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The Foundation for a Second Chance at a glance

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The Foundation for a Second Chance

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Animals$32kPublic Benefit$9kInternational$7kHuman Services$5kPhilanthropy$4kArts & Culture$4kEducation$3kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Agape Animal Rescue$1,200
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE USO: $1k → 17%GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%First Baptist Christian Academy: $500 → 16%US Constitution Scholarship Fndn: $2k → 7%DUFFY'S FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%Rotary Club of Franklin Charities I: $5k → 4%Fabled Farm Rescue Sanctuary: $5k → 9%CSCC COUGAR BASEBALL: $100 → 13%Special Olympics Tennessee: $3k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $2k → 13%BAPTIST MEDICAL DENTAL MISSION INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 15%Marine Corps League: $2k → 6%NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%United Service Organizations Inc: $4k → 7%Marine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1k → 7%Vietnam Veterans of America Inc: $2k → 8%CELEBRATION BAPTIST CHURCH: $1k → 7%ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 14%MARINE CORPS LEAGUE: $2k → 6%National Press Photographers Fndn: $2k → 6%Marine Toys For Tots Foundation: $1k → 7%Marine Corps League: $1k → 6%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

NY
VA
MD
TN
MS
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of The Foundation for a Second Chance’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 60% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 0%.

The Foundation for a Second Chancelessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38k · 4 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
17

Total granted

$38k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+8%

Still filing today

100%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationPhilanthropyPublic BenefitHealthInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AA
    AGAPE ANIMAL RESCUE
    4× · 2017–2022 · $27k · revenue -70%
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS LEAGUE INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $5k · revenue +9%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $4k · revenue -3%

Funded once

  • RC
    Rotary Club of Franklin Charities I
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +8%
  • FF
    Fabled Farm Rescue Sanctuary
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +14%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Marine Corps Association

The mission of the marine corps association (mca) is to support the marine corps by disseminating knowledge of military art and science among marines, provide opportunities for professional development for marines, and to foster the spirit…

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3
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc

See schedule othe marine corps scholarship foundation is the nation's oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military children. founded in 1962, the marine corps scholarship foundation provides access to education for…

Education
4
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
7
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
8
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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9
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation

To generate philanthropic support for the united states olympic and paralympic committee (usopc). the usopc's mission is: empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and…

Recreation & Sports
12
American Board of Medical Specialties

In collaboration with its member boards, abms creates standards for board certification for physicians and medical specialists. specifically, for initial and continuing certification. abms and its member boards establish rigorous standards…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Toys for Tots Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Duffy's Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AGAPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $27,329 · OtherAGAPE ANIMAL RESCUEMARINE CORPS LEAGUE INC: $5,050 · OtherMARINE CORPS LEAGUE INCFabled Farm Rescue Sanctuary: $5,000 · OtherFabled Farm Rescue SanctuarySPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC: $2,500 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC+6 more: $5,250 · Other+6 moreNATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EducationNATIONAL PRES…THE US CONSTITUTION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationTHE US CONSTI…THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $1,600 · EducationTHE GEORGE W …FIRST BAPTIST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $500 · EducationFIRST BAPTIST…UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $4,275 · Public BenefitUNITED SER…VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 · Public BenefitVIETNAM VE…Rotary Club of Franklin Charities I: $5,000 · Community ImprovementMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyDUFFY'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · HealthBAPTIST MEDICAL & DENTAL MISSION INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · International
Other$45,129Education$8,100Public Benefit$6,275Community Improvement$5,000Philanthropy$3,000Health$2,000International$1,000

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 budgetAGAPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $27,329 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetMARINE CORPS LEAGUE INC: $5,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRotary Club of Franklin Charities I: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $4,275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE US CONSTITUTION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAPTIST MEDICAL & DENTAL MISSION INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST BAPTIST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE4.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Foundation for a Second Chance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Foundation for a Second Chance. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Foundation for a Second Chance?

    Find your warmest path to The Foundation for a Second Chance 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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