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East Tennessee Foundation

In 2024, the foundation held numerous charitable funds and granted 16,140,007 for a wide variety of charitable purposes.

$16M
Granted FY2024still arriving
298
Grants FY2024still arriving
25
States reached
$1.9M
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.

Education$52MHealth$23MYouth Development$16MPhilanthropy$13MAnimals$13MReligion$12MCrime & Legal$8.7MArts & Culture$6.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 298 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 298 grants below total $14,427,647, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,140,007 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,712,360 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 $10k66 grants · $490k
  • $10k–50k171 grants · $3.5M
  • $50k–250k51 grants · $5.0M
  • $250k+10 grants · $5.4M
$17,333
Median grant
25
States reached
$283M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NISWONGER FOUNDATION$1,900,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLE$555,522
THE UNIV OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE$446,585
KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$439,237
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC$437,000
SUNSHINE SERVICES$398,000
MORGAN COUNTY TRUSTEE$327,000
SCHWAB CHARITABLE$312,622
RMHC OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE INC$310,432
VANGUARD CHARITABLE$284,750
KNOXVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$243,394
EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION$228,000
EAST TN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC$198,250
Individual grant recipient$195,400
WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE$182,250
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 (FY17–24, $8.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OUR PLACE COMPANY: $40k → 10%TNVALLEY COALITION END HOMELESSNESS: $251k → 20%CHILDREN'S CENTER OF THE CUMBERLAND: $197k → 22%CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE NINTH: $48k → 10%LAKEWAY CASA: $35k → 15%KIDS 1ST CHILD ADV CTR 9TH JUD DIST: $35k → 10%CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE NINTH: $34k → 10%KIDS FIRST CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF: $34k → 10%TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG: $40k → 4%MONROE COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS AND F: $35k → 15%WEARS VALLEY RANCH: $251k → 12%WEARS VALLEY RANCH: $250k → 12%MOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM: $1.1M → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $145k → 12%CENTRO HISPANO: $38k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $162k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $153k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $141k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $125k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $91k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $62k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $47k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $42k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $201k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $170k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $88k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $81k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $65k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $51k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $36k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $564k → 12%SUNSHINE SERVICES: $398k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $329k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $202k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $150k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING: $122k → 12%YMCA OF EAST TENNESSEE: $92k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $92k → 12%YMCA OF EAST TENNESSEE: $89k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $79k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $78k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $78k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $75k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $74k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $68k → 12%COMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE: $60k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $50k → 12%CENTRO HISPANO: $36k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$153M · 420 repeat orgs$20M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

420 repeat relationships: 235 still active in FY2024, 185 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

420
295

Total granted

$153M
$18M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+20%

Still filing today

77%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M 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 ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureYouth 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

  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $11M · revenue +79%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.1M · revenue +56%
  • LP
    LAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • 4P
    4TH PURPOSE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $7.3M · revenue -91% · 85% of their budget
  • IE
    INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2.0M · revenue +130% · 66% of their budget
  • YEAR UP INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1.1M · revenue +1%
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
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
2
Volunteer East Tennessee

Volunteer East Tennessee inspires service by equipping organizations and mobilizing volunteers to connect with one another and strengthen communities.

—
3
Welcome House Knoxville

Our Mission at Welcome House Knoxville is to share the love of Jesus through the ministries of hospitality and friendship. We provide safe and loving homes for individuals and families in transition to permanent housing.

Housing & Shelter
4
The Child Advocacy Center of Anderson Co Tn

To combat severe physical and sexual abuse and resulting trauma by coordinating and providing services in a child friendly, safe and nurturing environment.

Human Services
5
Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition Inc

To advocate for people who are homless or near homeless, strategically planning for housing and services in the community, maximizing resources and collaboarating with community partners to implement housing and services within the…

Community Improvement
6
Tennessee Health Care Association

To maintain high standards for nursing homes in the state of tennessee and to seek the solutions to problems common to members of the association.

—
7
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
8
Southeast Tn Rc&D Council

Plan and develop resource conservation and development programs

Environment
9
Roane County Medical Center

Roane County 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
10
Tennessee Charitable Care Network

The mission of tccn is to support, educate, and represent non-profit organizations that provide charitable healthcare services to low-income, uninsured, and underserved tennesseans. tccn envisions a strong, compassionate healthcare safety…

Health
11
Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy

To promote, assist, and support the development, growth, and sustainability of child advocacy centers in their service to at-risk, abused, and neglected children and their families.

Human Services
12
Empower Tennessee

To promote independence for persons with disabilities and provide guidance, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of East Tennessee Inc; the most unlike its peers is Historic Middlebrook Preservation T. 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

558 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 558 of the 782 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.

43
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
179
Early backer (in before they grew)
536/558
Grantees still filing
401/558
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE: $31,434,263 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEECANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY EAST TENNESSEE INC: $3,127,286 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC: $2,839,822 · OtherLAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY: $5,232,604 · OtherLAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCYFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $3,109,745 · Other+102 more: $29,310,849 · Other+102 more4TH PURPOSE FOUNDATION: $7,303,840 · Philanthropy4TH PURPOSE F…VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $2,985,153 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHAR…THE CLAYTON FOUNDATION: $2,040,088 · PhilanthropyTHE CLAYTON F…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,846,712 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHIL…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $1,594,917 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY…Greene County United Way Inc: $967,569 · Philanthropy+9 more: $2,522,892 · Philanthropy+9 moreMARYVILLE COLLEGE: $4,129,213 · EducationMARYVILLE CO…NISWONGER FOUNDATION INC: $3,097,000 · EducationNISWONGER FO…INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $2,000,000 · EducationINNOVATIVE E…YEAR UP INC: $1,100,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $1,005,500 · EducationTHE GEORGE W…KNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $871,500 · EducationBLACKBERRY FARM FOUNDATION: $718,421 · Education+20 more: $5,165,814 · Education+20 moreUNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,636,697 · HealthUNIVERSITY …EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,455,616 · HealthEAST TENNES…Ronald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville TN Inc: $1,441,204 · HealthRonald McDo…+15 more: $2,711,827 · Health+15 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $6,070,950 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2,950,933 · Youth DevelopmentEMERALD Y…YOUNG LIFE: $2,361,403 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIF…BAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC: $580,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CHANGE CENTER: $486,133 · Youth Development+4 more: $728,838 · Youth Development+4 moreKNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC: $11,672,416 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INC: $622,586 · Animals+1 more: $130,200 · AnimalsSUNSHINE SERVICES: $1,735,537 · Human ServicesBoys and Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County: $1,641,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $1,169,463 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM: $1,109,877 · Human ServicesTHE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $557,900 · Human ServicesKNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $525,822 · Human ServicesWEARS VALLEY RANCH INC: $516,000 · Human ServicesSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $421,500 · Human Services+13 more: $2,402,951 · Human Services
Other$75,054,569Philanthropy$19,261,171Education$18,087,448Health$16,245,344Youth Development$13,178,257Animals$12,425,202Human Services$10,080,550

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetKNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC: $11,672,416 over 8y, 30% of budgetUNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,636,697 over 8y, 0.4% of budget4TH PURPOSE FOUNDATION: $7,303,840 over 1y, 85% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $6,070,950 over 8y, 13% of budgetLAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY: $5,232,604 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetMARYVILLE COLLEGE: $4,129,213 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY EAST TENNESSEE INC: $3,127,286 over 8y, 40% of budgetFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $3,109,745 over 8y, 54% of budgetNISWONGER FOUNDATION INC: $3,097,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $2,985,153 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2,950,933 over 8y, 13% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC: $2,839,822 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,361,403 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLAYTON FOUNDATION: $2,040,088 over 2y, 20% of budgetINNOVATIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $2,000,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,846,712 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE SERVICES: $1,735,537 over 8y, 20% of budgetKNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $1,676,037 over 8y, 18% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County: $1,641,500 over 6y, 51% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,455,616 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville TN Inc: $1,441,204 over 8y, 43% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $1,169,463 over 8y, 47% of budgetMOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM: $1,109,877 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $1,100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKNOXVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,077,791 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $1,005,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEast Tennessee Historical Society Inc: $985,900 over 7y, 24% of budgetGreene County United Way Inc: $967,569 over 8y, 21% of budgetKNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $871,500 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TRI-CITIES TN/VA INC: $724,140 over 8y, 88% of budgetBLACKBERRY FARM FOUNDATION: $718,421 over 1y, 85% of budgetTHE GREAT SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST: $692,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INC: $622,586 over 5y, 16% of budgetBAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC: $580,000 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING INC: $569,075 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetTHE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $557,900 over 8y, 22% of budgetTNACHIEVES: $557,000 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetKNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $525,822 over 7y, 12% of budgetWEARS VALLEY RANCH INC: $516,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetMaryville City Schools Foundation Inc: $511,441 over 8y, 40% of budgetTHE CHANGE CENTER: $486,133 over 7y, 37% of budgetKNOXVILLE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND ARBORETUM: $461,454 over 8y, 19% of budgetWEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $446,726 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetROTARY FOUNDATION OF KNOXVILLE: $444,801 over 8y, 47% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TENNINC: $424,084 over 6y, 24% of budgetSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $421,500 over 7y, 19% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $409,501 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetKING UNIVERSITY: $400,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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 KNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds 4TH PURPOSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL ↗
  • Who funds LAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MARYVILLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY EAST TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK ↗
  • Who funds NISWONGER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds THE CLAYTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds SUNSHINE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville TN Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds KNOXVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds East Tennessee Historical Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds Greene County United Way Inc ↗
  • Who funds KNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TRI-CITIES TN/VA INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACKBERRY FARM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GREAT SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY 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.

United Way of Greater…Haslam Family Foundat…Trinity Health Founda…Stowers Machinery Fou…Bill and Crissy Hasla…Thompson Charitable F…Lawson Family Foundat…The Clayton Homes Fou…Variety of Eastern Te…Akima Club IncThe Boyd FoundationY12 Fcu Gives Foundat…
United Way of Greater KnoxvilleincTN124.4× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · Thompson Charitable Foundation · Lawson Family Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Variety of Eastern Tennessee · Akima Club Inc · The Boyd Foundation · Y12 Fcu Gives 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 East Tennessee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from East Tennessee Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Root Ns Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Northeast Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
79report 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 782 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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