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Frizzell Foundation

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.

$70k
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$104kReligion$85kRecreation & Sports$43kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$4kArts & Culture$3kHousing & Shelter$3kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
$500
Median grant
13
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KING UNIVERSITY$25,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$17,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$11,000
MIDDLE EAST GOSPEL OUTREACH$2,000
UNITED WAY$1,000
JOHN ANKERBERG SHOW$1,000
HUMAN COALITION$1,000
WINGFIELD MINISTRIES$1,000
BROTHERS FOR CHRIST COMMUNITY RESPONSE$1,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$750
Appalachian Educational Communication Corp$750
ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE$500
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$500
BRISTOL TRAIN STATION FOUNDATION$500
HAVEN OF REST RESCUE MISSION$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 7%HUMAN COALITION: $1k → 5%BROTHERS FOR CHRIST COMMUNITY RESPONSE: $1k → 21%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

MN
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$262k · 33 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
3

Total granted

$262k
$300

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+34%

Still filing today

58%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $41k · revenue +54%
  • WM
    WINGFIELD MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $5k · revenue +29%
  • BF
    Brothers for Christ Community Response
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • LE
    Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100 · revenue +31%
  • OD
    OPEN DOORS USA
    one grant, 2022 · $100
  • CA
    CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100 · revenue +34%
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
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
2
Tri-State Christian Academy Inc

Our desire is to provide balanced, biblical direction to the child as a support to the home and to train each student to be self-disciplined and biblically directed in their walk with god and their fellow man. it is also our desire to meet…

Education
3
Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary

Trinity equips men and women with a christian world view of leadership and service in life, work and minsitry through distance education that encourages professional and academic excellence.

Education
4
Kentucky Mountain Bible College Inc

To educate and prepare students for biblical gospel ministry as educators, pastors, and foreign missionaries.

Education
5
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
6
Berkshire Christian College

To provide for advent christian education through certificate programs and partnerships with gorden-conwell theological seminary and eastern university.

Education
7
Alaska Bible College

In accordance with the mandate of matthew 28:19-20 and 2 timothy 2:2, alaska bible college seeks to train servants who lead with christlike character by 1.) nurturing students in bible-based, academic programs that solidify their christian…

Education
8
Appalachian Bible College Inc

Serving the chrisitan community in the strengthening of local churches, promoting responsible christian character and maturity through educational programs, and preparing graduates for vocational and volunteer church-related service.

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9
Carson-Newman University

Mission of challenge, nurture, community: carson-newman college offers a christian, liberal arts education in an environment that encourages open intellectual inquiry and deeper spiritual maturity. students receive a personalized education…

Education
10
Champion Christian College Inc

To develop christ-centered servant leaders through a challenging academic environment in order to impact the world for the kingdom of god.

Education
11
The King's College

Christian college preparing students for principled leadership around the world.

Education
12
Geneva College

Geneva college is a christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to god and neighbor.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bristol Community Prayer Breakfast. 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

29 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. 29 of the 45 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KING UNIVERSITY: $94,000 · EducationKING UNIVERSITY+5 more: $8,700 · Education+5 moreFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $65,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHJOHN ANKERBERG SHOW: $9,000 · OtherJOHN ANKERBERG SHOWMIDDLE EAST GOSPEL OUTREACH: $8,000 · OtherMIDDLE EAST GOSPEL OUTREACHUNITED WAY: $4,000 · Other+21 more: $16,050 · Other+21 moreFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $41,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHR…+1 more: $800 · Youth DevelopmentAPPALACHIAN EDUCATIONAL COMM CORP: $2,750 · Arts & CultureMOUNTAIN HERITAGE INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureThe Bristol Trainstation Foundation: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC INC: $800 · Arts & CultureWINGFIELD MINISTRIES INC: $4,500 · ReligionTheology Matters Inc: $800 · ReligionBRISTOL COMMUNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST: $500 · ReligionBrothers for Christ Community Response: $4,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN COALITION: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesHAVEN OF REST RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$102,700Other$102,050Youth Development$41,800Arts & Culture$6,050Religion$5,800Human Services$5,600Housing & Shelter$2,000

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 budgetKING UNIVERSITY: $94,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $41,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWINGFIELD MINISTRIES INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBrothers for Christ Community Response: $4,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN EDUCATIONAL COMM CORP: $2,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL AND DEVE LOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN OF REST RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRI-STATE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBelieve in Bristol Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Bristol Trainstation Foundation: $1,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN COALITION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTheology Matters Inc: $800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBRISTOL COMMUNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENDOTA TRAIL CONSERVANCY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $100 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 United Company Fo…Clarke Charitable Fou…Food City Charitable …Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …
The United Company FoundationVA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Company Foundation · Clarke Charitable Foundation · Food City Charitable Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Frizzell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frizzell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1get 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 45 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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