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House for Hope 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
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Youth Development$42kHealth$35kReligion$23kHuman Services$14kEducation$6kRecreation & Sports$6kPhilanthropy$3kCommunity Improvement$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$71k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CTR$1,000
OPERATION FINALLY HOME$1,000
KIDS CHANCE OF FLORIDA INC$1,000
PINSON HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY$1,000
NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION$500
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TN: $6k → 4%MY FRIEND'S HOUSE: $6k → 4%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Tennessee Children's Home Inc

Tennessee children's home, inc. is a not-for-profit organization that provides a home for neglected and pre-delinquent children who have an unstable family situation and who are beginning to develop problems which cannot be solved in their…

Human Services
2
Hope House of Tennessee Inc

By creating a safe and structured two year residential program the Hope House of Tennessee will aim to equip and empower personal and educational growth economic self-sufficiency and a deeper understanding of Christs unconditional love.

Housing & Shelter
3
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville Tn Inc

We offer temporary lodging for families having critically ill children. See page Part III for more information.

Health
4
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
5
Welcome House Knoxville

Our Mission at Welcome House Knoxville is to share the love of Jesus through the ministries of hospitality and friendship. We provide safe and loving homes for individuals and families in transition to permanent housing.

Housing & Shelter
6
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc

Lead our community's efforts to house, support, empower and advocate for families experiencing homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
7
Helping Hands of Middle & West Tennessee

Build stronger communities and improve health outcomes for marginalized populations through paid training programs and apprenticeship training opportunities.

Human Services
8
Childrens House of Nashville Inc

The children's house is a montessori preschool and kindergarten that guides a diverse group of children to be joyful, lifelong learners who respect others.

Human Services
9
Casa of the Tennessee Heartland Inc

Provide advocacy for abused and neglected children in juvenile court.

Civil Rights
10
Methodist Children's Home

Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.

Human Services
11
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
12
Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc

Nashville inner city ministry is a christ-centered community organization dedicated to empowering the spiritual, educational and vocational development of at-risk youth and their families.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission and the most unlike its peers is Kids Chance of Florida. 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LONE CEDAR CHURCH OF CHRIST — $16,900 · OtherLONE CEDAR CHURCH OF CHRISTBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MIDDLE TN — $6,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MIDDLE TNIndividual grant recipient — $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS — $6,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSGRACE WORKS INC — $6,000 · OtherGRACE WORKS INCIndividual grant recipient — $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWAVE - EARLY LEARNING — $6,000 · OtherWAVE - EARLY LEARNINGHIGH HOPES INC — $6,000 · OtherHIGH HOPES INCTENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOMES INC — $6,000 · OtherTENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOMES INCYOUNG LIFE AND CAMP CAPERNAUM — $6,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE AND CAMP CAPERNAUMHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NASH — $6,000 · OtherHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NASHAGAPE — $6,000 · OtherAGAPESPECIAL OLYMPICS WILLIAMSON CTYTN — $6,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS WILLIAMSON CTYTN+5 more — $5,100 · Other+5 moreSADDLE UP — $6,000 · HealthSADDLE UPBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY — $6,000 · HealthBRIDGES OF W…HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE CORPORATION — $3,000 · HealthHOSPITAL HOS…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $6,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WIS…My Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc — $6,000 · Human ServicesMy Friend'…FRANK TOWN OPEN HEARTS MINISTRY INC — $6,000 · EmploymentTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $2,500 · PhilanthropyKIDS CHANCE OF FLORIDA — $1,000 · EducationNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION — $500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$94,000Health$15,000Human Services$12,000Employment$6,000Philanthropy$2,500Education$1,000Housing & Shelter$500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSADDLE UP — $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHIGH HOPES INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY — $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRANK TOWN OPEN HEARTS MINISTRY INC — $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE CORPORATION — $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS ON NASHVILLE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS CHANCE OF FLORIDA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SADDLE UP
  • Who funds HIGH HOPES INC
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  • Who funds BRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
  • Who funds FRANK TOWN OPEN HEARTS MINISTRY INC
  • Who funds My Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc
  • Who funds HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE CORPORATION
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC
  • Who funds HANDS ON NASHVILLE INC
  • Who funds KIDS CHANCE OF FLORIDA
  • Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Yarbrough Family Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation Inc · McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn · Speer Foundation · Carolyn Smith Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · Ebs Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization House for Hope Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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