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Food City Charitable Foundation

Provide local non profit organizations throughout our region with the additional funds needed to decrease their short falls.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
67
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$106k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Health$1.3MHuman Services$1.1MArts & Culture$972kYouth Development$636kPhilanthropy$589kEducation$524kFood & Nutrition$438kRecreation & Sports$393kOther$0
02FY2025 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 67 grants below total $1,469,201, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,747,035 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $277,834 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $91k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $906k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $472k
$15,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC$105,500
SPEEDWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES$61,000
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC$55,000
FRONTIER HEALTH$50,000
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM OF M$50,000
VIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC$50,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEA$50,000
THE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT$50,000
FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL$47,000
MOUNTAIN HOPE GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC$45,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE$40,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATIO$35,000
BARTER FOUNDATION INC$35,000
BALLAD HEALTH FOUNDATION$33,500
LEGACY PARKS FOUNDATION$33,334
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 (FY17–25, $407k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $10k → 18%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 14%BUCKHORN CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $8k → 27%THE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC: $7k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS & ITS C: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 21%YMCA BRISTOL: $15k → 15%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION O: $15k → 15%YMCA OF EAST TENNESSEE: $5k → 12%YMCA BRISTOL: $15k → 15%ABUSE ALTERNATIVES: $13k → 15%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $8k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $8k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $8k → 14%YWCA OF BRISTOL: $5k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 15%KNOX HAVEN: $10k → 12%THE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT: $50k → 12%KNOXVILE NEWS SENTINEL CHARITY: $30k → 12%THE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT: $50k → 12%THE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT: $50k → 12%THE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT: $50k → 12%THE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT: $20k → 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

IL
NY
IA
PA
KY
VA
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 91% of Food City Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 30% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 4%.

Food City Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.8M · 75 repeat orgs$940k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

75 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

75
37

Total granted

$5.8M
$591k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
0%

Still filing today

88%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $349k 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
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MM
    MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $885k · revenue +4%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $305k · revenue +56%
  • TH
    THE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT
    5× · 2021–2025 · $220k · revenue +89% · 63% of their budget

Funded once

  • EA
    ENHANCE ABINGDON FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • 2C
    2022 CMOHS CONVENTION - KNOXVILLE
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • MS
    MOUNTAIN STATES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
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 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.

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2
United Way of South Central Tennessee

The united way of south central tennessee's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.

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3
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The organizations mission is to promote and maintain a business climate favorable to businesses in tennessee.

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4
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
5
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
6
East Tennessee Public Communications Corporation

Operation of public tv station.

Arts & Culture
7
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to promote and support the development of strong businesses and a vibrant economy in the northern kentucky region, through leadership and advocacy, resulting in a better quality of life for all.

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10
Williamson County Chamber of Commerce

Williamson county chamber of commerce is organized to promote and perpetuate the business and commercial interests and activities in williamson county, tennessee and to support chamber members through programs and services.

Community Improvement
11
The Chamber of Commerce

To promote business, enhance economic and community development, and serve as a catalyst for improving the overall quality of life in the community and region.

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12
The Governor's Foundation for Health and Wellness F/K/a Tn Health & Wellness Fnd

The mission of the governor's foundation for health and wellness is to encourage and enable more tennesseans to lead healthier lives.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Tennessee Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Napoleon Hill Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

116 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. 116 of the 130 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)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
112/116
Grantees still filing
73/116
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC: $884,600 · EducationMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL …UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $169,464 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOG…EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $121,000 · EducationEAST TENNESSEE STATE UNI…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS: $92,500 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS O…+12 more: $196,416 · Education+12 moreBARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA: $185,000 · OtherBARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEATR…THE SALVATION ARMY: $132,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYREACH THEM TO TEACH THEM: $107,500 · OtherENHANCE ABINGDON FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · OtherCHATTANOOGA UNITE: $97,000 · OtherCHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE INC: $80,000 · OtherFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $171,000 · OtherFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIASECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $110,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL INC: $102,000 · OtherAPPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC: $90,000 · Other+43 more: $927,001 · Other+43 moreSPEEDWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES: $208,600 · PhilanthropySPEEDWAY CHILDRE…EO COMPANIES: $125,950 · PhilanthropyEO COMPANIESUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SO…FMI FOUNDATION: $110,000 · PhilanthropyFMI FOUNDATIONFRONTIER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $92,500 · PhilanthropyFRONTIER HEALTH …CHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $90,000 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA CHAM…UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $80,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GR…UNITED WAY OF THE OCOEE REGION: $45,000 · PhilanthropyEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyPAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION: $34,600 · Philanthropy+3 more: $42,500 · PhilanthropyBALLAD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $173,481 · HealthBALLAD HEALTH …MOUNTAIN HOPE GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC INC: $137,155 · HealthMOUNTAIN HOPE …American Heart Association Inc: $125,000 · HealthAmerican Heart…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $116,500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCE…UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $55,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY HEA…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DI…FRONTIER HEALTH: $50,000 · HealthFRONTIER HEALT…HEALING HANDS HEALTH CENTER INC: $33,333 · HealthHELEN ROSS MCNABB CENTER INC: $32,000 · HealthEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $31,200 · Health+4 more: $66,250 · Health+4 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $305,250 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $83,000 · Youth DevelopmentEMERALD YO…Boy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah: $63,500 · Youth DevelopmentBoy Scouts…The Coalition for Kids Inc: $57,500 · Youth DevelopmentThe Coalit…GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST: $54,000 · Youth DevelopmentGREAT SMOK…+4 more: $46,000 · Youth Development+4 moreTHE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT: $220,000 · Human ServicesISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $45,000 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Association: $45,000 · Human ServicesNORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $32,500 · Human ServicesKnoxville News-Sentinel Charities Inc The Empty Stocking Fund: $30,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $22,000 · Human Services+6 more: $47,000 · Human ServicesTHE BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER: $70,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWILLIAM KING MUSEUM OF ART: $48,500 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $41,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVE CHATTANOOGA INC FORMERLY CORNERSTONES INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMILLWALD THEATRE INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA HIGHLANDS FESTIVAL INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureDOGWOOD ARTS INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LINCOLN THEATRE INC: $17,100 · Arts & CultureBIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $18,334 · Arts & Culture
Education$1,463,980Other$2,102,001Philanthropy$984,150Health$869,919Youth Development$609,250Human Services$441,500Arts & Culture$367,434

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 budgetMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC: $884,600 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $305,250 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT: $220,000 over 5y, 63% of budgetSPEEDWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES: $208,600 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetBARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA: $185,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBALLAD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $173,481 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $171,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $169,464 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOPE GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC INC: $137,155 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetEO COMPANIES: $125,950 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $125,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $121,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $116,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $115,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetFMI FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $110,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL INC: $102,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetFRONTIER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $92,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS: $92,500 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAPPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC: $90,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $83,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE INC: $80,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER: $70,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah: $63,500 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetThe Coalition for Kids Inc: $57,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST: $54,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budget2022 CMOHS CONVENTION - KNOXVILLE: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRONTIER HEALTH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWILLIAM KING MUSEUM OF ART: $48,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE OCOEE REGION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $41,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARAMOUNT FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetKNOX HERITAGE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $40,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetPRESERVE CHATTANOOGA INC FORMERLY CORNERSTONES INC: $40,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetMOUNTAIN STATES FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION: $34,600 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetKingsport Chamber Foundation Inc: $32,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC: $32,500 over 5y, 0.1% 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 MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL ↗
  • Who funds THE HAPPY SHOES PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SPEEDWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds BARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds BALLAD HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN HOPE GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds EO COMPANIES ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds FMI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRONTIER HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA ↗
  • Who funds THE BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Boy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah ↗
  • Who funds The Coalition for Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST ↗
  • Who funds 2022 CMOHS CONVENTION - KNOXVILLE ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRONTIER HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM KING MUSEUM OF ART ↗

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.

Tennessee Health Foun…Wellmont Health SystemHaslam Family Foundat…Mountain States Healt…Eastman Credit UnionStowers Machinery Fou…East Tennessee Founda…The United Company Fo…The James W and Franc…The Community Foundat…Hamico IncBenwood Foundation Inc
Tennessee Health Foundation IncTN54.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tennessee Health Foundation Inc · Wellmont Health System · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Mountain States Health Alliance · Eastman Credit Union · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · East Tennessee Foundation · The United Company Foundation · The James W and Frances Gibson McGlothlin Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · Hamico Inc · Benwood 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 Food City Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Food City Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    39report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Food City Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Food City Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 130 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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