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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 FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$62k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $313,948, the rows itemized in this filing. The $377,488 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $63,540 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 $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $116k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $174k
$12,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Knoxville Track & Field Club$61,948
United Way of Greater Knoxville Inc$60,000
Covenant Health Foundation$52,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley$36,500
Honor Air Knoxville$20,000
Leadership Knoxville$16,000
Emerald Youth Foundation$12,500
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Alliance$11,000
American Heart Association$10,000
Pellissippi State Community College Foundation$10,000
Knoxville Area Urban League$8,750
Region II Emergency Medical Services Directors Association$8,250
Random Acts of Flowers$7,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $154k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Knoxville Medical Missions Foundation: $30k → 12%Knoxville Medical Mission Foundation: $20k → 12%Knoxville Medical Missions Foundation: $15k → 12%Knoxville News Sentinel Charities: $29k → 12%Knoxville Area Urban League: $20k → 12%Knoxville Area Urban League: $12k → 12%Knoxville Area Urban League: $12k → 12%Knoxville Area Urban League: $9k → 12%Knoxville Area Urban League: $7k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 31 repeat orgs$209k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
9

Total granted

$3.3M
$209k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+47%

Still filing today

90%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthYouth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsArts & 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

  • KE
    KNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $400k · revenue +95%
  • KT
    KNOXVILLE TRACK & FIELD CLUB INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $362k · revenue +41%
  • CH
    Covenant Health Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $193k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GREAT SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -16%
  • KN
    Knoxville News-Sentinel Charities Inc The Empty Stocking Fund
    one grant, 2017 · $29k · revenue -84%
  • 2C
    2022 CMOHS CONVENTION - KNOXVILLE
    one grant, 2022 · $24k
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
Knoxville Academy of Medicine

The academy serves as the local medica society for physicians of knox county and surrounding counties in east tennessee. its purpose is to afford a medium for free discussion and exchange of ideas among physicians.

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2
The Knox County Chamber of Commerce

The Knox County Chamber of Commerce is a private business organization and serves as a vehicle through which the business and professional community are organized to work together to define and solve community and economic development…

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3
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
4
Knoxville Entrepreneur Center

Knoxville entrepreneur center was formed for educational and charitable purpose to provide resources and assist entrepreneurs and small business owners in knoxville, tennessee and the surrounding community to transform their business…

Education
5
Knoxville Museum of Art

The purpose of the knoxville museum of art is to support and promote public interest, awareness, knowledge and education in the visual arts in east tennessee . to this end, the corporation shall, among other things, develop permanent…

Arts & Culture
6
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Foundation

To secure philanthrophic support from individuals, businesses, and organizations for the advancement of exceptional health care at knoxville hospital & clinics through advocacy, fundraising, and stewardship of contributions.

Health
7
Thompson Cancer Survival Center

Thompson Cancer Survival Center provides support services for cancer patients, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to…

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8
Knoxville Panther Scholarship Found

Knoxville panther scholarship foundation was created to provide a means for the knoxville community to provide academic support and financial aid to students of the community to further their education.

Education
9
Knoxville Symphony Foundation

To receive and manage endowment funds for the benefit of the knoxville symphony society, incorporated; a tennessee non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

Arts & Culture
10
Knox Housing Partnership Inc

To provide affordable housing to low and moderate income persons in east tennessee through first-time homebuyer education; assist with mortgage loans, downpayments, and closing costs; build new single family housing; develop multi-family…

Housing & Shelter
11
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
12
Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum

Knoxville botanical gardens and arboretum provides and maintains gardens for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Knoxville Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. 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

35 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. 35 of the 40 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
20/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC: $524,144 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINCTHE GREAT SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST: $100,000 · OtherTHE GREAT SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $73,250 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INCKNOXVILLE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherKNOXVILLE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE FOUNDATIONST MARYS LEGACY CLINIC INC: $70,000 · OtherST MARYS LEGACY CLINIC INCREGION II EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION: $57,150 · OtherINNOVATION VALLEY INC: $120,000 · OtherINNOVATION VALLEY INCDOGWOOD ARTS INC: $45,000 · Other+9 more: $168,076 · Other+9 moreKNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $400,000 · EducationKNOX EDUCATION FOUND…LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC: $93,000 · EducationLEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE…EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC: $87,500 · EducationEAST TENNESSEE ECONO…PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationPELLISSIPPI STATE CO…+1 more: $8,000 · EducationTHE CHANGE CENTER: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CHANGE CENTE…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $146,235 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLU…VARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentVARIETY OF EASTE…EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentCovenant Health Foundation: $193,150 · HealthCovenant Healt…American Heart Association Inc: $90,000 · HealthAmerican Heart…Thompson Cancer Survival Ctr Foundation: $44,270 · HealthThompson Cance…Random Acts of Flowers: $43,500 · HealthRandom Acts of…Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation: $36,610 · HealthMorristown-Ham…+2 more: $20,500 · HealthKNOXVILLE TRACK & FIELD CLUB INC: $361,948 · Recreation & SportsKNOXVILLE TR…WILLIAMS CREEK YOUTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsKNOXVILLE MEDICAL MISSIONS FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Human ServicesKNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $59,750 · Human ServicesKnoxville News-Sentinel Charities Inc The Empty Stocking Fund: $28,900 · Human ServicesHONORAIR - KNOXVILLE INC: $130,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,227,620Education$638,500Youth Development$501,235Health$428,030Recreation & Sports$381,948Human Services$153,650Public Benefit$130,000

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 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
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.

East Tennessee Founda…University Health Sys…Stowers Machinery Fou…Variety of Eastern Te…Food City Charitable …United Way of Greater…Haslam Family Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Covenant Health funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Covenant Health. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 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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