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Kendall Berry Charitable Trust at a glance

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Kendall Berry Charitable Trust

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.

$63k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$162kReligion$98kHousing & Shelter$83kFood & Nutrition$56kEducation$27kEnvironment$5kYouth Development$3kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$14,000
HEALING HANDS INT'L$11,500
NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION$10,000
ANSWERING THE CALL$5,000
COTTONTREE FOUNDATION$5,000
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY UNION MISSION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
LAMAI AFGAN FOUNDATION$2,500
CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY$2,000
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL FUND$2,000
COLORADO BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION$1,000
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 (FY17–23, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YOUTH TRANSITIONS: $600 → 12%LAMIA AFGAN FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LAMIA AFGAN FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LAMIA AFGAN FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%LAMIA AFGAN FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%LAMIA AFGAN FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%LAMIA AFGAN FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IN
CO
MO
KY
VA
AR
TN
GA
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$434k · 35 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against -43% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
7

Total granted

$434k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
-43%

Still filing today

54%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesReligionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • HH
    HEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +102%
  • NR
    NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +34%
  • LA
    LAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $22k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • MT
    MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +79%
  • GP
    GREATER PLEASANT VIEW CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • OV
    ONE VISION INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -43%
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
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
2
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
3
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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4
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
5
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
6
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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7
Hope International University

The mission of hope international university is to empower students through christian higher education to serve the church and impact the world for christ. the university specializes in fields offering significant influence on society…

Education
8
Manna University

Manna University is a biblical higher education institution dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering emerging leaders to change the world.

Education
9
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
10
Harvesters International Ministries

Partnering with Indigenous Leaders to Spread the Gospel, Serve Others, and Build Community

Religion
11
East Texas Baptist University

East texas baptist university (etbu) was founded in 1912 as a fully accredited institution of higher education. affiliated with the baptist general convention of texas, etbu educates students by integrating biblical faith and learning to…

Education
12
International Service Fellowship

Interserve USA recruits, trains, sends, and supports Christian professionals from America who live and work long term, generally among the poor, in places which need their expertise; especially in medicine, development, education, English…

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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 Colorado Baptist General Convention. 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

24 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. 24 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSISSIPPI COUNTY UNION MISSION: $30,600 · OtherMISSISSIPPI COUNTY UNION MISSIONFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $27,200 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $26,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS: $21,000 · OtherADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONSSECOND HARVEST: $20,000 · OtherSECOND HARVESTTENNESSEE BAPTIST FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherTENNESSEE BAPTIST FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherTENNESSEE TECH FOUNDATION: $9,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $9,400 · OtherBAPTIST GLOBAL RESPONSE INC: $7,000 · Other+15 more: $34,150 · Other+15 moreHEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $65,300 · InternationalHEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INCTREE FOUNDATION INC: $46,400 · InternationalTREE FOUNDATION INCMISSION LAZARUS INC: $17,400 · InternationalMISSION LAZARUS INCANSWERING THE CALL INC: $11,000 · InternationalANSWERING THE CALL INCNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $33,100 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE …WATERFRONT RESCUE MISSION INC: $9,400 · Housing & ShelterWATERFRONT…UKRAINE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $8,900 · EducationMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationCENTRE COLLEGE: $3,500 · EducationThe Joseph School Inc: $3,000 · EducationVanderbilt University: $3,000 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $1,300 · EducationLAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · Human Services+1 more: $600 · Human ServicesBACKFIELD IN MOTION: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsTENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsBEGIN ANEW: $2,500 · ReligionONE VISION INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,200 · Religion
Other$208,350International$140,100Housing & Shelter$42,500Education$27,200Human Services$22,600Recreation & Sports$4,500Religion$3,700

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $65,300 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTREE FOUNDATION INC: $46,400 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $33,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION LAZARUS INC: $17,400 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetANSWERING THE CALL INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWATERFRONT RESCUE MISSION INC: $9,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $8,900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRE COLLEGE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Joseph School Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEGIN ANEW: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHARPETH CONSERVANCY: $2,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Baptist General Convention: $2,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHARVEST HANDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONE VISION INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH TRANSITION INC: $600 over 1y, 0.7% 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 HEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TREE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds LAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds MISSION LAZARUS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANSWERING THE CALL INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERFRONT RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds UKRAINE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds The Joseph School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds BEGIN ANEW ↗
  • Who funds HARPETH CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds BACKFIELD IN MOTION ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Baptist General Convention ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST HANDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ONE VISION INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF INDIAN LAKE PENINSULA ↗

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…Servant FoundationRaymond James Charita…The Frist FoundationHca Healthcare Founda…The Independent Chari…Natl Christian Charit…The Dan and Margaret …Kingsway Charities IncCommunity Foundation …The Blackbaud Giving …The Ayco Charitable F…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN18.9× 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 · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Frist Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc · Kingsway Charities Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Ayco Charitable 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 Kendall Berry Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kendall Berry Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 43 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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