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Community Foundation of Cleveland and Bradley County

To facilitate ethical stewardship of philanthropic resources by helping connect those resources with the needs of cleveland and bradley county.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$765k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.3MCommunity Improvement$1.1MHuman Services$1.1MPhilanthropy$1.0MHousing & Shelter$464kReligion$386kYouth Development$338kHealth$278kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 49 grants below total $2,255,590, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,577,564 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $321,974 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 $10k10 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $584k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $831k
  • $250k+1 grant · $765k
$15,750
Median grant
11
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TN AT CHATTANOOGA$765,000
CITY FIELDS$175,176
TROUSDALE SCHOOL$124,000
THE CARING PLACE$90,746
BUFFALO BILL CENTER OF THE WEST$75,624
CLEVELAND FAMILY YMCA$70,500
BROAD STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$65,500
BRADLEY CLEVELAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$60,500
WOODSONG FOREST SCHOOL$60,000
CLEVELAND EMERGENCY SHELTER$57,456
WESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH$51,067
CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$45,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$44,025
UNITED WAY OF OCOEE REGION$42,500
ST MARY'S SCHOOL$40,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTHEAST DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $616k → 14%HOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN: $9k → 17%MONGOLIAN ASIA REACH: $75k → 9%HOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN: $7k → 17%MONGOLIAN ASIA REACH: $25k → 9%TROUSDALE SCHOOL: $124k → 13%TROUSDALE SCHOOL: $72k → 13%TROUSDALE SCHOOL: $70k → 13%THE CARING PLACE: $114k → 13%THE CARING PLACE: $103k → 13%THE CARING PLACE: $91k → 13%THE CARING PLACE: $65k → 13%THE CARING PLACE: $44k → 13%FOUNDATION HOUSE MINISTRIES: $13k → 13%RED CROSS: $10k → 13%THE CARING PLACE: $8k → 13%FOUNDATION HOUSE MINISTRIES: $7k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
WY
PA
CO
MO
KY
VA
TN
NC
OK
AL
GA
FL
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 60 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

60 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
33

Total granted

$7.1M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+16%

Still filing today

40%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CF
    CITY FIELDS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $465k · revenue +94%
  • TC
    THE CARING PLACE
    6× · 2018–2024 · $424k · revenue +251%
  • TT
    The Trousdale School
    3× · 2022–2024 · $266k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • SD
    SOUTHEAST DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $616k · revenue -98% · 100% of their budget
  • CC
    CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • CO
    CITY OF CLEVELAND
    one grant, 2021 · $81k
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
Feed the Hunger Inc

Feeding the spiritual and physical hunger, especially in at-risk children.

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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
Childrens House International

Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.

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4
Methodist Children's Home

Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.

Human Services
5
Child Hope International

We minister to orphans and widows in their distress by transitioning children from orphanages into loving families. We do this through Christ- centered care, training and social work.

Arts & Culture
6
Family Promise of Greater Chattanooga Inc

Family promise of greater chattanooga's mission is to provide help for homeless families with children be housed and self-sufficient.

Human Services
7
Habitat for Humanity of Okaloosa County Inc

Okaloosa habitat for humanity is a non-profit, christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in okaloosa county. we provide opportunites for the community to show god's love in action. through partnership with people…

Housing & Shelter
8
Lutheran Properties Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of child abuse by empowering children, families and communities.

Housing & Shelter
9
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
10
UrbanPromise Charlotte

Provide Charlotte's low-income children and youth with the academic, spiritual, and social development necessary to become Christian leaders determined to restore their communities.

Youth Development
11
Childcare Worldwide

Childcare Worldwide (CW) transforms children's lives by exposing them to the gospel of Jesus Christ, providing for their physical needs, and sponsoring their education. We connect sponsors with children through Christ-based life centers.…

International
12
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga Area Inc

Habitat for humanity of greater chattanooga (hfh-gc) brings together businesses, churches, and other community organizations in partnership with low income families to spark authentic transformation in our city through the construction of…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Caring Place; the most unlike its peers is Southeast Development Foundation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 108 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRADLEY COUNTY SCHOOLS: $1,815,000 · OtherBRADLEY COUNTY SCHOOLSUNIVERSITY OF TN AT CHATTANOOGA: $765,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TN AT CHATTANOOGAHabitat for Humanity: $317,989 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $222,250 · Other+84 more: $3,484,472 · Other+84 moreSOUTHEAST DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $616,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHEAST DEVELOP…THE CARING PLACE: $424,442 · Human ServicesTHE CARING PLACEThe Trousdale School: $266,000 · Human ServicesThe Trousdale Sch…MONGOLIAN ASIA REACHINC: $100,000 · Human ServicesMONGOLIAN ASIA RE…+3 more: $46,000 · Human ServicesCITY FIELDS: $464,709 · Community ImprovementUNITED WAY OF THE OCOEE REGION: $370,950 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OCOEE REGION: $106,400 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $46,000 · InternationalLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $22,500 · InternationalTHE ST LUKE FOUNDATION FOR HAITI: $20,000 · InternationalFavor International Inc: $10,000 · InternationalCLEVELAND EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $102,456 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF BRADLEY COUNTY: $36,488 · Housing & ShelterLydia's House Inc: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterKARIS COMMUNITY HEALTH: $133,500 · HealthCareEQUIP: $7,500 · Health
Other$6,604,711Human Services$1,452,442Community Improvement$464,709Philanthropy$380,950International$204,900Housing & Shelter$158,944Health$141,000

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 budgetSOUTHEAST DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $616,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetCITY FIELDS: $464,709 over 6y, 18% of budgetTHE CARING PLACE: $424,442 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE OCOEE REGION: $370,950 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $317,989 over 6y, 93% of budgetThe Trousdale School: $266,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetKARIS COMMUNITY HEALTH: $133,500 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OCOEE REGION: $106,400 over 6y, 19% of budgetCLEVELAND EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $102,456 over 4y, 32% of budgetHIGHER CALLING WRESTLING CLUB INC: $100,265 over 4y, 46% of budgetMONGOLIAN ASIA REACHINC: $100,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetBRADLEY CLEVELAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $69,700 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $46,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE OCOEE REGION: $42,199 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFamily Cornerstones Inc: $40,350 over 3y, 15% of budgetLEE UNIVERSITY: $39,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF BRADLEY COUNTY: $36,488 over 3y, 5.3% of budget100 Black Men of Bradley County Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $28,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLydia's House Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ST LUKE FOUNDATION FOR HAITI: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOUNDATION HOUSE MINISTRIES: $19,900 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetHOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $16,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFavor International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE 2 FLY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCASA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSHORTER UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCareEQUIP: $7,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $6,799 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.

  • Who funds SOUTHEAST DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY FIELDS ↗
  • Who funds THE CARING PLACE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE OCOEE REGION ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds The Trousdale School ↗
  • Who funds KARIS COMMUNITY HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OCOEE REGION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND EMERGENCY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGHER CALLING WRESTLING CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds MONGOLIAN ASIA REACHINC ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY CLEVELAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗

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.

George R Johnson Fami…Tucker FoundationThe McReynolds Family…United Way of the Oco…Fitzgerald Family Fou…CS Foundation IncAllan Jones FoundationThe Bob & Susan Card …Sharpe Family Foundat…Athens Federal Founda…Chattanooga Christian…Publix Super Markets …
George R Johnson Family FoundationTN34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George R Johnson Family Foundation · Tucker Foundation · The McReynolds Family Foundation · United Way of the Ocoee Region · Fitzgerald Family Foundation · CS Foundation Inc · Allan Jones Foundation · The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation · Sharpe Family Foundation Inc · Athens Federal Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities 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 Community Foundation of Cleveland and Bradley County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Cleveland and Bradley County. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    17report 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 108 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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