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The Chrysalis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$217k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 22
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$882k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Chrysalis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionPublic BenefitPhilanthropyCrime & LegalInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving14$217k14%
FY202416$245k6%
FY202315$169k13%
FY202214$176k21%
FY202119$209k47%
FY202018$147k17%
FY201921$356k5%
FY201822$315k18%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$642kHealth$387kReligion$350kHuman Services$257kHousing & Shelter$206kPhilanthropy$96kArts & Culture$86kEducation$65kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MN
MA
CT
MD
TN
SC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Chrysalis Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chatt Foundation$310,00092%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$270,00065%
Northside Neighborhood House$135,00061%
Blaine County Hunger Coalition Inc$128,00053%
A Step Ahead Foundation Chattanooga Inc$115,00093%
Crabtree Farms of Chattanooga Inc$95,05075%
Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc$95,00040%
Artsbuild$72,50096%
Habitat for Humanity$70,000515%
Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti Inc$55,00033%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga Inc$47,00091%
Blaine County Charitable Fund Inc$40,00031%
Chambliss Center for Children$40,00020%
Refugee Womens Network Inc$32,00021%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25,0001n/a
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America$25,0001n/a
Pioneer Montessori School$25,00021%
Homes & Havens$22,50034%
Toco Hills Community Alliance Inc$20,0001n/a
United Way of Greater Chattanooga$20,00010%
The Center for Mindful Living$19,00034%
University of Chattanooga Foundation Inc$12,50010%
Maryellen Locher Foundation Inc$10,70052%
Society of Saint Anna the Prophet$10,0002n/a
St Marys Sewanee a Center for Spiritual$7,50031%
Hunter Museum of American Art$5,40050%
Memorial Health Care System Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Chattanooga Endeavors Inc$5,00015%
Community Dining Room Inc$5,00020%
Haiti Outreach Inc$5,00011%
Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Association$4,50030%
House of Refuge Inc$3,75060%
Preserve Chattanooga Inc Formerly Cornerstones Inc$3,10041%
Sun Valley Community School Inc$2,50010%
Lula Lake Land Trust$2,00080%
Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center$2,00030%
Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc$1,25030%
The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
Chattanooga Women's Leadership$50010%
Association for Visual Artists$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($451k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Chrysalis Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChatt Foundation: $310,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetMetropolitan Ministries Inc: $270,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetNorthside Neighborhood House: $135,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetBlaine County Hunger Coalition Inc: $128,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetA Step Ahead Foundation Chattanooga Inc: $115,000 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetCrabtree Farms of Chattanooga Inc: $95,050 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArtsbuild: $72,500 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $70,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetChildren's Nutrition Program of Haiti Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga Inc: $47,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetBlaine County Charitable Fund Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetChambliss Center for Children: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRefugee Womens Network Inc: $32,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPioneer Montessori School: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHomes & Havens: $22,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Chattanooga: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Center for Mindful Living: $19,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetUniversity of Chattanooga Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaryellen Locher Foundation Inc: $10,700 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSt Marys Sewanee a Center for Spiritual: $7,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHunter Museum of American Art: $5,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Health Care System Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChattanooga Endeavors Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCommunity Dining Room Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHaiti Outreach Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChattanooga Symphony & Opera Association: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Refuge Inc: $3,750 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPreserve Chattanooga Inc Formerly Cornerstones Inc: $3,100 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLula Lake Land Trust: $2,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetReflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChattanooga Room in the Inn Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChattanooga Women's Leadership: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAssociation for Visual Artists: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Chattanooga Christian Community FoundationTN43.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Benwood Foundation Inc · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Hamico Inc · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · The Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc · Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation · McKenzie Foundation D/B/A the McKenzie Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc

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.

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About The Chrysalis Foundation

How much does The Chrysalis Foundation give?
The Chrysalis Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $216,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Chrysalis Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (29%), Health (17%), Religion (16%).
Who are The Chrysalis Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chatt Foundation ($310k), Metropolitan Ministries Inc ($270k), Northside Neighborhood House ($135k).
Does The Chrysalis Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Chrysalis Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Chrysalis Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation, Benwood Foundation Inc, Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc.
Where is The Chrysalis Foundation based?
The Chrysalis Foundation is based in TN.

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 55 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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