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Tch Paul Holbrook

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$65k
Granted FY2026still arriving
12
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$152kReligion$91kEducation$41kCrime & Legal$41kHousing & Shelter$41kHuman Services$41kArts & Culture$13k
02FY2026 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k11 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$6,467
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$12,935
AL MENAH SHRINE$6,467
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$6,467
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SOUTHERN$6,467
NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION$6,467
NASHVILLE SCHOOL OF LAW$6,467
TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME$6,467
EASTER SEALS TENNESSEE$6,467
CHARLOTTE HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRIST$1,617
LINDSLEY AVE CHURCH OF CHRIST$1,617
PERRY HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRIST$1,617
JAMES AVE CHURCH OF CHRIST$1,617
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 (FY19–26, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME: $7k → 10%TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME: $7k → 17%TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME: $6k → 10%TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME: $6k → 17%TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME: $6k → 10%TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME: $6k → 17%TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME: $6k → 10%TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOME: $3k → 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.
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$487k · 18 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
0

Total granted

$487k
$0

Still filing today

44%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
HealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    6× · 2019–2026 · $60k · revenue +91%
  • NR
    NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION
    8× · 2019–2026 · $48k · revenue +30%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    8× · 2019–2026 · $48k · revenue +43%

Funded once

    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
    Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

    Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

    Health
    2
    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Fort Sanders Regional 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 a patient's ability to pay.

    Health
    3
    East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

    East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

    Health
    4
    Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Inc

    Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient and family-centered care. services will be…

    Health
    5
    Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association

    Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association 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
    6
    Fort Loudoun Medical Center

    Fort Loudoun 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 a patient's ability to pay.

    Health
    7
    Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences Inc

    Baptist memorial college of health sciences, inc. prepares graduates for careers of service and leadership by providing a comprehensive health sciences education within an integrated environment of learning and christian principles.

    Education
    8
    Methodist Medical Center

    Methodist 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 a patient's ability to pay.

    Health
    9
    Mountain States Health Alliance

    Honor those we serve by delivering the best possible care.Ballad Health is dedicated to improving the health of the 29-county Appalachian Highlands region.

    Health
    10
    Texas Children's Hospital

    Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

    Health
    11
    Presbyterian Medical Care Corp

    Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

    —
    12
    Baptist Memorial Hospital

    Baptist memorial hospital provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age.

    Health
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

    8 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. 8 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)
    1
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    8/8
    Grantees still filing
    7/8
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    NASHVILLE SCHOOL OF LAW: $47,846 · OtherNASHVILLE SCHOOL OF LAWTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SOUTHERN: $32,386 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SOUTHERNAL MENAH SHRINERS: $32,386 · OtherAL MENAH SHRINERSAL MENAH SHRINE TEMPLE: $22,307 · OtherAL MENAH SHRINE TEMPLECHARLOTTE HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRIST: $13,674 · OtherCHARLOTTE HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRISTMONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT: $13,083 · OtherMONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ATVANDERBILT BILL WILKERSON CENTER: $13,083 · OtherVANDERBILT BILL WILKERSON CENTERJAMES AVE CHURCH OF CHRIST: $11,962 · OtherJAMES AVE CHURCH OF CHRISTLINDSLEY AVE CHURCH OF CHRIST: $11,962 · OtherLINDSLEY AVE CHURCH OF CHRISTPERRY HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRIST: $9,656 · OtherBILL WILKERSON SPEECH & HEARING: $9,224 · Other+1 more: $2,306 · OtherVanderbilt University Medical Center: $60,304 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical CenterAmerican Heart Association Inc: $47,846 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncEASTER SEALS TENNESSEE INC: $47,846 · HealthEASTER SEALS TENNESSEE INCNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $47,846 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE R…TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $47,846 · Human ServicesTENNESSEE C…MARTIN METHODIST FOUNDATION (FORMERLY MARTIN METHODIST COLLEGE): $15,460 · Education
    Other$219,875Health$155,996Housing & Shelter$47,846Human Services$47,846Education$15,460

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

    25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $60,304 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $47,846 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $47,846 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE SCHOOL OF LAW: $47,846 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS TENNESSEE INC: $47,846 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $47,846 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAL MENAH SHRINERS: $32,386 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMARTIN METHODIST FOUNDATION (FORMERLY MARTIN METHODIST COLLEGE): $15,460 over 3y, 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.

    • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
    • Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
    • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
    • Who funds NASHVILLE SCHOOL OF LAW ↗
    • Who funds EASTER SEALS TENNESSEE INC ↗
    • Who funds TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
    • Who funds AL MENAH SHRINERS ↗
    • Who funds MARTIN METHODIST FOUNDATION (FORMERLY MARTIN METHODIST COLLEGE) ↗

    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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

    Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
      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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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