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Jc Garrett III Family Foundation at a glance

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Jc Garrett III Family 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.

$91k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$191kHuman Services$123kRecreation & Sports$78kReligion$41kCommunity Improvement$36kPublic Safety & Disaster$32kPhilanthropy$32kHealth$31kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UT VOLUNTEER ATHLETIC FUND$12,515
UNITED WAY OF SUMNER COUNTY$10,000
VOLUNTEER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION$7,000
GOODPASTURE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$7,000
100 CLUB OF SUMNER COUNTY$6,000
GOODLETTSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL$5,500
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTERILEY GAINES CENTER$5,000
FULL COUNT MINISTRIES$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
HENDERSONVILLE CHAMBER FOUNDATION$4,000
SHACKLE ISLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE$3,000
BEACON CENTER OF TN$3,000
HOLIDAY FEST OF SUMNER COUNTY INCHENDERSONVILLE CHAMBER FOUNDATION$2,500
AMERICAN BIBLE PROJECT$2,500
FORWARD SUMNER$2,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–23, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MISSION 615: $2k → 14%COMMUNITY LIFE BRIDGE: $1k → 8%SENIOR CITIZENS OF HENDERSONVILLE INC: $6k → 8%SENIOR CITIZENS OF HENDERSONVILLE INC: $5k → 8%SENIOR CITIZENS OF HENDERSONVILLE INC: $4k → 8%HENDERSONVILLE SAMARITAN ASSOCIATION: $3k → 8%SENIOR CITIZENS OF HENDERSONVILLE INC: $3k → 8%SENIOR CITIZENS OF HENDERSONVILLE INC: $500 → 8%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$479k · 34 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
34

Total granted

$479k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+46%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 ServicesHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GP
    GRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $41k · revenue +541%
  • FC
    Full Count Ministries
    6× · 2019–2024 · $28k · revenue +75%
  • OH
    OAK HILL SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2023 · $25k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • NP
    NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +151%
  • BB
    BEECH BASEBALL DUGOUT CLUB
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
  • VS
    VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Christ Led Communities Inc Formerly Christian Leadership Concepts

To equip men to initiate and lead for christ in their homes, churches, communities and the marketplace.

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2
Hill Country Medical Ministriesinc

To provide high-quality patient-centered services that support healthy living among the uninsured and the under-served families in the greater williamson county.

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3
Hendersonville Rescue Mission

Non-denominational christian mission whose purpose is to assist those in need of shelter, food and clothing in the henderson county, north carolina area.

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4
Campbell County Christian Academy Inc

To partner with families in providing students a christ-centered and academically challenging education equipping them with a biblical worldview as they grow in understandings, attitudes, skills, and in favor with god and man.

Education
5
Hickman County Senior Citizens Inc

Hickman county senior citizens operates a senior citizens center for the benefit of senior citizens in hickman county.

Human Services
6
Franklin County Senior Citizens Inc

The senior citizens center operates for the benefit of senior citizens in franklin county.

Human Services
7
Pregnancy Centers of Middle Tennessee Inc

Our mission is to affirm the value of life by providing a network of care. We strive to empower mothers and fathers experiencing planned and unplanned pregnancies with healthy options through medical services, education, mentoring and…

Health
8
United Way of South Central Tennessee

The united way of south central tennessee's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.

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9
Southern Methodist College

The college's mission is to train christians to serve god and his church.

Education
10
Clevelandbradley Chamber of Commerce

Business development of members, economic growth of the region, and the highest quality of life for the ocoee region of tennessee.

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11
Southeast Tn Rc&D Council

Plan and develop resource conservation and development programs

Environment
12
Tennessee Justice Center Inc

The tennessee justice center (tjc) advocates on behalf of low-income tennesseans in areas of public policy having the greatest impact on their health and welfare.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Decisions Choices and Options Inc. 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

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 78 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
28/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOODPASTURE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $65,290 · OtherGOODPASTURE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLPOPE JOHN PAUL II HIGH SCHOOL: $27,000 · OtherPOPE JOHN PAUL II HIGH SCHOOLOAK HILL SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherOAK HILL SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF TN VOLUNTEER ATHLETIC FUND: $24,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TN VOLUNTEER ATHLETIC FUNDUT VOLUNTEER ATHLETIC FUND: $22,630 · OtherUT VOLUNTEER ATHLETIC FUNDGOODLETTSVILLE HELP CENTER: $21,000 · OtherGOODLETTSVILLE HELP CENTERVOL STATE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Other100 CLUB OF SUMNER COUNTY INC: $17,000 · OtherFORWARD SUMNER ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP: $17,500 · Other+50 more: $153,150 · Other+50 moreGRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC: $41,000 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationDECISIONS CHOICES AND OPTIONS INC: $8,750 · EducationLIVING SENT MINISTRIES: $5,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $5,000 · EducationWELCH COLLEGE: $2,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationELEVATE50 HENDERSONVILLE: $17,500 · Human ServicesHENDERSONVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Human ServicesHENDERSONVILLE SAMARITAN ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesMission 615 Inc: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF SUMNER COUNTY: $29,000 · PhilanthropyLIVE LOVE NASHVILLE: $1,000 · PhilanthropySALVUS CENTER INC: $25,000 · HealthALZHEIMERS TENNESSEE INC: $2,500 · HealthCUMBERLAND CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $1,000 · HealthCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthFull Count Ministries: $27,500 · Religion
Other$392,570Housing & Shelter$41,000Education$32,250Human Services$32,000Philanthropy$30,000Health$29,500Religion$27,500

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 budgetGRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC: $41,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMNER COUNTY: $29,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFull Count Ministries: $27,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSALVUS CENTER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetOAK HILL SCHOOL: $25,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOODLETTSVILLE HELP CENTER: $21,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFORWARD SUMNER ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP: $17,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetELEVATE50 HENDERSONVILLE: $17,500 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVOLUNTEER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHENDERSONVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetDECISIONS CHOICES AND OPTIONS INC: $8,750 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMONTHAVEN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $5,750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLIVING SENT MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENDERSONVILLE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHENDERSONVILLE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGOODLETTSVILLE BASEBALL: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBRAVO CREATIVE ARTS CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWELCH COLLEGE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHENDERSONVILLE SAMARITAN ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMERS TENNESSEE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMission 615 Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSUMNER COUNTY CASA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJack and Jill of America Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRECOVERY COURT OF SUMNER COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCUMBERLAND CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRIEVE HALL YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIVE LOVE NASHVILLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGALLATIN SHALOM ZONE INC: $650 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUMNER COUNTY MUSEUM: $250 over 1y, 0.2% 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 GRACE PLACE MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SUMNER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Full Count Ministries ↗
  • Who funds SALVUS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OAK HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GOODLETTSVILLE HELP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FORWARD SUMNER ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE50 HENDERSONVILLE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HENDERSONVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DECISIONS CHOICES AND OPTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTHAVEN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LIVING SENT MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds HENDERSONVILLE CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE OF HENDERSONVILLE ↗
  • Who funds HENDERSONVILLE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ASSOCIATION ↗

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 Foundat…Memorial Foundation I…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Goodall Family Fo…Carolyn Smith Foundat…United Way of Sumner …United Way of Middle …Bruce Family Foundati…Andrea Waitt Carlton …Ebs FoundationCarmax FoundationServant Foundation
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN35.8× affinity20 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 · Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Goodall Family Foundation · Carolyn Smith Foundation · United Way of Sumner County · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Bruce Family Foundation · Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation · Ebs Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Servant 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 Jc Garrett III Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jc Garrett III Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Jc Garrett III Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 78 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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