· Private foundation
John and Doris Clayton 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE | $3,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE | $3,000 |
| NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION | $3,000 |
| KNOX AREA RESCUE MINISTRIES | $3,000 |
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 (FY23–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
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.
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.
Provide assistance to individuals in sevier county who are temporarily in financial difficulty through the issuance of vouchers for utilities, rent, lodging, etc., and through our hot meals for hungry hearts program.
Providing safe affordable alcohol-free and drug-free housing to clients in rehabilitation in the memphis tn regional community.
Humane society of the tennessee valley, inc. is dedicated to providing lifesaving programs and resources to enrich the lives of people and companion animals in the communities we serve.
To meet the basic physical, spiritual, and social need of people in our area using the ministry of Jesus as a model.
Calvary rescue mission is a haven for the homeless in memphis. for all time, it has been to reach out and minister to the needs of each person regardless of race, color, or creed. we furnish a clean shower, clothing, bed, along with the…
To rescue cats from high kill shelters or off the streets and foster them until they are adopted into permanent homes.
Second source thrift store provides relief to residents of the jefferson city, tn area by making donated good,(clothes, furniture, etc) available to customers at affordable prices and by providing financial support to other poverty relief…
The nashville food project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.
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…
Hands on nashville's mission is to meet community needs through volunteerism.
Provide needy families and individuals with rent and utilities assistance in order to prevent their eviction or termination of utility services. also provide food and other assistance to needy families and individuals.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 14 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 SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds HARVEST HANDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC ↗
- Who funds PARK CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE CROSSROADS CAMPUS ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
- Who funds KNOX AREA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds Sevier County Animal Shelter ↗
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 · The Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Doris Clayton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Doris Clayton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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