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The Patriot Foundation Trust

The trust promotes liberty by devoting its resources exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, directly or by contributions to organizations duly organized to carry on charitable, religious, scientific, literary or educational activities, consistent with our mission.

$32k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$291kArts & Culture$152kPublic Benefit$79kEducation$70kReligion$62kYouth Development$43kHuman Services$5kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $10,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $32,050 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $22,050 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.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$738k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $5k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$436k · 9 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
3

Total granted

$436k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+159%

Still filing today

78%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
Public BenefitEducationPhilanthropyReligionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CC
    CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $70k · revenue +135%
  • WF
    WARRIOR FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $30k · revenue +308%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • SC
    SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • LC
    LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +159%
  • RS
    RESTORATION SOUTHSIDE CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $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.

1
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
2
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
3
Charlotte Christian College & Theological Seminary

To educate, train, and develop ministers, evangelists, missionaries, and other people who are going to enter the Christian ministry. Educate ministers and missionaries to serve the Lord.

Religion
4
Christian Leadership Alliance

Christian leadership alliance exists to equip and unite leaders called to transform the world for christ.

—
5
Charlotte Christian School

Charlotte christian school is a christ-centered, college preparatory school, equipping and developing students to effectively integrate biblical truth and learning nto their daily lives and to impact the culture for christ.

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6
Heritage Christian School

At heritage christian school, we exist to serve christ by partnering with parents to provide biblically faithful, academically excellent education.

—
7
Charlotte Country Day School

Through excellence in education, charlotte country day school develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership and a responsibility to serve. the key values and…

Education
8
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion
9
Covenant Christian School

Covenant Christian School (CCS) is committed to the academic, spiritual, physical, and social growth of our children in a Christ-centered environment. Continued on Schedule O Covenant Christian School cultivates a distinctive generation…

Education
10
Landmark Christian School

Landmark christian school partners with christian families by equipping college-bound students to embrace a christ-centered worldview, grow as servant leaders, and steward god's unique purpose for their lives.

—
11
Westminster Academy

The school provides classical christian education to students in grades junior kindergarten through twelve.

Education
12
Crawford Christian Academy

Christian day school with pre-k thru 12

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chattanooga Christian School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Scenic City Women's Network. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $261,200 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $30,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGACHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC: $171,833 · OtherCHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR H…CALVARY CHAPEL OF CHATTANOOGA INC: $46,215 · OtherCALVARY CHAPEL OF CHATTANOOGA INCNATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH ISSUES: $25,000 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH ISSUESCHEROKEE AREA COUNCIL INCORPORATED BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $17,500 · OtherCHEROKEE AREA COUNCIL INCORPORATED BOY SCOUT…LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $15,535 · OtherLOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH+1 more: $5,000 · OtherCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $70,000 · EducationCHATTANOOGA…WARRIOR FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $30,000 · Public BenefitWARRIOR F…THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERIT…SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $5,000 · Human ServicesLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $5,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$291,200Other$281,083Education$70,000Public Benefit$60,000Human Services$5,000Religion$5,000

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 budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $261,200 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC: $171,833 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWARRIOR FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH ISSUES: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHEROKEE AREA COUNCIL INCORPORATED BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $17,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $5,000 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.

The Community Foundat…Chattanooga Christian…Hamico IncThe Maclellan Foundat…Robert L & Kathrina H…Hugh and Charlotte Ma…Frank Jb & Emma S Var…Weldon F Osborne Foun…Benwood Foundation IncTucker FoundationRobert F Stone Founda…National Philanthropi…
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga IncTN21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Hamico Inc · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · Hugh and Charlotte Maclellan Charitable Charitable Trust · Frank Jb & Emma S Varallo Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · Benwood Foundation Inc · Tucker Foundation · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Patriot Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Patriot Foundation Trust. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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 13 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $20k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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