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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.

$27M
Granted FY2024still arriving
810
Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$1.1M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$34MReligion$14MHealth$10MPhilanthropy$10MHuman Services$7.7MArts & Culture$5.6MCommunity Improvement$3.9MAnimals$3.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 810 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 810 grants below total $25,778,536, the rows itemized in this filing. The $27,451,355 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,672,819 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k379 grants · $1.2M
  • $10k–50k333 grants · $6.9M
  • $50k–250k79 grants · $7.5M
  • $250k+19 grants · $10M
$10,000
Median grant
—
States reached
$245M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists$1,100,000
North Atlantic Salmon Fund$951,303
YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga$803,554
Community Foundation of Cleveland and Bradley County$700,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga$650,000
Sweet Briar Institute$600,000
Skyuka Hall$554,000
United Way of Greater Chattanooga$527,102
Sweet Briar Institute$502,500
Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc$500,000
St Peter's Episcopal School$500,000
Southern Adventist University$500,000
The Layman Foundation Inc co Ruhling and Associates$400,000
Collegedale Academy$400,000
Gulf States Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists$350,000
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 (FY20–23, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HIGH SOCKS FOR HOPE INC: $25k → 17%BETTERFI: $25k → 21%PROJECT SWEET PEAS: $60k → 7%YMCA OF ATHENS GEORGIA: $20k → 13%BETTERFI: $25k → 21%YMCA OF ATHENS GEORGIA: $20k → 13%SHEPHERDS ARMS RESCUE MISSION INC: $20k → 12%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $33k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $17k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $17k → 14%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $40k → 12%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $35k → 12%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $35k → 12%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $17k → 12%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $17k → 12%CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC: $100k → 12%CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC: $100k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $53k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $50k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $44k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER: $40k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER: $40k → 12%CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC: $35k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $31k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $30k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER: $25k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER: $25k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER: $20k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER: $20k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $17k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER: $17k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC DBA THE BETHLEHEM CENTER: $28k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC DBA THE BETHLEHEM CENTER: $20k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC DBA THE BETHLEHEM CENTER: $17k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC DBA THE BETHLEHEM CENTER: $17k → 12%BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $35k → 12%FIRST BAPTIST CARES INC: $17k → 12%FIRST BAPTIST CARES INC: $17k → 12%THE NET RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $40k → 12%THE NET RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $40k → 12%VISION OF MERCY: $17k → 12%THE NET RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $17k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $62k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 12%AIM CENTER INC: $20k → 12%AIM CENTER INC: $17k → 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

ME
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$96M · 360 repeat orgs$9.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

360 repeat relationships: 258 still active in FY2024, 102 since wound down; 74 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

360
266

Total granted

$96M
$7.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+11%

Still filing today

76%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.7M · revenue +41%
  • SB
    SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +17%
  • SH
    SKYUKA HALL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +174% · 50% of their budget

Funded once

  • MG
    Mountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -41% · 38% of their budget
  • GC
    GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
    one grant, 2021 · $400k
  • VF
    VALLEY FEST INC
    one grant, 2021 · $400k · revenue -80%
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
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
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
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…

Education
6
United Way of Greater Chattanooga

Uniting people and resources in building a stronger, healthier community

Philanthropy
7
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland 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 the patient's ability to pay.

Health
8
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
9
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
10
Leadership Tennessee Inc

Leadership tennessee fosters collaborative, non-partisan dialogue on issues of state importance, by connecting and deploying a network of diverse leaders and engaged citizens.

Public Benefit
11
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
12
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of East Tennessee Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cumberland Center for Justice and Peace. 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

559 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. 559 of the 724 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.

40
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
134
Early backer (in before they grew)
548/559
Grantees still filing
376/559
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY: $5,411,626 · OtherSOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITYCOLLEGEDALE ACADEMY: $2,010,795 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA: $1,973,654 · OtherGULF STATES CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS: $1,855,000 · OtherThe Church of the Good Shepherd: $1,770,435 · Other+104 more: $34,593,845 · Other+104 moreSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $3,330,000 · EducationSWEET BRIAR INSTITU…SKYUKA HALL: $2,437,245 · EducationSKYUKA HALLBAYLOR SCHOOL: $2,242,503 · EducationBAYLOR SCHOOLCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $1,455,843 · EducationCHATTANOOGA CHRISTI…CHATTANOOGAHAMILTON COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $939,875 · EducationCHATTANOOGAHAMILTON…UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $672,058 · EducationTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $638,777 · EducationPREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $568,483 · Education+17 more: $4,369,234 · Education+17 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $4,678,794 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNI…WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $765,874 · PhilanthropyWOMEN'S FUN…CHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $716,841 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA…THE LAYMAN FOUNDATION: $700,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LAYMAN …AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $417,635 · Philanthropy+6 more: $761,153 · Philanthropy+6 moreTHE ENTERPRISE CENTER INC: $2,034,430 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND AND BRADLEY COUNTY: $1,700,000 · Community ImprovementCOLLEGEDALE TOMORROW FOUNDATION INC: $781,500 · Community ImprovementCHATTANOOGA REGIONAL HOMELESS COALITION INC: $536,575 · Community ImprovementBUILDING & CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE CENTER: $482,900 · Community ImprovementLAUNCH INC: $375,178 · Community ImprovementPARTNERSHIP FOR FAMILIES CHILDREN AND ADULTS INC: $332,772 · Community ImprovementTHE RIVERCITY COMPANY: $320,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $437,900 · Community ImprovementVanderbilt University Medical Center: $1,418,500 · HealthBRIDGE TO HEALING FOUNDATION INC: $540,750 · HealthWELCOME HOME OF CHATTANOOGA: $534,250 · HealthLIFESPRING COMMUNITY HEALTH: $484,282 · HealthON POINT: $404,000 · HealthA STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC: $356,075 · HealthFIRST THINGS FIRST INC: $319,000 · HealthMEDICOS MISSION FUND: $243,887 · HealthCamellia Foundation Inc: $238,750 · HealthSISKIN HOSPITAL FOR PHYSICAL REHABILITATION INC: $215,002 · Health+5 more: $627,632 · HealthCreative Discovery Museum: $1,544,150 · Arts & CultureMARK MAKING: $613,000 · Arts & CultureVALLEY FEST INC: $400,000 · Arts & CultureARTSBUILD: $379,138 · Arts & CultureHunter Museum of American Art: $351,506 · Arts & CultureCHATTANOOGA SYMPHONY & OPERA ASSOCIATION: $248,167 · Arts & CultureRISE CHATTANOOGA: $233,144 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $752,053 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC: $623,700 · Human ServicesUNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $445,919 · Human ServicesTHE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC: $432,877 · Human ServicesPURPOSE POINT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $411,600 · Human ServicesLA PAZ DE DIOS INC: $395,160 · Human ServicesNORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $353,750 · Human ServicesNET RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $296,650 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY INC: $296,350 · Human ServicesTHE AIM CENTER INC: $287,436 · Human ServicesBethel Bible Village: $166,500 · Human Services+4 more: $488,436 · Human Services
Other$47,615,355Education$16,654,018Philanthropy$9,540,297Community Improvement$7,001,255Health$5,382,128Arts & Culture$4,521,158Human Services$4,198,378

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $4,678,794 over 5y, 17% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $3,330,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetSKYUKA HALL: $2,437,245 over 5y, 50% of budgetBAYLOR SCHOOL: $2,242,503 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ENTERPRISE CENTER INC: $2,034,430 over 3y, 78% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA: $1,973,654 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND AND BRADLEY COUNTY: $1,700,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $1,578,597 over 5y, 54% of budgetCreative Discovery Museum: $1,544,150 over 5y, 14% of budgetCHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1,514,674 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $1,500,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $1,455,843 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $1,418,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC: $1,310,612 over 5y, 15% of budgetNORTH ATLANTIC SALMON FUND: $1,251,303 over 3y, 75% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $966,135 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCHATTANOOGAHAMILTON COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $939,875 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetMCKEE PARKS TRAILS AND GREENWAYS: $895,201 over 3y, 35% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $793,897 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGEDALE TOMORROW FOUNDATION INC: $781,500 over 4y, 67% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $765,874 over 4y, 51% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $716,841 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetTHE LAYMAN FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $672,058 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetCHATT FOUNDATION: $670,697 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $638,777 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC: $623,700 over 4y, 32% of budgetMARK MAKING: $613,000 over 5y, 62% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA AREA INC: $586,717 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $583,602 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetPREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $568,483 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetSIGNAL CENTERS INC: $561,530 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCHATTANOOGANS IN ACTION FOR LOVE EQUALITY AND BENEVOLENCE: $555,654 over 5y, 30% of budgetBRIDGE TO HEALING FOUNDATION INC: $540,750 over 5y, 43% of budgetERLANGER FOUNDATION: $538,742 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetCHATTANOOGA REGIONAL HOMELESS COALITION INC: $536,575 over 4y, 26% of budgetWELCOME HOME OF CHATTANOOGA: $534,250 over 4y, 19% of budgetLEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESSEE: $515,783 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHATTANOOGA INC: $506,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetMountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetLIFESPRING COMMUNITY HEALTH: $484,282 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetBUILDING & CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE CENTER: $482,900 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $451,218 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTANOOGA NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERPRISE: $450,957 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetUNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $445,919 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetTennessee Aquarium: $443,560 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC: $432,877 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $417,635 over 5y, 5.8% 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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA ↗
  • Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SKYUKA HALL ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE ENTERPRISE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND AND BRADLEY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Creative Discovery Museum ↗
  • Who funds CHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH ATLANTIC SALMON FUND ↗
  • Who funds Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGAHAMILTON COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds MCKEE PARKS TRAILS AND GREENWAYS ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGEDALE TOMORROW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LAYMAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM OF HAITI INC ↗
  • Who funds MARK MAKING ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗

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.

Robert F Stone Founda…Benwood Foundation IncChattanooga Christian…United Way of Greater…Weldon F Osborne Foun…Lyndhurst Foundation …The Maclellan Foundat…Robert L & Kathrina H…Hamico IncFootprint Foundation …Hugh and Charlotte Ma…McKenzie Foundation D…
Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone FoundationDE136.8× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Benwood Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · Hamico Inc · Footprint Foundation Inc · Hugh and Charlotte Maclellan Charitable Charitable Trust · McKenzie Foundation D/B/A the McKenzie 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 The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
63report 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
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 724 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home