· Private foundation
Hearts of the South Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RECOVERY COMMUNITY INC | $5,000 |
| GOODPASTURE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $4,500 |
| THE KING'S DAUGHTERS CHILD DEV CTR | $3,000 |
| MARCH OF DIMES | $2,500 |
| CHRISTIAN COOPERATIVE MINISTRY | $2,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ALIVE HOSPICE | $1,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $1,000 |
| MATTHEW WALKER COMP HEALTH CTR INC | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $1,000 |
| ISAIAH 117 HOUSE | $600 |
| CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP | $500 |
| DECISIONS CHOICES & OPTIONS | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RCRECOVERY COMMUNITY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +284%
- CCCHRISTIAN COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +26%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION5× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +112%
Funded once
- ACALABAMA CHILDREN'S HOMEone grant, 2017 · $2k
- CCCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INCone grant, 2017 · $2k
- MCMONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN'S HOSPITone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
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.
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.
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.
The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.
East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…
Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.
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.
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
Methodist 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.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 34 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 RECOVERY COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALIVE HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REST STOP MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DECISIONS CHOICES AND OPTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds K-LOVE & AIR1 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
- Who funds ISAIAH 117 HOUSE ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hearts of the South Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hearts of the South Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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