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Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee

TRINITY HEALTH FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE extends the healing ministry of jesus by improving the physical, emotional and spiritual health of our community.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$484k
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.

Health$3.8MYouth Development$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.2MHuman Services$681kEducation$655kRecreation & Sports$571kReligion$331kCrime & Legal$322kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $1,483,264, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,630,764 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $147,500 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $104k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $895k
  • $250k+1 grant · $484k
$55,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TN STATE COLLAB ON REFORMING EDUC$484,245
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL$165,000
THE FREE MEDICAL CLINIC$164,000
INTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER$161,768
REBOOT RECOVERY$74,251
HOPE RESOURCE CENTER$55,000
THE CHANGE CENTER$55,000
GIRLS INC OF TENNESSEE VALLEY$55,000
OPERATION INASMUCH INC$55,000
FRIENDS OF TN BABIES SPECIAL NEEDS$55,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER KNOXVILLE$55,000
CENTRO HISPANO$15,000
HELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION$15,000
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOC OF EAST TN$15,000
HOMESOURCE EAST TENNESSEE$15,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF LOUDON COU: $55k → 10%WEARS VALLEY RANCH: $15k → 12%EMORY VALLEY CENTER: $165k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF ROANE COUNTY: $18k → 13%TENNESSEE VALLEY COALITION FOR THE: $15k → 20%GOOD SAMARITAN OF LOUDON COUNTY: $54k → 10%EMORY VALLEY CENTER INC: $165k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF LOUDON COU: $22k → 10%MID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $165k → 13%OUR PLACE COMPANY: $55k → 10%PENULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT: $25k → 11%CENTRO HISPANO: $47k → 12%MID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $7k → 13%HAVEN HOUSE INC: $8k → 10%BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EAST: $33k → 12%EMORY VALLEY CENTER INC: $16k → 13%CENTRO HISPANO: $15k → 12%CENTRO HISPANO: $6k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $25k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $25k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $15k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $15k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $15k → 12%SENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE SER: $15k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $165k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $127k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $10k → 12%HARMONY FAMILY CENTER INC: $12k → 12%SOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES - THRIVE LONS: $50k → 12%OLIVE TREE EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY: $15k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $31k → 12%YMCA OF EAST TENNESSEE: $30k → 12%ARC KNOX COUNTY: $15k → 12%CENTRO HISPANO: $15k → 12%YMCA OF EAST TENNESSEE: $15k → 12%YMCA OF EAST TENNESSEE: $15k → 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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 42 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
53

Total granted

$6.8M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+20%

Still filing today

93%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $693k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationReligionOther
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

  • KA
    KNOX AREA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $670k · revenue +138%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL
    3× · 2020–2022 · $375k · revenue +45%
  • EV
    EMORY VALLEY CENTER INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $346k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • SI
    SEEED INC
    one grant, 2023 · $165k · revenue -10%
  • JR
    JEFFERSON RURAL CLINIC INC
    one grant, 2017 · $157k · revenue -51%
  • CU
    COKESBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $128k
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
Welcome House Knoxville

Our Mission at Welcome House Knoxville is to share the love of Jesus through the ministries of hospitality and friendship. We provide safe and loving homes for individuals and families in transition to permanent housing.

Housing & Shelter
2
Hope House of Tennessee Inc

By creating a safe and structured two year residential program the Hope House of Tennessee will aim to equip and empower personal and educational growth economic self-sufficiency and a deeper understanding of Christs unconditional love.

Housing & Shelter
3
The Mend House Sober Living Community

The Mend House is a sober living community for men, in Knoxville, Tn. which empowers them to gain control over their actions, decisions and choices. The Mend House allows men to enjoy clean, sober and stable housing for up to 2 years while…

Health
4
Westcare Tennessee Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
5
Renew Clinic

We are a christ-centered intensive outpatient treatment center located in knoxville tn. our iop model follows a 12-week program that is christ-centered and clinically informed.

Health
6
Pregnancy Centers of Middle Tennessee Inc

Our mission is to affirm the value of life by providing a network of care. We strive to empower mothers and fathers experiencing planned and unplanned pregnancies with healthy options through medical services, education, mentoring and…

Health
7
Mental Health Cooperative Inc

Mental health cooperative inc. (mhc) provides integrated health services that include behavioral health care, primary health care, addiction services, and community-based care management. mhc also provides emergency psychiatric services…

Health
8
Tennessee Children's Home Inc

Tennessee children's home, inc. is a not-for-profit organization that provides a home for neglected and pre-delinquent children who have an unstable family situation and who are beginning to develop problems which cannot be solved in their…

Human Services
9
Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System

Provide behavioral health services to clients located in middle and east tennessee

Health
10
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation

To provide no-cost health care to families who have no insurance and do not qualify for the states low income insurance program.

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11
Tennessee Homeless Solutions

To reduce homelessness and improve family stability by increasing housing resources, administration of hud-mckinney vento funds, and support services through collaborative efforts with partner organizations, when available.

Housing & Shelter
12
Volunteer East Tennessee

Volunteer East Tennessee inspires service by equipping organizations and mobilizing volunteers to connect with one another and strengthen communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Restoration House of East Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is East Knox Free Medical Clinic 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

94 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. 94 of the 103 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/94
Grantees still filing
71/94
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Free Medical Clinic of America: $330,000 · HealthFree Medical Clinic of Americ…INTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER: $236,768 · HealthINTERFAITH HEALTH CENTERFree Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge: $219,000 · HealthFree Medical Clinic of Oak Ri…HELEN ROSS MCNABB CENTER INC: $210,000 · HealthHELEN ROSS MCNABB CENTER INCSUSANNAH'S HOUSE INC: $199,438 · HealthSUSANNAH'S HOUSE INCEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $195,000 · HealthEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOS…MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $195,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF …HELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION: $180,000 · HealthHELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATIONMOUNTAIN HOPE GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC INC: $105,000 · HealthHOPE RESOURCE CENTER: $100,700 · HealthREBOOT RECOVERY INC: $87,456 · Health+11 more: $310,349 · Health+11 moreEMORY VALLEY CENTER INC: $346,000 · Human ServicesEMORY VALLEY CENTER…THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $301,550 · Human ServicesTHE RESTORATION HOU…MID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $172,000 · Human ServicesMID-EAST COMMUNITY …GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF LOUDON COU: $131,470 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN CENT…THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $95,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S C…SOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $85,000 · Human ServicesSOAR YOUTH MINISTRI…CENTRO HISPANO DE EAST TENNESSEE: $82,770 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesOUR PLACE COMPANY: $55,000 · Human Services+13 more: $228,761 · Human Services+13 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $375,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS …EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $197,000 · Youth DevelopmentEMERALD YOUTH…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS IN TENNESSEE: $181,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS …THE CHANGE CENTER: $81,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CHANGE CE…GIRL TALK INC: $62,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL TALK INCGIRLS INCORPORATED OF TENNESSEE VALLEY: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of Greater Knoxville: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentKNOXVILLE INNER CITY KIDS OUTR: $55,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $34,000 · Youth DevelopmentKNOX AREA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC: $670,000 · Housing & ShelterKNOX AREA R…True Purpose Ministries: $80,000 · Housing & ShelterTrue Purpos…WESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER CO: $50,500 · Housing & ShelterWESLEY HOUS…RENOVATUS: $49,476 · Housing & ShelterRENOVATUS+3 more: $56,024 · Housing & Shelter+3 moreJEFFERSON RURAL CLINIC INC: $156,700 · OtherJEFFERSON RURAL CLINIC IN…COKESBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $128,422 · OtherCOKESBURY UNITED METHODIS…LEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESSEE: $119,394 · OtherLEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESS…KNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 · OtherKNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUN…FOCUS MINISTRIES: $175,000 · OtherFOCUS MINISTRIESOperation Inasmuch Inc: $75,000 · OtherREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $302,240 · OtherREMOTE AREA MEDICALSEEED INC: $165,000 · OtherSEEED INCNourish Knoxville Inc: $77,079 · Other+26 more: $634,945 · Other+26 moreTENNESSEE STATE COLLABORATIVE ON REFORMING EDUCATION: $484,245 · EducationA 1 LEARNING CONNECTIONS: $55,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF TENNESSEE'S BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: $55,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $28,791 · Education+2 more: $17,000 · EducationLEGACY PARKS FOUNDATION: $330,000 · Recreation & SportsSTREET HOPE TN: $215,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$2,368,711Human Services$1,557,551Youth Development$1,095,500Housing & Shelter$906,000Other$2,013,780Education$640,036Recreation & Sports$545,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKNOX AREA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC: $670,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTENNESSEE STATE COLLABORATIVE ON REFORMING EDUCATION: $484,245 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $375,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetEMORY VALLEY CENTER INC: $346,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLEGACY PARKS FOUNDATION: $330,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetFree Medical Clinic of America: $330,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $302,240 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $301,550 over 3y, 14% of budgetINTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER: $236,768 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFree Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge: $219,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetSTREET HOPE TN: $215,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetHELEN ROSS MCNABB CENTER INC: $210,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSUSANNAH'S HOUSE INC: $199,438 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $197,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $195,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $195,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS IN TENNESSEE: $181,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetKNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetHELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetFOCUS MINISTRIES: $175,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetMID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $172,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSEEED INC: $165,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF LOUDON COU: $131,470 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetLEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESSEE: $119,394 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOPE GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC INC: $105,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetHOPE RESOURCE CENTER: $100,700 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $95,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetREBOOT RECOVERY INC: $87,456 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $85,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO DE EAST TENNESSEE: $82,770 over 4y, 15% of budgetTHE CHANGE CENTER: $81,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTrue Purpose Ministries: $80,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetNourish Knoxville Inc: $77,079 over 2y, 15% of budgetOperation Inasmuch Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetGIRL TALK INC: $62,500 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVET TO VET TENNESSEE: $57,849 over 2y, 30% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY EAST TENNESSEE INC: $55,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetA 1 LEARNING CONNECTIONS: $55,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSURGERY ON SUNDAY - EAST TENNESSEE: $55,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetCOMMUNITY MEDIATION CENTER: $55,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF TENNESSEE VALLEY: $55,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetGirls on the Run of Greater Knoxville: $55,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetFRIENDS OF TENNESSEE'S BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: $55,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetOUR PLACE COMPANY: $55,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetKNOXVILLE INNER CITY KIDS OUTR: $55,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetRAISING A VOICE: $54,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER CO: $50,500 over 2y, 4.3% 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.

East Tennessee Founda…United Way of Greater…Haslam Family Foundat…Thompson Charitable F…The Clayton Homes Fou…Bill and Crissy Hasla…Akima Club IncLawson Family Foundat…Gene & Florence Monda…Stowers Machinery Fou…Jane L Pettway Founda…The Melrose Foundation
East Tennessee FoundationTN112.3× affinity56 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Tennessee Foundation · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Thompson Charitable Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · Akima Club Inc · Lawson Family Foundation · Gene & Florence Monday Foundation Inc · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · Jane L Pettway Foundation · The Melrose 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 Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 103 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.

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