· Private foundation
Joy 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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PRITCHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $100,000 |
| PURE WORD DELIVERANCE HOUSE OF PRAYER | $25,000 |
| AMLOVED FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| PURE WORD DELIVERANCE HOUSE OF PRAYER | $10,000 |
| JOHN MINICK MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| MCKENZIE CAREY | $5,000 |
| WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER | $2,000 |
| SCAN OF WILSON COUNTY | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–22, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PWPURE WORD DELIVERANCE HOUSE OF PRAYER5× · 2020–2025 · $177k
- GFGRACE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES2× · 2023–2024 · $65k
- SCSENIOR CITIZENS AWARENESS NETWORK2× · 2017–2022 · $27k · revenue -67%
Funded once
- UFUT Foundationone grant, 2017 · $100k
- RLRUBY L ELDRIDGE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $50k
- AHAngel Heart Farm Incone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -7%
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.
Amid the proliferation of advice about treatment options for autism, the ability to access accurate information about research-validated approaches is critically important to those seeking effective treatment.
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
The mission of easterseals tennessee is to make profound positive differences in the lives of people with disabilities as they learn, work, and play in their communities.
To provide with compassion and dedication superior quality health care and rehabilitation for adults and to directly or indirectly coordinate arrangements and provision for comprehensive health care and social support services to frail…
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…
We help advance the independence of individuals with disabilities & other special needs.
To share the gospel of jesus christ to the world, to teach & equip the disciples of christ, to teach & train the next generation, to bring the people of god closer together using radio, social media, print literature & other audio & video…
As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
To provide quality and caring adult day care services within a safe comfortable licensed facility. our most significant activities and impacts include proving meals, transportation, health information.
Nancyhickslive exists to communicate the love of god through christ with passion and excellence to all people. this happens through three primary channels. 1. speaking and teaching within the church across western culture. 2. communicating…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 29 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 PRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS AWARENESS NETWORK ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds Angel Heart Farm Inc ↗
- Who funds COUNCIL OF AMERICANA ROOTS MUSIC ↗
- Who funds JOHNNY MINICK MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR LIVING AND LEARNING INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PKU ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds PROSPECT INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
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 · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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