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Variety of Eastern Tennessee

VARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE's primary exempt purpose is to provide funding and services for programs that strive to improve the quality of life for underpriviledged, physically and mentally challenged, ill, abused, neglected and abandoned children in eastern tennessee.

$380k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
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.

Health$514kHuman Services$492kFood & Nutrition$425kCrime & Legal$249kYouth Development$226kEducation$216kRecreation & Sports$50kHousing & Shelter$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 27 grants below total $212,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $379,581 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $167,581 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $124k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FISH HOSPITALITY PANTRIES$30,000
DREAM CONNECTION$28,500
COVENANT HEALTH - KATERPILLAR KIDS CAMP$20,000
AID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIES$20,000
FRIENDS OF KNOX COUNTY LIBRARY - DOLLY'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY$15,000
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE$10,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT$8,500
IVA'S PLACE$7,000
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE LAKEWAY$6,500
SMALL MIRACLES THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER$6,000
NOURISH ONE CHILD PROGRAM - KEITH MEMORIAL CHURCH$6,000
GIRL TALK$6,000
HOOF & HARNESS EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING$5,000
KOINONIA FOUNDATION$5,000
FRIENDS OF TENNESSEE BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $472k) 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%CHILDHELP USA: $15k → 11%THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT: $10k → 10%CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $5k → 12%AID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIES: $20k → 13%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY (CASA): $7k → 14%CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TN: $10k → 15%CASA MONROE: $10k → 15%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE LAKEWAY: $7k → 15%CHILDHELP USA: $15k → 11%THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE INC: $10k → 10%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $5k → 12%AID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIES (ADFAC): $20k → 13%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE TENNESSEE VALLEY: $3k → 14%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE-CORRIDOR EAST TN(CASA): $7k → 15%CASA MONROE COUNTY: $10k → 15%THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE INC: $10k → 10%CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $7k → 15%CASA MONROE COUNTY: $8k → 15%CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT: $9k → 10%CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $7k → 15%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE: $7k → 15%IVA'S PLACE: $7k → 10%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $7k → 15%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF MONROE COUNTY (CASA MONROE): $7k → 15%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $7k → 15%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE MONROE COUNTY: $3k → 15%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE CORRIDOR EAST TN: $3k → 15%MISSION OF HOPE: $15k → 12%CHILD HELP CHILDRENS CENTER OF EAST TENNESSEE: $10k → 12%KOINONIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%MISSION OF HOPE: $8k → 12%YWCA - KNOXVILLE: $3k → 12%YOUTH VILLAGES: $15k → 12%YOUTH VILLAGE: $15k → 12%YOUTH VILLAGE: $15k → 12%YOUTH VILLAGES: $15k → 12%HARMONY FAMILY CENTER INC: $8k → 12%HARMONY FAMILY CENTER INC: $6k → 12%KNOX NEWS SENTINEL: $30k → 12%NEWS SENTINEL EMPTY STOCKING FUND: $30k → 12%THRIVE (SOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES): $15k → 12%SOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES: $15k → 12%THRIVE (SOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES): $4k → 12%KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL CHARITIES INC: $30k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 42 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
12

Total granted

$2.2M
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+48%

Still filing today

88%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • HP
    HOSPITALITY PANTRIES INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $215k · revenue +77%
  • CH
    Covenant Health Foundation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $170k · revenue +6%
  • AT
    AID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIES
    7× · 2017–2025 · $163k · revenue +188%

Funded once

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • ET
    EAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -5%
  • BT
    BIJOU THEATRE CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -2%
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
The Child Advocacy Center of Anderson Co Tn

To combat severe physical and sexual abuse and resulting trauma by coordinating and providing services in a child friendly, safe and nurturing environment.

Human Services
2
Tennessee Court Appointed Special Advocate Assoc

To support, develop, expand, and unite local casa programs in recruiting and training volunteers to advocate for tennessees children who have been abused and neglected.

Civil Rights
3
Court Appointed Special Advocates

To be the voice for children who have been victims of abuse and/or neglect. Our vision is to serve every child in the Cheaha Region by providing them with a caring and competent trained volunteer.

Crime & Legal
4
Casa of Robertson County Inc

To provide court-appointed special advocates to child victims of abuse and neglect. The programs vision is a safe, permanent, loving home for every child it serves.

Human Services
5
Williamson County Casa Inc

The organization advocates for abused or neglected children. they make recommendations to the court on permament living arrangements andcommunicating with the child ensuring that their interests are being met.

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6
Kids Place a Child Advocacy Center

To reduce the trauma of child abuse by providing a child oriented environment for the coordinated and multi-disciplinary investigation, intervention, and treatment of child sexual and severe physical abuse.

Crime & Legal
7
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
8
Talladega County Child Advocacy Center Inc

Interview facility for child abuse victims.

Human Services
9
Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy

To promote, assist, and support the development, growth, and sustainability of child advocacy centers in their service to at-risk, abused, and neglected children and their families.

Human Services
10
Tennessee Kids Belong Inc

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

Human Services
11
Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center Inc

To provide a safe place to report child abuse, reduce the emotional trauma for children and non-offending family members, and extend professional services to protect the intergrity of an investigation.

Crime & Legal
12
Robertson County Child Advocacy Cen

Effective prosecution of child abuses, providing therapy and education for the abused, and providing a safe haven for the abused.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hoof & Harness Experiential Learning 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

52 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. 52 of the 58 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/52
Grantees still filing
37/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIES: $163,000 · Human ServicesAID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF …Knoxville News-Sentinel Charities Inc The Empty Stocking Fund: $90,000 · Human ServicesKnoxville News-Sentinel Charit…YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INCCASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $48,000 · Human ServicesCASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSE…CASA MONROE INC: $44,400 · Human ServicesCASA MONROE INCCHILDHELP INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INCTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INC: $38,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF T…SOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $34,000 · Human ServicesSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRI…MISSION OF HOPE: $28,500 · Human Services+7 more: $55,046 · Human Services+7 moreParent Teacher Counselor Association TSD: $100,000 · OtherParent Teacher Counselor Assoc…Friends of the Knox County Public Library: $80,000 · OtherFriends of the Knox County Pub…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $63,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TEN…Cerebral Palsy Center for Handicapped Adults Inc: $60,000 · OtherCerebral Palsy Center for Hand…CASA of East Tennessee Inc: $32,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $30,000 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $25,000 · OtherSHILOH RIDERS ASSOCIATION: $21,000 · OtherKEITH MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHUCH: $21,000 · OtherCASA OF BRADLEY COUNTY TENNESSEE: $35,000 · OtherCASA OF BRADLEY COUNTY TENNESS…WESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER CO: $37,500 · OtherWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER …+16 more: $105,031 · Other+16 moreCovenant Health Foundation: $170,000 · HealthCovenant Health Foun…THE DREAM CONNECTION: $98,500 · HealthTHE DREAM CONNECTIONEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE: $44,800 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUNDATION …MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $37,000 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY A…SMALL MIRACLES THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $36,000 · HealthSMALL MIRACLES THERA…HOOF & HARNESS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INC: $13,550 · HealthHOSPITALITY PANTRIES INC: $215,000 · Food & NutritionHOSPITALITY …SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $40,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVE…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHE…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentEMERALD YO…GIRL TALK INC: $13,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL TALK …+1 more: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF TENNESSEE'S BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: $120,000 · EducationCASA OF THE TENNESSEE HEARTLAND INC: $54,000 · Civil Rights
Human Services$601,446Other$609,531Health$399,850Food & Nutrition$255,000Youth Development$201,000Education$120,000Civil Rights$54,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOSPITALITY PANTRIES INC: $215,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCovenant Health Foundation: $170,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetAID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIES: $163,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF TENNESSEE'S BABIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: $120,000 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetParent Teacher Counselor Association TSD: $100,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetTHE DREAM CONNECTION: $98,500 over 3y, 26% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $90,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetKnoxville News-Sentinel Charities Inc The Empty Stocking Fund: $90,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetFriends of the Knox County Public Library: $80,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $63,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF THE TENNESSEE HEARTLAND INC: $54,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetCASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $48,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE: $44,800 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetCASA MONROE INC: $44,400 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INC: $38,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER CO: $37,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMALL MIRACLES THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $36,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCASA OF BRADLEY COUNTY TENNESSEE: $35,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $34,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCASA of East Tennessee Inc: $32,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION OF HOPE: $28,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMS CREEK YOUTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHARMONY FAMILY CENTER INC: $14,004 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOOF & HARNESS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INC: $13,550 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetGIRL TALK INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY INC: $10,042 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCASA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCASA of Northeast Tennessee: $10,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOSPICE OF THE LAKEWAY AREA INC: $9,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMORRISTOWN HAMBLEN CENTRAL SERVICES INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetIVA'S PLACE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLAKEWAY CASA INC: $6,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBIJOU THEATRE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOUNT COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CAMP KOINONIA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $3,831 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Elizabethton Carter County Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Coalition for Kids Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 FoundationTN70.7× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 58 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.

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