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Evins 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
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 2025.

Education$296kPhilanthropy$145kEnvironment$21kHealth$13kCrime & Legal$9kReligion$189
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$112k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RUN4WATER$2,500
BEYOND THE HORIZON CORPORATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%BEYOND THE HORIZON CORPORATION: $5k → 4%BEYOND THE HORIZON CORPORATION: $3k → 4%BEYOND THE HORIZON CORPORATION: $3k → 4%BEYOND THE HORIZON CORPORATION: $3k → 4%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$337k · 6 repeat orgs$1k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
2

Total granted

$337k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+112%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionEnvironmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • R
    RUN4WATER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $21k · revenue +100%
  • BT
    BEYOND THE HORIZON CORPORATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $13k · revenue +70%
  • WC
    WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $7k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • WC
    WILLIAMSON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -7%
  • LO
    LOVE ONE ANOTHER EMBASSY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $189 · revenue +112%
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
Williamson County Casa Inc

The organization advocates for abused or neglected children. they make recommendations to the court on permament living arrangements andcommunicating with the child ensuring that their interests are being met.

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2
Holston Home for Children Inc

Holston home for children provides hope and healing for a brighter future by sharing the love of jesus with children and families struggling with life's challenges. to fulfill our mission, we work to build meaningful, trusting…

Human Services
3
The Victor S Johnson Iii Nashville Children's Alliance Inc

The mission of the nashville children's alliance is healing and justice for children who have been abused or exposed to violence.

Crime & Legal
4
Casa of the Tennessee Valley

The mission of the organization is to provide a powerful voice for abused and neglected children by advocating for each child, within the court's jurisdiction, in order to ensure safety, permancy and an opportunity to thrive.

Human Services
5
Casa of Northeast Tennessee

Advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Crime & Legal
6
Cj Wilson's Children's Charities
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7
Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center Inc

To provide a safe place to report child abuse, reduce the emotional trauma for children and non-offending family members, and extend professional services to protect the intergrity of an investigation.

Crime & Legal
8
Tennessee Court Appointed Special Advocate Assoc

To support, develop, expand, and unite local casa programs in recruiting and training volunteers to advocate for tennessees children who have been abused and neglected.

Civil Rights
9
Crossroads Christian Academy Attn Lee Guetterman

Crossroads Christian Academy partners with parents to provide a Christ-Centered, college preparatory education where students are allowed to further develop their God-given talents and virtues and become college-worthy character witnesses…

Education
10
The Westhaven Foundation Inc

The westhaven foundation was designed to nurture a strong sense of community spirit while enhancing the quality of life of westhaven families and the surrounding community. dedicated to providing quality experiences where neighbors can…

Arts & Culture
11
Casa of Williamson County Texas

CASA of Williamson County, TX exists to empower community volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect to find loving, safe, and permanent homes.

Crime & Legal
12
Christian Fellowship of Nashville

We partner with Hands in Service, a non-governmental Christian non-profit organization in Uganda, East Africa that operates vocational training programs for young people in welding, mechanics, sustainable agriculture and agro-forestry. We…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Williamson County Child Advocacy Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is RUN4WATER. 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

8 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. 8 of the 9 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

POPE JOHN PAUL II HIGH SCHOOL: $290,513 · OtherPOPE JOHN PAUL II HIGH SCHOOL+1 more: $4,500 · OtherRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $144,534 · PhilanthropyRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMEN…RUN4WATER: $21,000 · EnvironmentBEYOND THE HORIZON CORPORATION: $12,500 · Human ServicesWILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $6,900 · Crime & LegalWILSON COUNTY CASA: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterWILLIAMSON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationLOVE ONE ANOTHER EMBASSY INC: $189 · Religion
Other$295,013Philanthropy$144,534Environment$21,000Human Services$12,500Crime & Legal$6,900Housing & Shelter$2,000Education$1,000Religion$189

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 budgetRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $144,534 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRUN4WATER: $21,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetBEYOND THE HORIZON CORPORATION: $12,500 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetWILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $6,900 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHEIGHTS NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $4,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetWILSON COUNTY CASA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWILLIAMSON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOVE ONE ANOTHER EMBASSY INC: $189 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 Community Foundat…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · 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 Evins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Evins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 9 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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