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Frank P Pierce Foundation Inc at a glance

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Frank P Pierce Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$333k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.8MPhilanthropy$2.1MEducation$1.2MHuman Services$440kYouth Development$325kArts & Culture$205kFood & Nutrition$120kCrime & Legal$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $191k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $499k
  • $250k+1 grant · $333k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$333,333
CHEROKEE REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM$138,600
CHARLES H COOLIDGE MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER$100,000
THE GENEROSITY TRUST (DBA NAME OF THE CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOU$85,000
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC$75,000
LIFT YOUTH CENTER INC$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC$50,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC$25,000
CHATTANOOGA OUTREACH INC DBA UNION GOSPEL MISSION$25,000
RESTORE 634 INC$25,000
CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT MT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT$25,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$25,000
WHITFIELD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$10,500
FRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%RESTORE 634 INC: $25k → 15%RESTORE 634 INC: $25k → 15%CATOOSA COUNTY STOCKING FULL OF LOVE INC: $5k → 11%RESTORE 634: $25k → 15%RESTORE 634 INC: $15k → 15%RESTORE 634: $10k → 15%FRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $10k → 12%FRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $10k → 12%FRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $10k → 12%FRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $10k → 12%FRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $10k → 12%FRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $10k → 12%FRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $5k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 27% of Frank P Pierce Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Frank P Pierce Foundation Inclessmore 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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 16 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
13

Total granted

$3.1M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+39%

Still filing today

75%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementYouth 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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $667k · revenue +16%
  • LY
    LIFT YOUTH CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $275k · revenue +95%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +372%

Funded once

  • MH
    MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue +8%
  • CC
    CHICKAMAUGA CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM
    one grant, 2018 · $464k
  • YN
    YMCA NORTH GEORGIA CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
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
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
2
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc

Together with our community and partners, we transform generosity into lasting change towards a prosperous and just chattanooga where all can thrive and achieve their full potential.

Philanthropy
3
Chattanooga Christian School Inc

To prepare students to lead and serve with distinction while representing christ and his kingdom in all areas of home, church, society and culture.

Education
4
Chattahoochee Hospice Inc

The organization pledges to provide quality programs, service, and technology to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families, and to educate the community about end of life issues.

Human Services
5
Chattanooga Cancer Support Services

Chattanooga cancer support services has been serving our community for over 80 years. we are dedicated to making a difference in cancer care for underserved adults and their families by offering an integrated approach to programs that…

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6
Chattanooga State Community College Foundation

To benefit and carry out the educational purposes of chattanooga state community college.

Education
7
United Way of Greater Chattanooga

Uniting people and resources in building a stronger, healthier community

Philanthropy
8
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
9
Chattanooga Technology Council Inc

Our mission is to connect chattanooga's technology sector to drive regional economic growth.

Community Improvement
10
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc

The community foundation of the chattahoochee valley enables and promotes philanthropy that inspires, facilitates and fosters a vibrant and engaged chattahoochee valley.

Philanthropy
11
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise

Mission: to create economically diverse neighborhoods filled with financially empowered citizens and housing for all.vision: all chattanoogans can afford a safe place in a strong neighborhood to call home. belief: we believe the future of…

Housing & Shelter
12
Chattanooga Rescue Mission

To show the love of christ to the needy in our area by providing their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Whitfield Healthcare Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Restore 6-34 Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 38 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ERLANGER FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 · OtherERLANGER FOUNDATIONMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC: $1,000,000 · OtherMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INCCHICKAMAUGA CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $463,528 · OtherCHICKAMAUGA CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMCHEROKEE REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM: $298,350 · OtherCHEROKEE REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEMYMCA NORTH GEORGIA CAMPAIGN: $200,000 · Other+19 more: $714,540 · Other+19 moreCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,971,000 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNIT…+1 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican Heart Association Inc: $666,666 · HealthAmerican H…WHITFIELD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $6,500 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationCHATTANOOGA OUTREACH: $50,000 · EducationGORDON LEE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · EducationLIFT YOUTH CENTER INC: $275,000 · Youth DevelopmentRestore 6-34 Inc: $100,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $65,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $115,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,776,418Philanthropy$1,996,000Health$698,166Education$315,000Youth Development$275,000Human Services$170,000Food & Nutrition$115,000

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 budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,971,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetERLANGER FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $666,666 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFT YOUTH CENTER INC: $275,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $115,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Sixth Cavalry Museum: $105,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetRestore 6-34 Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetCHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: $65,000 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT: $50,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCHATTANOOGA OUTREACH: $50,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetGORDON LEE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR FAMILIES CHILDREN AND ADULTS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITFIELD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA NORTHWESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTANOOGA HAMILTON COUNTY RESCUE SERVICE INC: $6,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCATOOSA COUNTY STOCKING FULL OF LOVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% 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.

Chattanooga Christian…Benwood Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…The Daniel Ashley and…Kennedy Foundation IncNorth Georgia Electri…Hamico IncRobert L & Kathrina H…Weldon F Osborne Foun…Lyndhurst Foundation …Robert F Stone Founda…
Chattanooga Christian Community FoundationTN29.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Benwood Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Daniel Ashley and Irene Houston Jewell Memorial Foundation · Kennedy Foundation Inc · North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation · Hamico Inc · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone 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 Frank P Pierce Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank P Pierce Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 38 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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