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Phoenix Benefit Inc

To benefit underserved youth in Middle Tennessee and develop members into leaders in their community and in business.

$77k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Youth Development$248kEducation$230kHuman Services$75kInternational$66kReligion$26kCrime & Legal$23kHousing & Shelter$20kHealth$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 6 grants below total $73,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $76,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $3,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $66k
$10,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$540k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jonathans Path$20,000
Junior Achievement$15,000
Turnip Green Creative Reuse$10,500
Youth Villages$10,000
Move Music City$10,000
Be About Change$8,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–25, $88k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Corner To Corner: $8k → 14%Hispanic Family Foundation: $12k → 14%Youth Villages: $10k → 14%West Nashville Dream Center: $13k → 14%Corner to Corner: $6k → 14%St Lukes Community House: $14k → 14%West Nashville Dream Center: $10k → 14%The Aloe Family Inc: $16k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 92% of Phoenix Benefit Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 87% of the giving stays in TN; read by stated purpose it is 8% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Phoenix Benefit Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$453k · 11 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
18

Total granted

$453k
$257k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+32%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Teach for America Inc
    3× · 2018–2021 · $95k · revenue +1%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN
    5× · 2018–2025 · $66k · revenue +5%
  • RT
    ROCK THE STREET WALL STREET
    3× · 2018–2020 · $38k · revenue +285%

Funded once

  • TL
    TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $47k · revenue -9%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • TE
    THE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +369% · 44% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education

To advance state policies and practices that ensure all tennessee children from birth through 3rd grade get the high quality early education they need to power our state's future.

Education
2
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
3
Read to Them Inc

We use the power of reading aloud together to build connections across families, schools, and communities to cultivate students learning and success.

Education
4
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle Inc

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. the organization's vision is that all youth achieve their full potential.

Youth Development
5
Nashville Fellows Program Inc

Provide support for under-served youth

Religion
6
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
7
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah

Big brothers big sisters of utah's vision is that all children achieve success in life. our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Education
8
Teenworks Inc

To empower teens to achieve excellence in college, career, and community.

Employment
9
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
10
Youth Guidance

A leader in social and emotional development, community engagement, and positive youth development, Youth Guidance has strategically created programs to address community needs across four delivery areas: Community & Afterschool Programs…

Education
11
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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12
Tennessee Educational Cooperative

Tennessee educational cooperative's mission is to help all children reach their potential by partnering with parents, schools and communities.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee and the most unlike its peers is Corner to Corner. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 13 years old; the field is 13. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%9%<5yr16%15%5–10yr20%36%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr12%12%35–55yr11%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%6%<5yr16%17%5–10yr20%28%10–20yr17%26%20–35yr12%6%35–55yr11%16%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
13%
621/4,653

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Teach for America Inc — $95,000 · EducationTeach for America IncROCK THE STREET WALL STREET — $37,500 · EducationROCK THE STREET WALL STREETSMALL WORLD YOGA INC — $21,600 · EducationSMALL WORLD YOGA INCTHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVE — $20,000 · EducationTHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVEBook Em — $15,005 · EducationBook EmEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION — $15,000 · EducationEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATIONNASHVILLE COACHING COALITION — $14,600 · EducationNASHVILLE COACHING COALITIONEast Nashville Hope Exchange Inc — $10,000 · Education+1 more — $7,875 · EducationBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $77,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE T…BeWell in School — $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentBeWell in SchoolTRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER — $46,750 · Youth DevelopmentTRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTERBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE …BAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC — $7,750 · Youth Development+1 more — $5,756 · Youth DevelopmentWEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER — $22,755 · Human ServicesWEST NASHVILL…Aloe Family Inc — $15,980 · Human ServicesAloe Family I…Corner To Corner — $13,600 · Human ServicesCorner To Cor…ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC — $13,500 · Human ServicesST LUKE'S COM…HISPANIC FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $12,395 · Human ServicesHISPANIC FAMI…YOUTH VILLAGES INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGE…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN — $65,500 · InternationalJUNIOR AC…TURNIP GREEN CREATIVE REUSE — $22,020 · Arts & CultureTHE PORCH WRITERS COLLECTIVE INC — $5,820 · Arts & CultureSADDLE UP — $17,690 · HealthSTARS NASHVILLE — $10,000 · HealthJonathans Path Inc — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterMOVE MUSIC CITY — $10,000 · OtherMOVE MUSI…BE ABOUT CHANGE — $8,000 · OtherBE ABOUT …NASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION — $12,500 · OtherNASHVILLE…PATHWAYS KITCHEN — $12,500 · OtherPATHWAYS …SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $10,800 · OtherSECOND HA…CASA INC — $10,000 · OtherCASA INC
Education$236,580Youth Development$227,756Human Services$88,230International$65,500Arts & Culture$27,840Health$27,690Housing & Shelter$20,000Other$63,800

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTeach for America Inc — $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $77,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN — $65,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBeWell in School — $65,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER — $46,750 over 1y, 14% of budgetROCK THE STREET WALL STREET — $37,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER — $22,755 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTURNIP GREEN CREATIVE REUSE — $22,020 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSMALL WORLD YOGA INC — $21,600 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVE — $20,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetSADDLE UP — $17,690 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAloe Family Inc — $15,980 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetBook Em — $15,005 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNASHVILLE COACHING COALITION — $14,600 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCorner To Corner — $13,600 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC — $13,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION — $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPATHWAYS KITCHEN — $12,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHISPANIC FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $12,395 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $10,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSTARS NASHVILLE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC — $7,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PORCH WRITERS COLLECTIVE INC — $5,820 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $5,756 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Frist FoundationNashville Predators F…Memorial Foundation I…Joe C Davis FoundationUnited Way of Middle …Dettwiller FoundationTennessee Titans Foun…The Healing Trust For…Carolyn Smith Foundat…The Dan and Margaret …
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN46.1× affinity24 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 · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Joe C Davis Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dettwiller Foundation · Tennessee Titans Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Carolyn Smith Foundation · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Phoenix Benefit Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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