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The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation at a glance

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The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$137k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$341kReligion$269kHuman Services$158kCommunity Improvement$114kHealth$31kInternational$15kHousing & Shelter$8kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$154k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARPETH HILLS CHURCH$36,000
TIMOTHY HILLS CHILDRENS RANCH$15,000
GOD'S WORD FOR WARRIORS$15,000
LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY$8,250
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$5,000
GREAT CITIES ROAD MISSION$5,000
MISSION LAZURUS$5,000
SHRADER LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST$5,000
TENNESSEE RESETTLEMENT AID$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FREED HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY$5,000
TN PRISION OUTREACH MINISTRY$3,000
LIPSCOMB ACADEMY$3,000
MERCY SHIPS$3,000
FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL$3,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES: $5k → 10%TIMOTHY HILLS CHILDRENS RANCH: $18k → 7%BEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES: $3k → 10%TIMOTHY HILLS CHILDRENS RANCH: $15k → 7%TIMOTHY HILLS CHILDRENS RANCH: $11k → 7%TIMOTHY HILLS CHILDRENS RANCH: $5k → 7%TIMOTHY HILLS CHILDRENS RANCH: $2k → 7%TIMOTHY HILLS CHILDRENS RANCH: $1k → 7%LAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%TENNESSEE RESETTLEMENT AID: $5k → 14%TENNESSEE RESETTLEMENT AID: $2k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $500 → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE: $500 → 14%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

VT
MI
NY
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
TN
NC
LA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$867k · 27 repeat orgs$101k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
43

Total granted

$867k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+20%

Still filing today

48%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalReligionYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • LU
    LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $253k · revenue +44%
  • TH
    TIMOTHY HILL CHILDREN'S RANCH INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $51k · revenue +112%
  • E
    ENTRYWAY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $8k · revenue +216%

Funded once

  • HC
    HILLSBORO CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • TP
    TENNESSEE PRISON OUTREACH MINISTRY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +166%
  • EC
    EH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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.

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Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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2
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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3
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
4
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
5
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
6
New Hope Academy

Christ-centered school educating children of diverse racial & socioeconomic backgrounds by establishing a biblical worldview & preparing each child to flourish academically, emotionally, socially & spiritually.

Education
7
Dallas International University

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

Education
8
Reformed University Inc

Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.

Education
9
Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
10
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
11
American Baptist Theological Seminary dba American Baptist College

Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.

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 Nashville Christian Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Franklin Light Opera. 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

36 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. 36 of the 82 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/36
Grantees still filing
26/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $253,050 · OtherLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITYHARPETH HILLS CHURCH: $154,500 · OtherHARPETH HILLS CHURCHGREAT CITIES ROAD MISSION: $105,500 · OtherGREAT CITIES ROAD MISSIONSALVATION ARMY: $84,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL: $26,500 · Other+58 more: $159,850 · Other+58 moreTIMOTHY HILL CHILDREN'S RANCH INC: $50,500 · Human ServicesBEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesTENNESSEE RESETTLEMENT AID: $7,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesNATIONS UNIVERSITY: $30,500 · EducationVanderbilt University: $20,000 · EducationFREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationFISK UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGE: $2,500 · Education+3 more: $5,000 · EducationGODS WORD FOR WARRIORS: $30,000 · ReligionOPERATION ANDREW GROUP INC: $5,000 · ReligionHEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,500 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $3,000 · InternationalTENNESSEE PRISON OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $6,000 · Crime & LegalFRIENDS OF TENWEK INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$783,400Human Services$66,500Education$66,000Religion$35,000International$6,500Crime & Legal$6,000Health$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $253,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTIMOTHY HILL CHILDREN'S RANCH INC: $50,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONS UNIVERSITY: $30,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGODS WORD FOR WARRIORS: $30,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENTRYWAY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE RESETTLEMENT AID: $7,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetNASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE PRISON OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION ANDREW GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHIGH HOPES INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Christian University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF TENWEK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF NASHVILLE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFISK UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE ONE INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIFE SCIENCE TENNESSEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNASHVILLE INNER CITY MINISTRY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIVE HOSPICE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCKETOWN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LITTLE PANTRY THAT COULD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALABAMA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARPENTERS SQUARE INC: $750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOAK HILL SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $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.

  • Who funds LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TIMOTHY HILL CHILDREN'S RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GODS WORD FOR WARRIORS ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds ENTRYWAY ↗
  • Who funds BEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE RESETTLEMENT AID ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE PRISON OUTREACH MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION ANDREW GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGH HOPES INC ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Christian University ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF TENWEK INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds FISK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗

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.

Stephens' Christian T…The Community Foundat…Ezell Foundation IncWashington FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…Hca Healthcare Founda…Raymond James Charita…Servant FoundationNashville Predators F…United Way of Middle …Christian Community F…T Rowe Price Program …
Stephens' Christian TrustTN28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stephens' Christian Trust · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Ezell Foundation Inc · Washington Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Servant Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving 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 Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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