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Tennessee Disability Coalition

The purpose of the TENNESSEE DISABILITY COALITION is to build an alliance of groups working to insure that communities in tennessee value, support and include all people with disabilities.

$63k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2017–2025.

Health$351kHousing & Shelter$115kHuman Services$94kArts & Culture$67kRecreation & Sports$28kEducation$26kCrime & Legal$10kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 7 grants below total $59,250 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $62,766 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $3,516 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 $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE NASHVILLE$10,000
CATALYST SPORTS INC$10,000
TUCKER'S HOUSE$10,000
PEARL WITH YOU INC$7,500
SISKIN CHILDRENS INSTITUTE$7,500
FRIENDS OF MILL RIDGE PARK$7,500
OUR PLACE NASHVILLE$6,750
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 (FY17–24, $94k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HENDERSONVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%HELEN R TUCKER ADULT DEVELOPMENT CT: $10k → 20%FRIENDS LIFE COMMUNITY: $10k → 14%ABLE YOUTH INC: $9k → 4%FRIENDS LIFE COMMUNITY: $5k → 14%WAVES: $5k → 4%FRIENDS LIFE COMMUNITY: $5k → 14%WAVES: $5k → 4%EMPOWER TN: $5k → 14%DISABILITY RIGHTS TENNESSEE: $3k → 14%AUSTISM SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TN: $5k → 14%DISABILITY RIGHTS TN: $3k → 14%THE ARC OF TENNESSEE: $10k → 14%STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCI: $10k → 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.

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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$302k · 14 repeat orgs$415k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
42

Total granted

$302k
$356k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+15%

Still filing today

71%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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 ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementReligionOther

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

  • TF
    Tennessee Fair Housing Council
    2× · 2020–2023 · $100k · revenue +36%
  • SC
    Star Center Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +9%
  • FL
    Friends Life Community
    3× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • DS
    DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +8%

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
Access Services of Middle Tennessee

Provides support services to individuals with disabilities in the form of outreach, training education, consultants and referrals requarding use of assistive technologies.

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2
Tennessee Disability Coalition

The purpose of the tennessee disability coalition is to build an alliance of groups working to insure that communities in tennessee value, support and include all people with disabilities.

Human Services
3
Transformations Autism Treatment Center

It is the organization's mission to provide every family and individual with autism spectrum disorders a place that they can receive the help they need to reach every goal in a safe, loving environment.

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4
Developmental Services of Dickson County

To provide support and services for persons with disabilities to enable them to become active members of the community.

Human Services
5
Michael Dunn Center

To empower individuals living with disabilities and challenges to gain independence

Human Services
6
Mid-Tn Supported Living Inc

To assist persons with intellectual disabilities and other disabilities live in the community in such a way that there is an acceptable balance between their opportunities to experience a lifestyle meaningful to themselves and the risks…

Human Services
7
Alliance of Disability Advocates

To serve all north carolinians with significant disabilities by ensuring they can live independently in a barrier-free community of their choice through consumer-controlled, self-directed services.

Religion
8
Memphis Center for Independent Living

Advocate, educate and unite communities

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9
Easter Seals East Georgia Inc

Easter Seals East Georgia's mission is to provide exceptional services to ensure that people with disabilities and barriers to employment maximize their potential for employment and independence and broaden their opportunities for full…

Human Services
10
Pacesetters Inc

To empower and support people to be valued members of society.

Human Services
11
New Life Tn

To foster, develop, promote, and operate a combination of formal programs, services, and appropriate supports over a sustained period that will maximize the quality of life and functional abilities for intellectually and developmentally…

Human Services
12
West Tennessee Family Solutions Inc

To provide the highest quality care and opportunities affording individuals with developmental disabilities to lead successful and fulfilling lives withing their communities

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chattanooga Autism Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Pearl With You. 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 29 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr13%11%5–10yr15%22%10–20yr12%24%20–35yr10%27%35–55yr31%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%2%<5yr13%8%5–10yr15%25%10–20yr12%29%20–35yr10%25%35–55yr31%11%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/44
the rest of the field
13%
2,703/20,084

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.

04the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 63 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
27/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

STEP INC — $25,000 · OtherSTEP INCABLE VOICES — $24,700 · OtherABLE VOICESIndividual grant recipient — $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $15,000 · OtherBACKLIGHT PRODUCTIONS — $18,400 · OtherBACKLIGHT PRODUCTIONS+31 more — $241,365 · Other+31 moreFriends Life Community — $20,000 · Human ServicesFriends Life Com…HENDERSONVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesHENDERSONVILLE R…STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL OF TENNESSEE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesSTATEWIDE INDEPE…The Arc of Tennessee Inc — $10,000 · Human ServicesThe Arc of Tenne…TUCKER'S HOUSE — $10,000 · Human ServicesTUCKER'S HOUSETHE HELEN R TUCKER DEV CENTER INC — $9,959 · Human ServicesTHE HELEN R TUCK…WAVES INC — $9,922 · Human ServicesWAVES INCAble Youth Inc — $8,700 · Human ServicesAble Youth IncDISABILITY RIGHTS TENNESSEE FKA DISABILITY LAW & ADVOCACY CENTER TN — $5,000 · Human ServicesASMT INC dba AUTISM TENNESSEE — $5,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWER TENNESSEE — $5,000 · Human ServicesTennessee Fair Housing Council — $100,355 · ReligionTennessee Fair …SPECIAL KIDS INC — $33,300 · HealthSPECIAL KIDS …DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $15,000 · HealthDOWN SYNDROME…MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $10,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH…HEALING ARTS PROJECT INC — $10,000 · HealthHEALING ARTS …CHATTANOOGA AUTISM CENTER INC — $10,000 · HealthCHATTANOOGA A…MEDICAL FOUNDATION OF NASHVILLE — $4,301 · HealthFRIENDS OF TENNESSEE'S BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS — $10,000 · EducationCHATTANOOGAHAMILTON COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND — $10,000 · EducationKNOXVILLE JEWISH ALLIANCE INC — $7,800 · EducationMOSE & GARRISON SISKIN MEMORIAL FDN INC D/B/A SISKIN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE — $7,500 · EducationSupport and Training for Exceptional Parents Inc — $6,000 · EducationCREATIVETS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureOUR PLACE ART ORGANIZATION INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE OVERTON PARK SHELL INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureStar Center Inc — $20,000 · Employment
Other$339,465Human Services$103,581Religion$100,355Health$82,601Education$41,300Arts & Culture$30,000Employment$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTennessee Fair Housing Council — $100,355 over 2y, 21% of budgetSPECIAL KIDS INC — $33,300 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetStar Center Inc — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends Life Community — $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBACKLIGHT PRODUCTIONS — $18,400 over 2y, 10% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetHENDERSONVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSTATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL OF TENNESSEE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetThe Arc of Tennessee Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCREATIVETS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF TENNESSEE'S BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS — $10,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTANOOGAHAMILTON COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSERTOMA CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING ARTS PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE OVERTON PARK SHELL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHATTANOOGA AUTISM CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HELEN R TUCKER DEV CENTER INC — $9,959 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWAVES INC — $9,922 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR FAMILIES CHILDREN AND ADULTS INC — $9,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAble Youth Inc — $8,700 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetKNOXVILLE JEWISH ALLIANCE INC — $7,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOSE & GARRISON SISKIN MEMORIAL FDN INC D/B/A SISKIN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER INC — $6,230 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSupport and Training for Exceptional Parents Inc — $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS TENNESSEE FKA DISABILITY LAW & ADVOCACY CENTER TN — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASMT INC dba AUTISM TENNESSEE — $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetEMPOWER TENNESSEE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMEDICAL FOUNDATION OF NASHVILLE — $4,301 over 1y, 0.8% 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 FoundationThe Healing Trust For…Memorial Foundation I…United Way of Middle …Nashville Predators F…Dugas Family Foundati…Christopher Reeve Fou…Dollar General Litera…United Cerebral Palsy…Akima Club Inc
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN39× affinity22 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 · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Memorial Foundation Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Nashville Predators Foundation · Dugas Family Foundation II Inc · Christopher Reeve Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee Inc · Akima Club 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 Tennessee Disability Coalition 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%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tennessee Disability Coalition?

    Find your warmest path to Tennessee Disability Coalition through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 63 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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