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United Way of South Central Tennessee

The UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all.

$878k
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$2.2MHuman Services$1.7MYouth Development$1.5MCrime & Legal$1.3MEducation$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.1MFood & Nutrition$441kEmployment$227kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 48 grants below total $700,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $877,722 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $177,722 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $129k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $315k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $257k
$7,562
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MURFREESBORO COLD PATROL$75,000
STARS (STUDENTS TAKING A RIGHT STAND) NASHVILLE$68,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY AND CANNON COUNTY INC$62,250
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$51,250
CENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE$43,500
ANN CAMPBELL EARLY LEARNING CENTER (ACE LEARNING CENTER)$40,000
COMMUNITY HELPERS OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC$37,500
KYMARI HOUSE INC$34,500
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY$26,000
READ TO SUCCEED$23,000
RAISING RESILIENCE TN$22,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC$21,500
NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TN$20,000
JOURNEY HOME INC$15,500
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TN AND THE CUMBERLANDS$11,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WAVES INC: $12k → 4%RAISING RESILIENCE TN: $22k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $124k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $107k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $103k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $75k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $45k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $15k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY - YOUTH CAN: $57k → 9%INSIGHT COUNSELING: $28k → 9%INSIGHT COUNSELING: $27k → 9%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TN: $23k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TN: $20k → 14%INSIGHT COUNSELING: $25k → 9%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TN: $20k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TN: $20k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TN: $15k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TN: $14k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TN: $8k → 14%ALIVE HOSPICE INC: $10k → 14%INSIGHT COUNSELING: $13k → 9%INSIGHT COUNSELING: $10k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $90k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS HEART OF TENNESSEE CHAPTER: $78k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $76k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $62k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS HEART OF TENNESSEE CHAPTER: $56k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $52k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS HEART OF TENNESSEE CHAPTER: $49k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $43k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER: $41k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER: $37k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER: $34k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS HEART OF TENNESSEE CHAPTER: $34k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $33k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER: $32k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $30k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $29k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER: $29k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $26k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER: $25k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER: $23k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $20k → 9%JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING: $20k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER: $16k → 9%ALIVE HOSPICE INC: $10k → 9%ALIVE HOSPICE INC: $10k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.9M · 50 repeat orgs$359k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +55% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

50 repeat relationships — 22 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
6

Total granted

$9.9M
$270k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+19%

Still filing today

82%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SN
    STARS NASHVILLE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +272%
  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $935k · revenue +125% · 31% of their budget
  • CH
    Community Helpers of Rutherford County
    9× · 2017–2025 · $764k · revenue +25% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • AL
    ACE LEARNING CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $95k
  • MT
    MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $92k · revenue -25%
  • NF
    NOURISH FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2019 · $56k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
Tennessee Family Solutions Inc

Residential and support services to children and adults with severe and multiple disabilities allowing them the opportunity to lead safe, stable, and personally fulfilling lifestyles in tennessee communities.

Health
3
Michael Dunn Center

To empower individuals living with disabilities and challenges to gain independence

Human Services
4
Westcare Tennessee Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
5
Tennessee Kids Belong Inc

Tennessee Kids Belong dramatically improves the experiences and outcomes for children in foster care.

Human Services
6
Family Counseling Center of Middle Tennessee Inc

To provide quality, affordable counseling to families and individuals.

Recreation & Sports
7
Mid-Tn Supported Living Inc

To assist persons with intellectual disabilities and other disabilities live in the community in such a way that there is an acceptable balance between their opportunities to experience a lifestyle meaningful to themselves and the risks…

Human Services
8
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
9
Tennessee Respite Coalition

The tennessee respite coalition (trc) provides relief to families and caregivers from the extraordinary and intensive demands of providing ongoing care.

Human Services
10
Greater Chattanooga Christian Services Inc

Provide Group and Foster care for Homeless Children and Counseling

Human Services
11
Casa of the Tennessee Heartland Inc

Provide advocacy for abused and neglected children in juvenile court.

Civil Rights
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Domestic Violence Program Inc and the most unlike its peers is Access Hope Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%6%<5yr15%6%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr11%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%0%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr16%35%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr11%19%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/80
the rest of the field
14%
835/6,069

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

66 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 66 of the 82 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/66
Grantees still filing
43/66
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

STARS NASHVILLE — $1,096,613 · HealthSTARS NASHVILLECHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC — $934,662 · HealthCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERF…RUTHERFORD COUNTY PRIMARY CARE CLINIC INC — $391,555 · HealthRUTHERFORD COUNTY PRIMARY CARE C…VOLUNTEER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM — $186,527 · HealthVOLUNTEER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE…INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE — $136,239 · HealthCENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC — $131,500 · Health+6 more — $52,122 · HealthCommunity Helpers of Rutherford County — $764,439 · OtherCommunity Helpers of Rutherford Cou…THE SALVATION ARMY — $571,393 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY — $489,459 · OtherMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYDOOR OF HOPE — $160,000 · OtherWEE CARE DAY CARE CENTER — $146,711 · OtherKYMARI HOUSE INC — $134,519 · OtherPROJECT TRANSFORMATION TENNESSEE INC — $110,013 · Other+26 more — $870,250 · Other+26 moreMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY — $526,618 · Human ServicesMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN…JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING INC — $291,155 · Human ServicesJOURNEYS IN COMMUNIT…THE FAMILY CENTER INC — $258,322 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CENTER IN…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $222,836 · Human ServicesAmerican National Re…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC — $214,710 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE PR…NURSES FOR NEWBORNS — $131,497 · Human ServicesNURSES FOR NEWBORNSPASTORAL COUNSELING CENTERS OF TENN — $115,810 · Human ServicesPASTORAL COUNSELING …+11 more — $93,496 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUTHERFORD CTY — $657,636 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN — $195,200 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHE…GIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $48,639 · Youth Development+3 more — $38,106 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $232,177 · EducationREAD TO SUCCEED — $204,968 · EducationMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $92,000 · EducationVanderbilt University — $37,261 · Education+3 more — $7,988 · EducationSMYRNA-LAVERGNE FOOD BANK — $243,582 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $113,117 · Food & Nutrition+2 more — $9,750 · Food & NutritionMURFREESBORO COLD PATROL INC — $226,500 · Housing & ShelterRUTHERFORD COUNTY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $115,523 · Housing & Shelter
Health$2,929,218Other$3,246,784Human Services$1,854,444Youth Development$939,581Education$574,394Food & Nutrition$366,449Housing & Shelter$342,023

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSTARS NASHVILLE — $1,096,613 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC — $934,662 over 9y, 31% of budgetCommunity Helpers of Rutherford County — $764,439 over 9y, 37% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUTHERFORD CTY — $657,636 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY — $526,618 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetRUTHERFORD COUNTY PRIMARY CARE CLINIC INC — $391,555 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetJOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING INC — $291,155 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER INC — $258,322 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetSMYRNA-LAVERGNE FOOD BANK — $243,582 over 5y, 10% of budgetTHE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $232,177 over 8y, 60% of budgetMURFREESBORO COLD PATROL INC — $226,500 over 4y, 24% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $222,836 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC — $214,710 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED — $204,968 over 9y, 19% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN — $195,200 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetVOLUNTEER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM — $186,527 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWEE CARE DAY CARE CENTER — $146,711 over 6y, 16% of budgetINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE — $136,239 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetKYMARI HOUSE INC — $134,519 over 7y, 17% of budgetCENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC — $131,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNURSES FOR NEWBORNS — $131,497 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPASTORAL COUNSELING CENTERS OF TENN — $115,810 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetRUTHERFORD COUNTY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $115,523 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $113,117 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT TRANSFORMATION TENNESSEE INC — $110,013 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS — $100,901 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $92,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM CORPORATION OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC — $87,370 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCANNON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC — $59,226 over 5y, 13% of budgetRenewed Life Ministries Outreach Inc — $50,850 over 3y, 13% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $48,639 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVanderbilt University — $37,261 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStepping Stones Safe Haven Inc — $35,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetALIVE HOSPICE INC — $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOURNEY HOME INC — $31,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL KIDS INC — $29,909 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $27,106 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRutherford County Emergency Food Bank Inc — $18,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetNURTURE THE NEXT FKA PREVENT CHILD ABUSE TENNESSEE — $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTUCKER'S HOUSE — $14,058 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetWAVES INC — $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTENNESSEE VOICES FOR CHILDREN — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN OF HOPE INC — $7,562 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $7,313 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWARREN COUNTY DELIVERY MEALS INC — $7,250 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHOME-HOMELESS OF MCMINNVILLE EFFORT — $6,250 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION — $4,863 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTennessee Kidney Foundation Inc — $4,624 over 3y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds STARS NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Helpers of Rutherford County ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUTHERFORD CTY ↗
  • Who funds MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds RUTHERFORD COUNTY PRIMARY CARE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds JOURNEYS IN COMMUNITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SMYRNA-LAVERGNE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MURFREESBORO COLD PATROL INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds READ TO SUCCEED ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds WEE CARE DAY CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds KYMARI HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds NURSES FOR NEWBORNS ↗
  • Who funds PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTERS OF TENN ↗
  • Who funds RUTHERFORD COUNTY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT TRANSFORMATION TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS MUSEUM CORPORATION OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CANNON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Renewed Life Ministries Outreach Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…United Way of Middle …The Healing Trust For…Hca Healthcare Founda…Charity Circle of Mur…Nashville Predators F…Memorial Foundation I…Christy-Houston Found…The Frist FoundationJohn D Floyd Charitab…Dorothy Cate and Thom…Joe C Davis Foundation
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN64× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Charity Circle of Murfreesboro · Nashville Predators Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Christy-Houston Foundation Inc · The Frist Foundation · John D Floyd Charitable Foundation Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Joe C Davis Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way of South Central Tennessee funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your 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
    32report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 82 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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