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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 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.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$71k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CTR$1,000
PINSON HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY$1,000
OPERATION FINALLY HOME$1,000
KIDS CHANCE OF FLORIDA INC$1,000
NASHVILLE 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.

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Its 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. Its 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
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.
03Its 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 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.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission; 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 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. 11 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LONE CEDAR CHURCH OF CHRIST: $16,900 · OtherLONE CEDAR CHURCH OF CHRISTIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $6,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSAGAPE: $6,000 · OtherAGAPEHIGH HOPES INC: $6,000 · OtherHIGH HOPES INCIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOMES INC: $6,000 · OtherTENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOMES INCYOUNG LIFE AND CAMP CAPERNAUM: $6,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE AND CAMP CAPERNAUMBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MIDDLE TN: $6,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MIDDLE TNGRACE WORKS INC: $6,000 · OtherGRACE WORKS INCHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NASH: $6,000 · OtherHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NASHSPECIAL OLYMPICS WILLIAMSON CTYTN: $6,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS WILLIAMSON CTYTNWAVE - EARLY LEARNING: $6,000 · OtherWAVE - EARLY LEARNING+5 more: $5,100 · Other+5 moreBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY: $6,000 · HealthBRIDGES OF W…SADDLE UP: $6,000 · HealthSADDLE UPHOSPITAL 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 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 budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRANK TOWN OPEN HEARTS MINISTRY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHIGH HOPES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSADDLE UP: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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
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 MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds FRANK TOWN OPEN HEARTS MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGH HOPES INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SADDLE UP ↗
  • 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 ↗

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 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

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

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's 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, 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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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