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Women's Fund of East Tennessee

The women's fund is a catalyst to transform the lives of low-income women and girls in east tennessee by fostering philanthropy and making grants focused on improving the lives of women and girls.

$383k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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.

Philanthropy$1.3MYouth Development$332kHuman Services$163kEducation$100kHousing & Shelter$41kCrime & Legal$35kArts & Culture$35k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$35,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$234k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLA LAKEWAY$35,000
BOYS & GIRLS ELIZABETHTONCARTER CT$35,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF TN VALLEY$35,000
RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE$35,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB SMOKY MOUNTAINS$35,000
CENTRO HISPANO$35,000
A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION OF EAST TN$35,000
EAST TENNESSEE ARTSCAPES$35,000
KNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION$35,000
BOYS & GIRLS GREATER KINGSPORT INC$35,000
EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION$32,610
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 (FY18–24, $187k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CENTRO HISPANO: $22k → 12%CHILDREN'S CENTER OF THE CUMBERLAND: $22k → 22%CENTRO HISPANO: $13k → 12%CHILDREN'S CENTER OF THE CUMBERLAND: $6k → 22%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $22k → 12%YWCA KNOXVILLE: $6k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $35k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENN: $22k → 12%RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $6k → 12%CENTRO HISPANO: $35k → 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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$541k · 10 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
3

Total granted

$541k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalEducationHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $90k · revenue +23%
  • CH
    CENTRO HISPANO DE EAST TENNESSEE
    3× · 2018–2024 · $69k · revenue +834%
  • TR
    THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE
    3× · 2018–2024 · $63k · revenue +251%

Funded once

  • SH
    SAFE HARBOR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +82%
  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF JOHNSON CITY
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -97%
  • TC
    TENNESSEE COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +13%
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
Blount County Youth Court Inc

Tennessee Youth Court (TYC) is a teen-driven juvenile delinquency prevention/intervention diversion program based on restorative justice.

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2
Department of Tn American Legion Auxiliary Volunteer Girl State

We empower Tennessee's promising young women to become and remain civically engaged leaders through experiential learning and relevant, inspiring growth opportunities.

Education
3
Talladega County Child Advocacy Center Inc

Interview facility for child abuse victims.

Human Services
4
Tennessee Geographic Alliance

Education

Education
5
Girl Talk Inc

Girk talk is a faith based non profit that empowers girls to become their best selves by reducing the likelihood of teen pregnancy and helping them to advance educationally

Youth Development
6
Junior Achievement of East Tenninc

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.

International
7
Girls Incorporated of Kingsport

To inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold by being a strong voice in the regional community for the rights of girls and by providing measurably effective programs that intentionally develop girls into responsible, self-reliant,…

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8
Casa of the Tennessee Valley

The mission of the organization is to provide a powerful voice for abused and neglected children by advocating for each child, within the court's jurisdiction, in order to ensure safety, permancy and an opportunity to thrive.

Human Services
9
Imagine Tennessee Better Inc

Social Welfare

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10
Ywca Nashville & Middle Tennessee

The ywca nashville & middle tennessee is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. it is the vision of ywca nashville & middle tennessee to focus on women and girls who…

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11
Casa of Northeast Tennessee

Advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Crime & Legal
12
Girls Incorporated of Memphis

Girls inc. of memphis inspires all girls to be strong (healthy), smart (educated) and bold (independent). we fulfill our mission by providing over 1,000 girls ages 6-18 with girls inc. experience programming.girls inc. experience…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girls Incorporated of Tennessee Valley; the most unlike its peers is Downtown Newport Artscapes 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

17 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $1,260,820 · PhilanthropyEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATIONCENTRO HISPANO DE EAST TENNESSEE: $69,000 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISPANO…THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $62,750 · Human ServicesTHE RESTORATIO…HOLA LAKEWAY: $60,000 · Human ServicesHOLA LAKEWAYCHILDRENS CENTER OF THE CUMBERLAND: $27,750 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS CENT…THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $27,750 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG WOME…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC: $90,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS…Boys and Girls Club of Elizabethton Carter County Inc: $56,500 · OtherBoys and Gir…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS: $35,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIR…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF JOHNSON CITY: $25,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORP…TENNESSEE COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE: $10,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF TENNESSEE VALLEY: $56,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $34,000 · Youth DevelopmentKNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $56,500 · EducationA STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE: $35,000 · HealthDOWNTOWN NEWPORT ARTSCAPES INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSAFE HARBOR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$1,260,820Human Services$247,250Other$216,500Youth Development$90,500Education$56,500Health$35,000Arts & Culture$35,000Crime & Legal$25,000

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 budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $1,260,820 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC: $90,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO DE EAST TENNESSEE: $69,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetTHE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $62,750 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetHOLA LAKEWAY: $60,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Elizabethton Carter County Inc: $56,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetKNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $56,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF TENNESSEE VALLEY: $56,500 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDOWNTOWN NEWPORT ARTSCAPES INC: $35,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $34,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDRENS CENTER OF THE CUMBERLAND: $27,750 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $27,750 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF JOHNSON CITY: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTENNESSEE COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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…Trinity Health Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
East Tennessee FoundationTN26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover 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 · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Women's Fund of East Tennessee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Women's Fund of East Tennessee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    9report 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 17 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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