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The Chrysalis Foundation at a glance

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The Chrysalis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$217k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% 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
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$882k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHATTANOOGA COMMUNITY KITCHEN$40,000
CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK$30,000
BLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND$25,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$25,000
THE HUNGER COALITION$25,000
REFUGEE WOMEN'S NETWORK$20,000
TOCO HILLS COMMUNITY ALLIANCE$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$15,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHATTANOOGA$7,500
A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA$5,000
ARTS BUILD$2,500
HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$1,200
HOUSE OF REFUGE$250
REFLECTION RIDING$250
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 (FY17–25, $242k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 14%REFUGEE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $20k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 14%REFUGEE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $12k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 14%TOCO HILLS COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $20k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20k → 14%CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI: $25k → 12%CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI: $10k → 12%CHILDRENS NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI: $20k → 12%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

ID
MN
MA
CT
MD
TN
SC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 34 repeat orgs$141k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
18

Total granted

$2.1M
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+21%

Still filing today

74%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • CF
    CHATT FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $310k · revenue +62%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $270k · revenue +47%
  • NN
    NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
    6× · 2017–2022 · $135k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • PE
    PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +21%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +361%
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
Chattanooga Design Studio

Chattanooga design studio seeks to elevate the quality of life for all citizens through guidance, collaboration, innovation, and education that promotes livable, accessible, walkable, and humane urban design.

Community Improvement
3
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga Area Inc

Habitat for humanity of greater chattanooga (hfh-gc) brings together businesses, churches, and other community organizations in partnership with low income families to spark authentic transformation in our city through the construction of…

Housing & Shelter
4
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise

Mission: to create economically diverse neighborhoods filled with financially empowered citizens and housing for all.vision: all chattanoogans can afford a safe place in a strong neighborhood to call home. belief: we believe the future of…

Housing & Shelter
5
Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation

We guide and encourage donors who are motivated toward kingdom-building generosity. our mission is carried out through four primary initiatives: providing donor-advised funds, inspiring and encouraging generosity within families along the…

Philanthropy
6
Chattahoochee Hospice Inc

The organization pledges to provide quality programs, service, and technology to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families, and to educate the community about end of life issues.

Human Services
7
Chattanooga Rescue Mission

To show the love of christ to the needy in our area by providing their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

Housing & Shelter
8
Family Promise of Greater Chattanooga Inc

Family promise of greater chattanooga's mission is to provide help for homeless families with children be housed and self-sufficient.

Human Services
9
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc

Together with our community and partners, we transform generosity into lasting change towards a prosperous and just chattanooga where all can thrive and achieve their full potential.

Philanthropy
10
Invest Chattanooga

Invest chattanooga uses flexible, low-cost capital and strategic public-private partnerships to produce financially sustainable, mixed-income housing with deep permanent affordability that the market alone cannot deliver.

Housing & Shelter
11
Chattanooga Outreach

To provide for the physical, social, and spiritual needs of the homeless and needy.

Education
12
Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Charleston Habitat for Humanitys (CHFH) vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Seeking to put God's love into action, Charleston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. By…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc; the most unlike its peers is House of Refuge 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

39 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. 39 of the 55 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/39
Grantees still filing
30/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHATT FOUNDATION: $310,000 · OtherCHATT FOUNDATIONMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $270,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INCCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT ERLANGER: $225,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT ERLANGERCHAMBLISS CHILDRENS HOME: $110,000 · OtherCHAMBLISS CHILDRENS HOMEHabitat for Humanity: $70,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHATTANOOGA INC: $47,000 · Other+32 more: $344,450 · Other+32 moreNORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $135,000 · Human ServicesNORTHSIDE NE…CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S N…REFUGEE WOMENS NETWORK INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesREFUGEE WOME…TOCO HILLS COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTOCO HILLS C…BLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $128,000 · Food & NutritionBLAINE COUN…Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $95,000 · Food & NutritionChattanooga…CRABTREE FARMS OF CHATTANOOGA INC: $95,050 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyA STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC: $115,000 · HealthARTSBUILD: $72,500 · Arts & CultureHunter Museum of American Art: $5,400 · Arts & CultureCHATTANOOGA SYMPHONY & OPERA ASSOCIATION: $4,500 · Arts & CulturePRESERVE CHATTANOOGA INC FORMERLY CORNERSTONES INC: $3,100 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureBLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND INC: $40,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,376,450Human Services$242,000Food & Nutrition$223,000Philanthropy$137,050Health$115,000Arts & Culture$85,750Public Benefit$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee 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 budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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
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.

Chattanooga Christian…Benwood Foundation IncWeldon F Osborne Foun…Robert F Stone Founda…Hamico IncLyndhurst Foundation …Robert L & Kathrina H…The Community Foundat…The Hacker and Kitty …Hazel Montague Hutche…McKenzie Foundation D…The Maclellan Foundat…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Chrysalis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chrysalis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 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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