· Private foundation
Purity Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k37 grants · $88k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOOSIC CITY DAIRY DASH | $65,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST | $5,000 |
| UTOPIAN SOUND PROJECT | $5,000 |
| DAYSTAR COUNSELING MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| HOMES FOR HOMES | $5,000 |
| GREAT CITIES MISSION | $5,000 |
| NASHVILLE YOUTH FOR CHRIST | $5,000 |
| THE PEARL HOUSE | $5,000 |
| MUSIC FOR SENIORS | $5,000 |
| THE BRANCH | $5,000 |
| JONATHAN'S PATH | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| LOVE ONE | $2,800 |
| FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH | $2,500 |
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 (FY17–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
63 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YEYOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES INC4× · 2017–2022 · $33k · revenue +44%
- JEJUVENTUD EN CAMINO ASSOCIATION7× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +285%
- ROROCKETOWN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE6× · 2017–2022 · $25k · revenue +87%
Funded once
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSESone grant, 2021 · $25k
- SFSHAE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $10k
- FPFIRST PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL - HOUSTONone grant, 2019 · $10k
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.
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.
Rahab House is deeply committed to the rescue, refuge, and restoration of human trafficking survivors. We provide comprehensive support that encompasses immediate safety and connections to long-term restorative care in alignment with the…
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.
Lead our community's efforts to house, support, empower and advocate for families experiencing homelessness.
The mission of My Fathers House Nashville (MFHN) is to provide shelter, parenting education, recovery information and life skills for fathers transitioning out of institutional settings or homelessness.
Street hope tn is a faith-based non-profit with a mission to eliminate sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and provide a safe environment to foster healing and hope through jesus christ. this mission is fulfilled through…
The journey home is a christian ministry whose primary focus is to serve the homeless and disadvantaged of rutherford county, tn. providing practical resources and relationships that encourage faith, economic stability, wholeness, and…
The sanctuary counseling center provides affordable counseling to full-time vocational ministry workers and their families in memphis.
Nashville rescue mission, formerly known as nrm holdings, inc., fein 45-2424130, continues the mission services established in 1954, by nashville rescue mission, fein 62-6018832. following god's command to love our neighbors as ourselves,…
The neighborhood christian center's ("ncc") mission is to guide those in need toward stability and sustainability through compassionate, christ-centered ministries and empowerment programs. ncc has created and operates programs that…
The tennessee justice center (tjc) advocates on behalf of low-income tennesseans in areas of public policy having the greatest impact on their health and welfare.
Our Mission at Welcome House Knoxville is to share the love of Jesus through the ministries of hospitality and friendship. We provide safe and loving homes for individuals and families in transition to permanent housing.
How this is measured
62 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. 62 of the 130 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 YOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds JUVENTUD EN CAMINO ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ROCKETOWN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds The Pearl House Inc ↗
- Who funds TENNESSEE VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds MUSIC FOR SENIORS ↗
- Who funds Habitat for Humanity ↗
- Who funds LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC ↗
- Who funds THE JASON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DAYSTAR COUNSELING MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
- Who funds OPEN TABLE OF NASHVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR HOMES aka Homes 4 Homes ↗
- Who funds Belmont University ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE ZOO INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND INC ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds BACKFIELD IN MOTION ↗
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 · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Servant Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Washington Foundation · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn · Joe C Davis Foundation · Ebs Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Purity Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Purity Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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