Tennessee · Public charity
The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc
Primary purpose is to present jesus christ to the homeless, unemployed, and destitute community of chattanooga's inner city and around the world; to provide education which re-defines self worth according to biblical principles; to offer temporary shelter, physical food, and christian counseling until clients can be integrated back into…
- $80k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $77k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,930
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,185
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $77k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $74k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $84k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $66k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $81k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Dream Center | $37,775 | 6 | 2% |
| Project 52 | $37,520 | 6 | 14% |
| Harvest Baptist Church of the Deaf | $37,520 | 6 | n/a |
| Scenic City Women's Network | $37,520 | 6 | 7% |
| 1040 Connections Inc | $37,520 | 6 | 2% |
| Centers of Hope Missions International Inc | $37,520 | 6 | 6% |
| City Church of Chattanooga | $37,520 | 6 | n/a |
| Church of God | $37,520 | 6 | n/a |
| Widows Harvest Ministries Inc | $37,520 | 6 | 3% |
| Nhc Healthcare Activity Dept | $37,520 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Dream Center | $37,775 | 6 | 2% |
| Project 52 | $37,520 | 6 | 14% |
| Harvest Baptist Church of the Deaf | $37,520 | 6 | n/a |
| Scenic City Women's Network | $37,520 | 6 | 7% |
| 1040 Connections Inc | $37,520 | 6 | 2% |
| Centers of Hope Missions International Inc | $37,520 | 6 | 6% |
| City Church of Chattanooga | $37,520 | 6 | n/a |
| Church of God | $37,520 | 6 | n/a |
| Widows Harvest Ministries Inc | $37,520 | 6 | 3% |
| Nhc Healthcare Activity Dept | $37,520 | 6 | n/a |
| The Redemption Project | $32,060 | 5 | 6% |
| Holding Forth the Word of Life Ministry | $16,907 | 2 | n/a |
| Timothy Two Project International | $12,112 | 2 | 1% |
| Epos International Inc | $12,037 | 2 | 12% |
| Reformed Evangelistic Fellowship Inc | $11,223 | 2 | 0% |
| Free 2 Fly Inc | $5,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Holding Forth the Word of Life Inc | $5,763 | 1 | 1% |
| Twelve Springs Inc | $5,763 | 1 | 6% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc
- How much does The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc give?
- The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc reported 13 itemized grants totaling $77,345, out of $80,494 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (50%), International (17%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Knoxville Dream Center ($38k), Project 52 ($38k), Harvest Baptist Church of the Deaf ($38k).
- Does The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc based?
- The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc is based in TN.
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