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Sigavis Shermanna Foundation at a glance

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Sigavis Shermanna 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$120kPublic Safety & Disaster$44kArts & Culture$34kPhilanthropy$30kHuman Services$10kAnimals$4kHealth$1kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$522k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMENS SHELTER INC$10,000
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK$5,000
GLOBAL FREEDOM PROJECT$5,000
02The need
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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, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WOMENS SHELTER INC: $10k → 9%BERT'S BIG ADVENTURE: $300 → 13%OUTREACH INC: $10k → 16%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

MN
WI
NY
MA
IN
CA
TN
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 9% of Sigavis Shermanna Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Sigavis Shermanna Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.4% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$196k · 6 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$196k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+23%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationPublic Safety & DisasterAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $44k · revenue +129%
  • ET
    EAST TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS
    2× · 2018–2019 · $3k · revenue +23%
  • BT
    BEYOND TYPE 1
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1k · revenue +175%

Funded once

  • OI
    OUTREACH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +42%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • DC
    DANCING CLASSROOMS VIRGIN ISLANDS
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
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
Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition Inc

To advocate for people who are homless or near homeless, strategically planning for housing and services in the community, maximizing resources and collaboarating with community partners to implement housing and services within the…

Community Improvement
2
Unity Shelter

Providing safe shelter through collaborative care.

Human Services
3
Women Forward International

Women forward international (wfi) partners the next generation with nonprofit and private sector organizations and artists to implement solutions critical to human process, bridging mind and heart to bring about unity, collaboration, and…

International
4
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
5
UniversalGiving

Our mission is to connect people to quality giving and volunteer opportunities worldwide. universalgiving is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, whose vision is to create a world where giving and volunteering are a natural part of everyday…

Philanthropy
6
Volunteer East Tennessee

Volunteer East Tennessee inspires service by equipping organizations and mobilizing volunteers to connect with one another and strengthen communities.

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7
Women's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc

As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…

Animals
8
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
9
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
10
Ummah Relief International

Ummah relief international is a dedicated grassroots relief organization providing humanitarian services to bring help and hope to thousands of victims of natural and human disasters with quick and targeted action.

International
11
Every Shelter Inc

Every Shelter's mission is to build a localized refugee-aid ecosystem centered around the needs, preferences, and aspirations of refugees.

Education
12
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Chattanooga; the most unlike its peers is Root River Current Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 18 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INCALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $44,000 · Public Safety & DisasterALL HANDS AND HEAR…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FO…UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureROOT RIVER …PRESTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePRESTON HIS…WOMEN'S SHELTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesOUTREACH INC: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $800 · Human ServicesGLOBAL FREEDOM PROJECT: $5,000 · OtherDANCING CLASSROOMS VIRGIN ISLANDS: $3,600 · OtherCORMARIA RETREAT CENTER IN: $1,000 · OtherEAST TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS: $3,000 · OtherPUENTES-BRIDGES INCORPORATED: $3,000 · OtherWorld Organization: $1,000 · OtherBEYOND TYPE 1: $1,000 · OtherGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $5,000 · Youth Development
Education$120,000Public Safety & Disaster$44,000Philanthropy$30,000Arts & Culture$27,500Human Services$20,800Other$17,600Youth Development$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $44,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS: $3,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPRESTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWorld Organization: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND TYPE 1: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERT'S BIG ADVENTURE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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 Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Sigavis Shermanna Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sigavis Shermanna Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 18 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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