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United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc

United way of greater nashville unites the community and mobilizes resources so that every child, individual, and family thrives.

$32M
Granted FY2024still arriving
466
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$1.6M
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.

Human Services$54MHealth$41MHousing & Shelter$22MCrime & Legal$14MPhilanthropy$9.5MEducation$9.3MReligion$9.0MYouth Development$8.7MOther$0
02FY2024 · 466 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 466 grants below total $29,008,101, the rows itemized in this filing. The $31,867,137 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,859,036 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

  • Under $10k169 grants · $703k
  • $10k–50k167 grants · $3.7M
  • $50k–250k103 grants · $12M
  • $250k+27 grants · $13M
$20,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$70M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER$1,633,681
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSE$1,175,999
ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER$864,839
NASHVILLE CARES$827,802
TENNESSEE-WESTERN KENTUCKY UMC$544,610
STARS$465,963
EIGHTEENTH AVENUE FAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER$449,049
UW SOUTH CENTRAL TN$423,892
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MIDDLEEAST TN$410,439
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSE$403,750
WORKFORCE ESSENTIALS INC$374,677
POSITIVELY LIVING KNOXVILLE$373,387
MCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN$372,500
PIVOT TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL LLC$366,214
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB MIDDLE TENNESSEE$360,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $32.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE HOPE STATION: $328k → 9%FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORP: $256k → 17%FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORP: $244k → 17%POSITIVELY LIVING: $508k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING KNOXVILLE: $409k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING: $400k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING KNOXVILLE: $373k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING: $369k → 12%FIFTY FORWARD: $348k → 4%POSITIVELY LIVING KNOXVILLE: $347k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING: $294k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING: $283k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING CHATTANOOGA: $268k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING CHATTANOOGA: $244k → 12%POSITIVELY LIVING CHATTANOOGA & CUMBERLAND: $230k → 12%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE WILLIAMSON: $219k → 4%FIFTYFORWARD: $348k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $728k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $356k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $356k → 14%MCHRA WM: $326k → 14%MCHRA WM: $326k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HRA: $258k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HRA: $242k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HRA: $226k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $985k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $865k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $805k → 14%HOPE STATION: $756k → 14%DREAM STREETS FOR EQUALLY CREATED: $319k → 14%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $274k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $274k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $245k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $235k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $229k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $229k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $205k → 14%ROOFTOP FOUNDATION: $565k → 14%ROOFTOP FOUNDATION: $433k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD: $297k → 14%ROOFTOP FOUNDATION: $280k → 14%ROOFTOP FOUNDATION: $280k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $275k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD: $274k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $272k → 14%FIFTYFORWARD: $250k → 14%ROOFTOP FOUNDATION: $222k → 14%WAYNE REED CHRISTIAN CHILDCARE: $249k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$177M · 403 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

403 repeat relationships: 245 still active in FY2024, 158 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

403
79

Total granted

$177M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+18%

Still filing today

84%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $892k 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • NC
    NASHVILLE CARES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12M · revenue +136%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $10M · revenue +34%
  • NASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $9.7M · revenue +213% · 39% of their budget

Funded once

  • NC
    NEW COVENANT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $405k
  • CS
    COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $297k · revenue -52%
  • PK
    PATHWAYS KITCHEN
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue -50%
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
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
2
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
3
Michael Dunn Center

To empower individuals living with disabilities and challenges to gain independence

Human Services
4
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
5
Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness Inc

Providing services to clients to assist in preventing homelessness, training partner organizations on reporting system and reporting to governments, statistical information.

Human Services
6
Westcare Tennessee Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
7
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
8
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
9
Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System

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

Health
10
Tennessee Charitable Care Network

The mission of tccn is to support, educate, and represent non-profit organizations that provide charitable healthcare services to low-income, uninsured, and underserved tennesseans. tccn envisions a strong, compassionate healthcare safety…

Health
11
Empower Tennessee

To promote independence for persons with disabilities and provide guidance, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Geodis Foundation 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

436 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 436 of the 523 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.

50
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
127
Early backer (in before they grew)
418/436
Grantees still filing
313/436
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC: $10,229,083 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INCMCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,686,890 · OtherMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC: $3,748,886 · OtherNASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR: $2,723,700 · Other+98 more: $56,502,994 · Other+98 moreST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $4,593,789 · Human ServicesST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HO…POSITIVELY LIVING: $3,726,178 · Human ServicesPOSITIVELY LIVINGCONEXION AMERICAS: $2,284,178 · Human ServicesCONEXION AMERICASROOFTOP FOUNDATION: $1,975,261 · Human ServicesROOFTOP FOUNDATIONMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $1,807,629 · Human ServicesMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN R…SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $1,570,813 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $1,497,940 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $1,216,274 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE STATION: $1,182,713 · Human Services+28 more: $13,890,224 · Human Services+28 moreNASHVILLE CARES: $12,175,547 · HealthNASHVILLE CARESSTARS NASHVILLE: $2,957,633 · HealthSTARS NASHVILLESTREET WORKS INC: $1,407,361 · HealthSTREET WORKS INCSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER: $1,308,461 · HealthINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $1,201,569 · HealthBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY: $1,079,254 · Health+18 more: $5,987,713 · Health+18 moreNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC: $9,705,949 · Housing & ShelterAFFORDABLE HOUSING RESOURCES INC: $1,347,991 · Housing & ShelterTENNESSEE RESILIENCE PROJECT: $691,894 · Housing & ShelterTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $557,290 · Housing & Shelter+3 more: $973,477 · Housing & ShelterTHE CONTRIBUTOR INC: $1,146,729 · EducationNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $1,088,106 · EducationPENCIL FOUNDATION: $986,420 · EducationFIRST STEPS INC: $969,807 · EducationGENTRYS EDUCATION CENTER AT THE STORE FRONT INC: $813,668 · EducationVanderbilt University: $700,444 · EducationMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE: $623,447 · EducationPartnership to End AIDS Status Inc: $586,545 · EducationPRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES: $385,317 · EducationNASHVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $346,163 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TENNESSEE: $289,050 · Education+1 more: $129,118 · EducationTHE HELP CENTER: $2,879,500 · Community ImprovementOASIS CENTER INC: $2,771,669 · Community ImprovementAAA RESIDENTIAL RESOURCES INC: $295,441 · Community ImprovementSTAND UP NASHVILLE: $225,000 · Community ImprovementNASHVILLE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY: $214,227 · Community ImprovementHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC: $1,736,043 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $702,058 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL AREA INC: $637,976 · PhilanthropyFRONTIER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $536,108 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $455,508 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY SHARES INC: $423,076 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH: $410,305 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $361,625 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $359,400 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $238,194 · Philanthropy+3 more: $420,874 · Philanthropy
Other$75,891,553Human Services$33,744,999Health$26,117,538Housing & Shelter$13,276,601Education$8,064,814Community Improvement$6,385,837Philanthropy$6,281,167

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNASHVILLE CARES: $12,175,547 over 8y, 10% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC: $10,229,083 over 8y, 16% of budgetNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC: $9,705,949 over 8y, 39% of budgetST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $4,593,789 over 8y, 23% of budgetMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC: $3,748,886 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetPOSITIVELY LIVING: $3,726,178 over 8y, 15% of budgetSTARS NASHVILLE: $2,957,633 over 7y, 13% of budgetTHE HELP CENTER: $2,879,500 over 4y, 94% of budgetOASIS CENTER INC: $2,771,669 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetNASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR: $2,723,700 over 4y, 52% of budgetMCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,686,890 over 8y, 27% of budgetPROJECT RETURN INC: $2,429,923 over 8y, 16% of budgetCONEXION AMERICAS: $2,284,178 over 8y, 27% of budgetROOFTOP FOUNDATION: $1,975,261 over 8y, 63% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE: $1,863,815 over 8y, 28% of budgetMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $1,807,629 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC: $1,736,043 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $1,570,813 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetEIGHTEENTH AVE FAMILY ENRICHMENT CE: $1,569,203 over 8y, 50% of budgetColumbia Cares Inc: $1,499,220 over 8y, 55% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $1,497,940 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWest Tennessee Legal Services INC: $1,491,989 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetNEEDLINK NASHVILLE: $1,462,200 over 8y, 74% of budgetMatthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center Inc: $1,455,070 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $1,415,067 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSTREET WORKS INC: $1,407,361 over 8y, 14% of budgetNATIONS MINISTRY CENTER: $1,365,679 over 5y, 54% of budgetAFFORDABLE HOUSING RESOURCES INC: $1,347,991 over 4y, 14% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER: $1,308,461 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $1,216,274 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY HOME: $1,207,976 over 8y, 14% of budgetChattanooga Cares Inc: $1,202,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE: $1,201,569 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetTHE HOPE STATION: $1,182,713 over 4y, 76% of budgetTHE CONTRIBUTOR INC: $1,146,729 over 4y, 46% of budgetMONROE HARDING INC: $1,138,199 over 8y, 12% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,135,325 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $1,109,027 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $1,088,106 over 8y, 35% of budgetWORKFORCE ESSENTIALS INC: $1,085,872 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY: $1,079,254 over 6y, 25% of budgetBETHLEHEM CENTERS OF NASHVILLE: $1,077,381 over 8y, 28% of budgetWayne Reed Christian Childcare Center Inc: $1,059,311 over 8y, 30% of budgetNASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $996,828 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $992,116 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetPENCIL FOUNDATION: $986,420 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetFIRST STEPS INC: $969,807 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $957,711 over 8y, 2.3% 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.

  • Who funds NASHVILLE CARES ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVELY LIVING ↗
  • Who funds STARS NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds THE HELP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OASIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR ↗
  • Who funds MCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT RETURN INC ↗
  • Who funds CONEXION AMERICAS ↗
  • Who funds ROOFTOP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds SALVATION ARMY MAGNESS TRUST FUND ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds EIGHTEENTH AVE FAMILY ENRICHMENT CE ↗
  • Who funds Columbia Cares Inc ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) ↗
  • Who funds West Tennessee Legal Services INC ↗
  • Who funds NEEDLINK NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
  • Who funds STREET WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONS MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds THE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY HOME ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MIDDLE & EAST TENNESSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Chattanooga Cares Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE STATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CONTRIBUTOR INC ↗
  • Who funds MONROE HARDING INC ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 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.

Memorial Foundation I…The Frist FoundationThe Healing Trust For…Hca Healthcare Founda…Dorothy Cate and Thom…Nashville Predators F…Joe C Davis FoundationThe Community Foundat…Carolyn Smith Foundat…United Way of William…The Dan and Margaret …Louie M & Betty M Phi…
Memorial Foundation IncTN212.2× affinity125 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Memorial Foundation Inc · The Frist Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Joe C Davis Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Carolyn Smith Foundation · United Way of Williamson County · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn

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 United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
84report 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 523 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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