· Private foundation
The Joe and Velma Dewitt Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRYAN COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| LIFE ACTION MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $5,000 |
| NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION | $5,000 |
| THE CHURCH AT HARPETH HEIGHTS | $5,000 |
| TEACHING TO TEACH | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $127k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BCBRYAN COLLEGE8× · 2018–2025 · $120k · revenue +0%
- LALIFE ACTION MINISTRIES7× · 2018–2025 · $90k · revenue +40%
- NRNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION8× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- BBBRAINERD BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $50k
- CCUL2VATEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +205%
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.
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.
Northeastern seminary strives to be a vibrant source for christian theological formation whose students are formed in a biblical vision of gracious christianity and impact wholeness to the world in an expansive array of vocations and…
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
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…
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…
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.
The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
Winebrenner theological seminary equips leaders for service in god's kingdom.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 BRYAN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds COPPER BASIN CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds LIFE ACTION MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds ANKERBERG THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CUL2VATE ↗
- Who funds DREAM CATCHERS ↗
- Who funds SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Clifton and Clara Ward Foundation · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Joe and Velma Dewitt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joe and Velma Dewitt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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