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Lonnie & Kitty Strickland Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Lonnie & Kitty Strickland Charitable 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.

$341k
Granted FY2025still arriving
53
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Religion$121kEducation$106kHuman Services$101kInternational$81kHealth$64kFood & Nutrition$60kArts & Culture$51kYouth Development$47kOther$0
02FY2025 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $245k
$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$8.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$30,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$25,000
MCCLLEON WOMEN'S SHELTER CARE OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CHATTANOOGA$25,000
THE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE$25,000
TUSCALOOSA CITY SCHOOLS FUND$25,000
STRICK'S GIFT$20,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$12,500
ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISION$12,000
BLACK WARRIOR HERITAGE SOCIETY FOUNDATION$10,000
CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK$10,000
NEXT DOOR$10,000
MEDICOS MISSION FUND$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CHATT FOUNDATION$10,000
HOPE INCLUDED$10,000
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 (FY21–25, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BABY BUNDLES: $5k → 16%KIDIZENSHIP: $500 → 14%YOUTH VILLAGES: $7k → 14%HOME IN PLACE: $2k → 17%HOME IN PLACE: $2k → 17%HOME IN PLACE: $2k → 17%HOME IN PLACE: $1k → 17%ALIVE HOSPICE: $2k → 14%HOME IN PLACE: $1k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $1k → 17%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

VT
IL
NY
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CA
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CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
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DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$518k · 39 repeat orgs$334k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
42

Total granted

$518k
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+9%

Still filing today

41%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthInternationalPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • BS
    BAYLOR SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $11k · revenue +24%
  • HI
    Home In Place
    5× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +17%
  • PH
    PHOENIX HOUSE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • SI
    SCHOOL IN HAITI
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • PF
    PAMS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +219%
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
Chattahoochee Hospice Inc

The organization pledges to provide quality programs, service, and technology to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families, and to educate the community about end of life issues.

Human Services
2
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
3
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
4
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
5
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
6
Tennessee Health Care Association

To maintain high standards for nursing homes in the state of tennessee and to seek the solutions to problems common to members of the association.

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7
Impacthealth-Tn

To foster a sustainable network of community health workers and to train frontline public health professionals who possess a deep understanding of and strong ties to the local community.

Human Services
8
Choices Coordinated Care Solutions Inc

To strengthen youth and families while enhancing systems and communities.

Human Services
9
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
10
Choptank Community Health System Inc

Primary health care services: delivery of health care to medically underserved community

Health
11
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
12
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alive Hospice Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hope Included. 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

47 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. 47 of the 102 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
30/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $78,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHSTRICKS GIFT: $58,100 · OtherSTRICKS GIFTTUSCALOOSA CITY SCHOOLS FUND: $50,000 · OtherTUSCALOOSA CITY SCHOOLS FUNDSCHOOL IN HAITI: $50,000 · OtherSCHOOL IN HAITIALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISION: $46,500 · OtherALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISIONTHE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE: $32,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $25,000 · OtherMCCLLEON WOMEN'S SHELTER CARE OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CHATTANOOGA: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $25,000 · Other+67 more: $302,407 · Other+67 moreHome In Place: $7,500 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesBABY BUNDLES: $5,000 · Human ServicesGREENVILLE'S GIFT: $5,000 · Human ServicesALIVE HOSPICE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCARING DAYS INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 · InternationalPAMS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalONE ACRE FUND: $3,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 · InternationalBAYLOR SCHOOL: $10,650 · EducationDCH Foundation Inc: $5,000 · EducationTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $3,000 · EducationSAINT BERNARD ACADEMY: $1,750 · EducationLITERACY COUNCIL OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $1,000 · EducationMEDICOS MISSION FUND: $17,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,000 · HealthPROJECT PURPLE INC: $1,500 · HealthThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $1,035 · HealthHope Included: $10,000 · Community ImprovementOASIS CENTER INC: $7,000 · Community ImprovementChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$717,507Human Services$29,500International$28,000Education$26,400Health$23,535Community Improvement$17,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

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 budgetMEDICOS MISSION FUND: $17,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEST ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR SCHOOL: $10,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPAMS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLACK WARRIOR HERITAGE SOCIETY FNDTN: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHome In Place: $7,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOASIS CENTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIX HOUSE INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMOVE INCLUSIVE DANCE: $6,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetElder Mountain Volunteer Service Inc: $6,070 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDCH Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCRABTREE FARMS OF CHATTANOOGA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBABY BUNDLES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREENVILLE'S GIFT: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTS COUNCIL INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTEMPORARY EMERGENCY SERVICES: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE ACRE FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITHFULLY RESTORED: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALDENS PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION & EDUCATIO: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALIVE HOSPICE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT BERNARD ACADEMY: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $1,035 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaby Steps: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDIZENSHIP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% 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 MEDICOS MISSION FUND ↗
  • Who funds Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds WEST ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PAMS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Hope Included ↗
  • Who funds BLACK WARRIOR HERITAGE SOCIETY FNDTN ↗
  • Who funds BETTER DECISIONS ↗
  • Who funds CHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE NEXT DOOR INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Home In Place ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH VILLAGES INC ↗
  • Who funds OASIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MOVE INCLUSIVE DANCE ↗
  • Who funds Elder Mountain Volunteer Service Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION ↗

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 James I Harrison …The Community Foundat…Alabama Power Foundat…The Reese Phifer Jr M…Nick's Kids Foundatio…Lyndhurst Foundation …Robert F Stone Founda…The Community Foundat…McAbee Family Foundat…Hazel Montague Hutche…Benwood Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…
The James I Harrison Family FoundationAL20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The James I Harrison Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Reese Phifer Jr Memorial Attn Susan Cork · Nick's Kids Foundation Inc · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · McAbee Family Foundation · Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation · Benwood Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham

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 Lonnie & Kitty Strickland Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lonnie & Kitty Strickland Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 102 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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