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Covenant Health

Covenant Health supports its member hospitals and other organizations (see Schedule A) serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

$377k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Itemized grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$314k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$61,948
Organizations funded a year
12 to 29
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$2.0B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Covenant Health funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalHealthEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving13$314k0%
FY202313$394k8%
FY202212$376k8%
FY202116$365k0%
FY202018$330k22%
FY201924$531k13%
FY201820$487k10%
FY201729$663kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.1MEducation$653kYouth Development$531kRecreation & Sports$410kCommunity Improvement$223kPublic Benefit$154kHuman Services$152kPublic Safety & Disaster$57kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Covenant Health by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc$524,14481%
Knox Education Foundation$400,00042%
Knoxville Track & Field Club Inc$361,94878%
The Change Center$250,000221%
Covenant Health Foundation$193,15083%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall$146,23550%
Honorair - Knoxville Inc$130,000716%
Innovation Valley Inc$120,00025%
The Great Schools Partnership Charitable Trust$100,00012%
Leadership Knoxville Inc$93,00062%
American Heart Association Inc$90,00060%
East Tennessee Economic Development Agency Inc$87,50034%
Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc$73,25051%
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation$70,00061%
St Marys Legacy Clinic Inc$70,0004n/a
Knoxville Medical Missions Foundation$65,000326%
Variety of Eastern Tennessee$60,00037%
Knoxville Area Urban League Incorporated$59,75051%
Region II Emergency Medical Service Directors Association$57,1507n/a
Pellissippi State Community College Foundation$50,00051%
Dogwood Arts Inc$45,00032%
Thompson Cancer Survival Ctr Foundation$44,27051%
Random Acts of Flowers$43,50065%
The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc$37,50046%
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation$36,61055%
Knoxville News-Sentinel Charities Inc The Empty Stocking Fund$28,90012%
Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc$27,60040%
City Shepherds$25,0003n/a
Emerald Youth Foundation$25,00020%
2022 Cmohs Convention - Knoxville$24,07612%
Williams Creek Youth Foundation$20,00021%
Great Smoky Mountain Council 557 Boy Scouts of America Trust$20,00020%
Junior Achievement of East Tenninc$20,00013%
Knoxville Symphony Society Incorporated$13,90020%
American Cancer Society Inc$12,50020%
Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus$10,0001n/a
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$8,00010%
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$8,00010%
The University of Tennessee$5,0001n/a
Great Smoky Mountains Institute Inc$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Covenant Health supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc: $524,144 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetKnox Education Foundation: $400,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetKnoxville Track & Field Club Inc: $361,948 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetThe Change Center: $250,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetCovenant Health Foundation: $193,150 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall: $146,235 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHonorair - Knoxville Inc: $130,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetInnovation Valley Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetThe Great Schools Partnership Charitable Trust: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLeadership Knoxville Inc: $93,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEast Tennessee Economic Development Agency Inc: $87,500 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc: $73,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetKnoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation: $70,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetKnoxville Medical Missions Foundation: $65,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetVariety of Eastern Tennessee: $60,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetKnoxville Area Urban League Incorporated: $59,750 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetPellissippi State Community College Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetDogwood Arts Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetThompson Cancer Survival Ctr Foundation: $44,270 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetRandom Acts of Flowers: $43,500 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetThe Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMorristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation: $36,610 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetKnoxville News-Sentinel Charities Inc The Empty Stocking Fund: $28,900 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetKnoxville Zoological Gardens Inc: $27,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEmerald Youth Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget2022 Cmohs Convention - Knoxville: $24,076 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWilliams Creek Youth Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGreat Smoky Mountain Council 557 Boy Scouts of America Trust: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of East Tenninc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetKnoxville Symphony Society Incorporated: $13,900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tennessee Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

East Tennessee FoundationTN21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Tennessee Foundation · University Health System Inc · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · Variety of Eastern Tennessee · Food City Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Covenant Health

How much does Covenant Health give?
Covenant Health reported 13 itemized grants totaling $313,948, out of $377,488 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Covenant Health fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (33%), Education (19%), Youth Development (15%).
Who are Covenant Health's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc ($524k), Knox Education Foundation ($400k), Knoxville Track & Field Club Inc ($362k).
Does Covenant Health fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Covenant Health?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Tennessee Foundation, University Health System Inc, Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
Where is Covenant Health based?
Covenant Health is based in TN.

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 40 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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