Skip to content
The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· 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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Religion$240kInternational$82kHuman Services$75kHealth$43kEducation$38k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $77,345, the rows itemized in this filing. The $80,494 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,149 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.
$5,930
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEHEMIAH PROJECT$6,185
WIDOW'S HARVEST MINISTRY$5,930
THE REDEMPTION PROJECT$5,930
SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK$5,930
NHC HEALTHCARE ACTIVITY DEPT$5,930
PROJECT FREE 2 FLY$5,930
PROJECT 52$5,930
TIMOTHY TWO PROJECT INTERNATIONAL$5,930
CENTERS OF HOPE$5,930
1040 CONNECTIONS$5,930
CITY CHURCH OF CHATTANOOGA$5,930
MINISTRY TO ISRAEL$5,930
HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOR THE DEAF$5,930
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 (FY20–25, $38k) 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: $8k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $7k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $6k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $6k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $6k → 12%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$460k · 15 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
2

Total granted

$460k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-2%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionInternationalHousing & ShelterHuman 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

  • P5
    PROJECT 52
    6× · 2020–2025 · $38k · revenue +6%
  • SC
    SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $38k · revenue +116%
  • 1C
    1040 CONNECTIONS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $38k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • HF
    HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -2%
  • TS
    TWELVE SPRINGS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -70%
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
Spirit Invasion Ministries

Spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Religion
2
Dozen Ministries

Religious

Religion
3
Evangelism Partners International
Religion
4
Refuge for Prodigals International Bible Ministries Inc
Religion
5
Christ for the World Inc

Conducts daily devotional services and sponsors religious projects in developing countries.

Religion
6
Gods Promise Ministries International

Religious Purposes

Housing & Shelter
7
A2 Ministries International Ltd
Religion
8
Real Evangelism Inc
Religion
9
Global Gospel Initiative Inc
Religion
10
Repairing the Breach Ministries Inc
Religion
11
Reaching Out to the Nations Inc

Reaching Out To The Nations' mission is to both preach and demonstrate the love of Go through its projects and programs which include preaching, food distribution, widow and orphan assistance and leadership training.

Religion
12
TEN9 Ministries

Proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Holding Forth the Word of Life Inc; the most unlike its peers is Epos International Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 18 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROJECT 52: $37,520 · OtherPROJECT 52HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH OF THE DEAF: $37,520 · OtherHARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH OF THE DEAFCITY CHURCH OF CHATTANOOGA: $37,520 · OtherCITY CHURCH OF CHATTANOOGACHURCH OF GOD: $37,520 · OtherCHURCH OF GODNHC HEALTHCARE ACTIVITY DEPT: $37,520 · OtherNHC HEALTHCARE ACTIVITY DEPTHOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE MINISTRY: $16,907 · OtherHOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE MINISTRY+1 more: $5,930 · OtherCENTERS OF HOPE MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,520 · InternationalCENTERS OF HOPE MIS…THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $32,060 · InternationalTHE REDEMPTION PROJ…EPOS INTERNATIONAL INC: $12,037 · InternationalEPOS INTERNATIONAL …KNOXVILLE DREAM CENTER: $37,775 · Housing & ShelterKNOXVILLE DREAM C…Widows Harvest Ministries Inc: $37,520 · Housing & ShelterWidows Harvest Mi…1040 CONNECTIONS INC: $37,520 · Religion1040 CONNECTIONS …Timothy Two Project International: $12,112 · ReligionTimothy Two Proje…REFORMED EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIP INC: $11,223 · ReligionREFORMED EVANGELI…HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC: $5,763 · ReligionHOLDING FORTH THE…TWELVE SPRINGS INC: $5,763 · ReligionTWELVE SPRINGS IN…SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $37,520 · Human Services
Other$210,437International$81,617Housing & Shelter$75,295Religion$72,381Human Services$37,520

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKNOXVILLE DREAM CENTER: $37,775 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetPROJECT 52: $37,520 over 6y, 14% of budgetSCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $37,520 over 6y, 6.8% of budget1040 CONNECTIONS INC: $37,520 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCENTERS OF HOPE MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,520 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetWidows Harvest Ministries Inc: $37,520 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetTHE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $32,060 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetTimothy Two Project International: $12,112 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEPOS INTERNATIONAL INC: $12,037 over 2y, 12% of budgetREFORMED EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIP INC: $11,223 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC: $5,763 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTWELVE SPRINGS INC: $5,763 over 1y, 5.9% 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 KNOXVILLE DREAM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT 52 ↗
  • Who funds SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds 1040 CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTERS OF HOPE MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Widows Harvest Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE REDEMPTION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Timothy Two Project International ↗
  • Who funds EPOS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds REFORMED EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds FREE 2 FLY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds TWELVE SPRINGS 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.

Chattanooga Christian…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Chattanooga Christian Community FoundationTN23.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc 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.

    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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home