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The Restoration 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.

$222k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$3.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Restoration Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsInternationalArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$222k32%
FY202416$208k31%
FY202323$240k35%
FY202221$190k48%
FY202116$152k31%
FY202013$157k54%
FY201917$154k29%
FY201820$203k45%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$656kHuman Services$174kInternational$111kArts & Culture$76kHealth$66kYouth Development$60kCivil Rights$60kPublic Benefit$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
MIO Frontiers$120,00090%
Sat-7 North America$110,00070%
New Generations$85,00050%
Dependable Laundry$70,0004n/a
Servant Group International$45,00091%
Grundy County Historical Society$45,000314%
Blue Monarch$40,00021%
Wired Human$40,000319%
Ethos Church$40,0002n/a
Cityteam Ministries$35,00020%
Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of The Restoration Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
MIO Frontiers$120,00090%
Sat-7 North America$110,00070%
New Generations$85,00050%
Dependable Laundry$70,0004n/a
Servant Group International$45,00091%
Grundy County Historical Society$45,000314%
Blue Monarch$40,00021%
Wired Human$40,000319%
Ethos Church$40,0002n/a
Cityteam Ministries$35,00020%
New Harvest Global Ministries Nfp$30,00023%
Living Water Project$26,00043%
Latcom$25,00032%
Christian Fellowship of Nashville$20,0002n/a
The Signatry Corporation Inc$20,0003n/a
The Mission Cincinnati$17,5003n/a
917 Society$15,00022%
Back to Jerusalem Inc$15,00011%
Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc$15,0002n/a
Young Life$15,00030%
Hope and Life Ministry Inc$14,00056%
Unit-E$13,5001n/a
Horizons International$11,00010%
My Fathers House Missions Intl Inc$10,00022%
Project Veritas$10,0001n/a
Voice of the Martyrs Inc$10,0003n/a
The Optima Foundation Dba Education Freedom Foundation$10,0001n/a
Search Ministries Inc$7,0002n/a
Freedom's Promise$7,00020%
Faith Family Medical Center Inc$7,00020%
His Battle Ax Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
Patmos Inc$5,0001n/a
Pattys Hope$5,0001n/a
People Loving Nashville$5,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$5,00010%
Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition$5,00013%
Tennessee Stands Foundation Inc$5,00016%
Center for Immigration Studies Inc$5,00010%
Alliance for Law and Liberty Inc Fka Family Action Council of Tennessee$5,00012%
National Christian Foundation Inc$4,0001n/a
Nashville Rescue Mission$4,00010%
Every Nation Ministries Inc$3,0002n/a
American Library Association$2,00010%
Casa Inc$2,00010%
Harvest USA$2,00010%
Men of Valor$2,0001n/a
Travellers Rest Historic House Museum Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($726k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Restoration Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMIO Frontiers: $120,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSat-7 North America: $110,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetNew Generations: $85,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetServant Group International: $45,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetGrundy County Historical Society: $45,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetBlue Monarch: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWired Human: $40,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCityteam Ministries: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Harvest Global Ministries Nfp: $30,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetLiving Water Project: $26,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetLatcom: $25,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budget917 Society: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBack to Jerusalem Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYoung Life: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHope and Life Ministry Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetHorizons International: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMy Fathers House Missions Intl Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFreedom's Promise: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFaith Family Medical Center Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeople Loving Nashville: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTennessee Stands Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetCenter for Immigration Studies Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlliance for Law and Liberty Inc Fka Family Action Council of Tennessee: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNashville Rescue Mission: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Library Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHarvest USA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTravellers Rest Historic House Museum Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 30.

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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.

Servant FoundationKS23.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Ebs Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Memorial Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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.

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How do I get to The Restoration Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Restoration Foundation 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.

About The Restoration Foundation

How much does The Restoration Foundation give?
The Restoration Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $221,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Restoration Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (38%), Human Services (10%), International (6%).
Who are The Restoration Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: MIO Frontiers ($120k), Sat-7 North America ($110k), New Generations ($85k).
Does The Restoration Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Restoration Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Restoration Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
Where is The Restoration Foundation based?
The Restoration Foundation is based in TN.

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 71 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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