12%CALVARY CHAPEL NORTHSIDE: $20k → 12%COKER MUSEUM: $100k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $36k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $18k → 12%FIFTY PLUS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE: $3k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $215k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $137k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $25k → 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.
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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$580k · 4 repeat orgs$566k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$580k
$364k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+26%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CC
    CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $200k · revenue +12%
  • AA
    ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA
    2× · 2019–2021 · $200k · revenue -37%
  • PS
    PUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE
    3× · 2022–2025 · $150k · revenue -8%

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE BIBLEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +26%
  • CC
    CALVARY CHAPEL
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • CM
    COKER MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · 100% of their budget
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
Aaca Museum Inc

The aaca museum is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of motor vehicle history in a manner that provides for the education and entertainment of our guests.

Arts & Culture
2
Computer History Museum

Chm decodes technology - its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity.

Arts & Culture
3
American College of Health Care Administrators

The american college of health care administrators (achca) is the catalyst for excellence in post-acute and aging services leadership.

Health
4
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc

The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…

Arts & Culture
5
Automobile Driving Museum

The automobile driving museum exists to preserve automotive history, interpret the hisotrical significance, educate guests and provide them with the opportunity to take a ride in one of the museum's historic collector vehicles.

Arts & Culture
6
Hunter Classical Christian School

Provide an education to children in lower and middle school using classical christian methodology.

Education
7
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art

The amon carter museum of western art was established through the generosity of amon g. carter sr. (1879-1955) to house his collection of more than 400 paintings and sculptures by fredric remingtion and charles m. russell, to collect,…

Arts & Culture
8
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
9
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
10
The South Carolina Historical Society

The schs mission is to expand, preserve, and make accessible our invaluable collection, and to encourage interest and pride in the rich history of our state.

Arts & Culture
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
American Civil War Museum Collection

The mission of the american civil war museum collection is to serve as the preeminent world center for the display, study, interpretation, commemoration, and preservation of the history and artifacts of the confederate states of america.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the Bible. 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

12 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. 12 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
4/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $431,000 · PhilanthropyThe Community Foundation of Gre…+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $100,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE BIBLECALVARY CHAPEL: $100,000 · OtherCALVARY CHAPELOPEN EYES INC: $50,000 · OtherOPEN EYES INCPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE AKA BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS: $50,000 · OtherPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COM…BIBLE IN SCHOOLS: $50,000 · OtherBIBLE IN SCHOOLSREVIVAL OUTSIDE THE WALLS: $30,000 · OtherREVIVAL OUTSIDE THE WALLSIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · Other+3 more: $12,500 · OtherCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $200,000 · EducationCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCH…PUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE: $150,000 · EducationPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY…ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA: $200,000 · Arts & CultureANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLU…COKER MUSEUM: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCOKER MUSEUM+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOPERATION HELO INC: $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFIFTY PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$441,000Other$412,500Education$350,000Arts & Culture$310,000Public Safety & Disaster$50,000Health$10,000Housing & Shelter$2,500Youth Development$1,000

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 budgetThe Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $431,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA: $200,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE: $150,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOKER MUSEUM: $100,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetOPERATION HELO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFIFTY PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 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 Maclellan Foundat…Chattanooga Christian…Hamico IncR Brad Martin Family …Robert L & Kathrina H…Weldon F Osborne Foun…The Community Foundat…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
The Maclellan Foundation IncTN15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Hamico Inc · R Brad Martin Family Foundation · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Coker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Coker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 21 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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