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Kharis Foundation at a glance

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Kharis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$733k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$134k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.2MPhilanthropy$1.1MReligion$682kFood & Nutrition$643kCrime & Legal$460kHousing & Shelter$412kHealth$250kEmployment$169kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $363k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $369k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$133,500
NOURISH FOOD BANK$85,000
RENEWAL HOUSE$50,000
THE PRESBYTERY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$50,000
INSPIRITUS$50,000
PARK CENTER$49,000
CROSSROAD CAMPUS$30,000
MATTHEW 25 INC$30,000
WESTMINSTER HOME CONNECTIONS$27,000
TENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT$25,000
ENDURE ATHLETICS FOUNDATION$25,000
THE MARY PARRISH CENTER$25,000
TUCKERS HOUSE$25,000
SPECIAL KIDS$20,000
EDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP$20,000
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 (FY17–25, $960k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EMPOWER ME DAY CAMP: $10k → 7%TUCKERS HOUSE: $25k → 10%TUCKERS HOUSE: $10k → 10%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $20k → 14%MY BAG MY STORY: $5k → 4%TUCKERS HOUSE: $10k → 10%TUCKERS HOUSE: $10k → 10%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $15k → 14%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 4%TUCKERS HOUSE: $10k → 10%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $15k → 14%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 4%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $15k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $15k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $15k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $15k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $15k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $15k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 14%THE FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 14%THE MARY PARRISH CENTER: $25k → 14%THE MARY PARRISH CENTER: $25k → 14%THE MARY PARRISH CENTER: $20k → 14%THE MARY PARRISH CENTER: $10k → 14%PROGRESS INC: $50k → 14%PROGRESS INC: $50k → 14%PROGRESS INC: $50k → 14%PROGRESS INC: $50k → 14%CROSSROAD CAMPUS: $35k → 14%CROSSROAD CAMPUS: $30k → 14%CROSSROAD CAMPUS: $30k → 14%CROSSROAD CAMPUS: $30k → 14%CROSSROAD CAMPUS: $30k → 14%CROSSROAD CAMPUS: $25k → 14%CROSSROAD CAMPUS: $25k → 14%CROSSROAD CAMPUS: $25k → 14%INSIGHT COUNSELING CENTERS: $20k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $10k → 14%EDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP: $20k → 14%EDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP: $20k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 14%EDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP: $15k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 14%AMPUTEE BLADE RUNNERS: $10k → 14%EDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 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.
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.
$3.5M · 41 repeat orgs$713k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
34

Total granted

$3.5M
$579k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+24%

Still filing today

78%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k 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
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalReligionEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TC
    THE CROSSROADS CAMPUS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $230k · revenue +189%
  • PI
    PROGRESS INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $200k · revenue +60%
  • NF
    NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $150k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • WP
    WOODLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $70k
  • MH
    MONROE HARDING INC
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue -1%
  • CH
    CHARIS HEALTH CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +174%
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
Michael Dunn Center

To empower individuals living with disabilities and challenges to gain independence

Human Services
2
Our Place Nashville

To empower adults with developmental disabilities by providing affordable housing, work that is meaningful and an inclusive community in which to live.

Housing & Shelter
3
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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4
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc

Lead our community's efforts to house, support, empower and advocate for families experiencing homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
5
Mental Health Cooperative Inc

Mental health cooperative inc. (mhc) provides integrated health services that include behavioral health care, primary health care, addiction services, and community-based care management. mhc also provides emergency psychiatric services…

Health
6
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
7
Memphis Recovery Centers Inc

Memphis recovery centers, inc. (mrc) provides compassionate treatment services for youth and adults suffering from substance addiction and co-occurring disorders, utilizing professional methods to improve spiritual, physical, emotional,…

Health
8
Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry Inc

Reuniting with god, family, and community

Crime & Legal
9
Tennessee Homeless Solutions

To reduce homelessness and improve family stability by increasing housing resources, administration of hud-mckinney vento funds, and support services through collaborative efforts with partner organizations, when available.

Housing & Shelter
10
Mid-Tn Supported Living Inc

To assist persons with intellectual disabilities and other disabilities live in the community in such a way that there is an acceptable balance between their opportunities to experience a lifestyle meaningful to themselves and the risks…

Human Services
11
Empower Tennessee

To promote independence for persons with disabilities and provide guidance, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
12
CaringWorks Inc

Caringworks' mission is to reduce homelessness and empower the marginalized by providing access to housing and services that foster dignity, self-sufficieny & well-being.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Luke's Community House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Justice Industries 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

61 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. 61 of the 80 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)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/61
Grantees still filing
42/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NOURISH FOOD BANK: $428,006 · OtherNOURISH FOOD BANKTHE PRESBYTERY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $231,551 · OtherTHE PRESBYTERY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEEFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - CLARKSVILLE: $110,000 · OtherMCNEILY'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $100,000 · OtherBUILDING LIVES FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · OtherMATTHEW 25 INC: $80,000 · OtherNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC: $150,000 · OtherNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INCWESTMINSTER HOME CONNECTION: $127,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER HOME CONNECTION+33 more: $819,218 · Other+33 moreTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $1,132,060 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION…+2 more: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $230,000 · Human ServicesTHE CROSSROADS CAMPU…PROGRESS INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesPROGRESS INCTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CENTER IN…THE MARY PARRISH CENTER: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE MARY PARRISH CEN…TUCKER'S HOUSE: $65,000 · Human ServicesTUCKER'S HOUSEEDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP: $65,000 · Human ServicesEDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOO…ANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesANCORATN FKA END SLA…COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $60,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE C…+6 more: $80,000 · Human Services+6 moreTENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $140,000 · Crime & LegalTENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $90,000 · Crime & LegalDOORS OF HOPE: $50,000 · Crime & LegalWILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalNASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR: $25,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $10,000 · Crime & LegalNATIONS MINISTRY CENTER: $145,000 · ReligionBEGIN ANEW: $75,000 · ReligionInspiritus Inc: $50,000 · ReligionLAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES INC DBA THE COOKERY: $40,000 · ReligionMINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER FKA CENTER FOR YOUTH MINISTRY TRAINING: $22,000 · ReligionRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $75,000 · HealthSPECIAL KIDS INC: $75,000 · HealthCHARIS HEALTH CENTER: $30,000 · HealthSamaritan Recovery Community Inc: $25,000 · HealthThe Heimerdinger Foundation Inc: $15,000 · HealthPROJECT RETURN INC: $15,000 · HealthINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $10,000 · HealthBRIGHTSTONE INC: $80,000 · EducationLEARNING MATTERS INC: $44,180 · EducationPRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES: $35,000 · EducationNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $32,000 · Education
Other$2,135,775Philanthropy$1,162,060Human Services$960,000Crime & Legal$355,000Religion$332,000Health$245,000Education$191,180

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 budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $1,132,060 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $230,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetPROGRESS INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC: $150,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONS MINISTRY CENTER: $145,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetTENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $140,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER HOME CONNECTION: $127,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $115,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetTENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $90,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBUILDING LIVES FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetMATTHEW 25 INC: $80,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTHE MARY PARRISH CENTER: $80,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBRIGHTSTONE INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSPECIAL KIDS INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBEGIN ANEW: $75,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTUCKER'S HOUSE: $65,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetEDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP: $65,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC: $65,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $60,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCASA INC: $60,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetJustice Industries Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetHelping Hands of Putnam County: $55,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetDOORS OF HOPE: $50,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetInspiritus Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARK CENTER INC: $49,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEARNING MATTERS INC: $44,180 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetPROSPECT INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetLAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES INC DBA THE COOKERY: $40,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetPRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES: $35,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMONROE HARDING INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $32,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHARIS HEALTH CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetMCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSamaritan Recovery Community Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetENDURE ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetDISMAS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER FKA CENTER FOR YOUTH MINISTRY TRAINING: $22,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSUMNER TEEN CENTER INC: $21,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetURBAN HOUSING SOLUTIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOBS FOR LIFE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPROJECT RETURN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOASIS CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEEDLINK NASHVILLE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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 THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CROSSROADS CAMPUS ↗
  • Who funds PROGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONS MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER HOME CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING LIVES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARY PARRISH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTSTONE INC ↗
  • Who funds RENEWAL HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds BEGIN ANEW ↗
  • Who funds TUCKER'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds EDGEHILL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds ANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds Justice Industries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Helping Hands of Putnam County ↗
  • Who funds DOORS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Inspiritus Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARK CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING MATTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds PROSPECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES INC DBA THE COOKERY ↗
  • Who funds PRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds MONROE HARDING INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗

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.

Hca Healthcare Founda…The Community Foundat…Memorial Foundation I…United Way of Middle …The Frist FoundationNashville Predators F…Dorothy Cate and Thom…The Healing Trust For…Joe C Davis FoundationMcCauley-Lindsay Char…Louie M & Betty M Phi…Boulevard Bolt Inc
Hca Healthcare FoundationTN84× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Joe C Davis Foundation · McCauley-Lindsay Charities of Tenn · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn · Boulevard Bolt Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 80 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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