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Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)

Our mission: A worldwide charitable fellowship united by a common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of helping people grow in spirit, mind and body.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$160k
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 FY2017–2024.

Human Services$5.1MYouth Development$1.6MPublic Benefit$384kReligion$356kEducation$318kInternational$253kArts & Culture$85kCommunity Improvement$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 10 grants below total $638,006 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,808,374 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $2,170,368 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $583k
$83,313
Median grant
2
States reached
$190M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Senior Citizens Inc$160,000
YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South$88,313
Sparta-White County Family YMCA$84,318
YMCA of East Tennessee$83,313
Athens-McMinn Family YMCA$83,313
YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga$83,313
National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations$20,250
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce$16,336
Greater Kingsport Family YMCA$10,000
Meharry Medical College$8,850
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 (FY17–24, $3.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Young Men's Christian Association of Columbia Willamette: $13k → 12%YMCA of East Tennessee: $99k → 12%Sparta-White County Family YMCA: $84k → 16%YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $93k → 17%Young Men's Christian Association Blue Ridge Assembly: $10k → 12%National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations: $23k → 14%YMCA of East Tennessee: $87k → 12%YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $88k → 17%Young Men's Christian Association Blue Ridge Assembly: $10k → 12%National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations: $20k → 14%YMCA of East Tennessee: $83k → 12%YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $83k → 17%National Council of YMCAs of the USA: $19k → 14%YMCA of East Tennessee: $83k → 12%YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $83k → 17%National Council of YMCAs of the USA: $14k → 14%YMCA of East Tennessee: $83k → 12%YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $83k → 17%National Council of YMCAs of the USA: $14k → 14%YMCA of East Tennessee: $83k → 12%From the Heart Internationall Education Foundation: $26k → 14%YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $83k → 17%National Council of YMCAs of the USA: $12k → 14%YMCA of East Tennessee: $83k → 12%From the Heart International Education Foundation: $21k → 14%YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $83k → 17%National Council of YMCAs of the USA: $12k → 14%YMCA of East Tennessee: $83k → 12%Restore Small Groups: $16k → 14%YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $83k → 17%Restore Small Groups: $12k → 14%Conexion Americas: $93k → 14%Conexion Americas: $58k → 14%Conexion Americas: $32k → 14%YMCA Foundation of Middle Tennessee: $500k → 14%Senior Citizens Inc (Fifty Forward): $209k → 14%Senior Citizens Inc (Fifty Forward): $160k → 14%Senior Citizens Inc (Fifty Forward): $160k → 14%Senior Citizens Inc (Fifty Forward): $160k → 14%Senior Citizens Inc: $160k → 14%Senior Citizens Inc: $160k → 14%Senior Citizens Inc: $160k → 14%Senior Citizens Inc: $160k → 14%Bethlehem Centers of Nashville: $28k → 14%Bethlehem Centers of Nashville: $25k → 14%Bethlehem Centers of Nashville: $22k → 14%Bethlehem Centers of Nashville: $15k → 14%Urban League of Middle Tennessee: $17k → 14%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.3M · 25 repeat orgs$792k 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 +43% for the ones you funded once.

25 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
7

Total granted

$7.3M
$614k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+43%

Still filing today

88%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $178k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationReligionArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • SC
    SENIOR CITIZENS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +55%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $724k · revenue +65%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $686k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • YF
    YMCA FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +14% · 44% of their budget
  • AB
    AMERICAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY dba AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +12%
  • CO
    CHURCH ON THE ROCK OF NASHVILLE
    one grant, 2021 · $30k

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
The Young Men's Christian Association of Birmingham Inc

The young men's christian association of birmingham, inc. is a charitable organization that opens its doors to all women, men, families, teenagers, and children regardless of their ability to pay. the mission of the ymca is to put…

Human Services
2
Young Mens Christian Association

The montgomery ymca, reflecting its judeo-christian heritage, is an association of volunteers, members, and staff open to and serving all, providing programs and services which develop spirit, mind, and body. montgomery ymca statement of…

Human Services
3
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
4
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)

Our mission: A worldwide charitable fellowship united by a common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of helping people grow in spirit, mind and body. The YMCA of Middle Tennessee is the region's leading nonprofit dedicated to…

Human Services
5
Young Men's Christian Association of Jamestown New York

The mission of the Jamestown Area Family YMCA is "To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities by enriching the lives of all people in spirit, mind, and body."

Human Services
6
Georgia Mountains Young Men's Christian Association Inc

To put christian principles into practice through programs, services and relationships that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
7
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc

The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.

Human Services
8
Lake County Young Men's Christian Association

The mission of the lake county ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
9
The Family Y Young Men's Christian Association/Ywco of the Csra Inc

Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the csra through programs designed to build healthy spirit, mind, and body, reflecting the values of the judeo-christian tradition while maintaining respect for all people.

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10
Cleveland County Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The mission of the ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. the y mission is also to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development,…

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11
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte

The ymca of greater charlotte is dedicated to putting christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. inspired by christian principles, we aim to enhance community well-being, equip…

Human Services
12
Young Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc

Our mission is to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice though programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The YMCA of Greensboro is a volunteer-led public charity that includes men, women, and children of all ages,…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of East Tennessee Inc and the most unlike its peers is In Full Motion 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 29 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%31%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr11%34%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr13%9%35–55yr11%49%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/36
the rest of the field
13%
935/6,984

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

34 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. 34 of the 36 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SENIOR CITIZENS INC — $1,329,026 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC — $685,535 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE I…YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH — $680,188 · Human ServicesYMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTHYMCA FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $500,000 · Human ServicesYMCA FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEECONEXION AMERICAS — $182,898 · Human Services+9 more — $450,136 · Human Services+9 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA — $723,668 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIA…METRO NASHVILLE PARKS AND RECREATIO — $384,152 · OtherMETRO NASHVILLE PARK…ATHENS-MCMINN FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $83,313 · OtherATHENS-MCMINN FAMILY…GLOBAL OUTREACH DEVELOPMENTS INTERNATIONAL — $231,506 · OtherGLOBAL OUTREACH DEVE…+4 more — $86,834 · Other+4 moreMOVES AND GROOVES INC — $403,662 · Youth DevelopmentMOVES AND GR…WHY WE CAN T WAIT — $205,727 · Youth DevelopmentWHY WE CAN T…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $159,932 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIR…ASPIRING YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES — $96,807 · Youth DevelopmentASPIRING YOU…MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC — $369,611 · ReligionMARTHA O'…NATIONS MINISTRY CENTER — $249,339 · ReligionNATIONS M…PROJECT TRANSFORMATION TENNESSEE INC — $41,988 · ReligionPROJECT T…IN FULL MOTION INC — $254,805 · EducationBEECH CREEK MINISTRIES INC — $185,454 · EducationMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE — $38,850 · EducationAMERICAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY dba AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGE — $30,000 · EducationBACKFIELD IN MOTION — $421,290 · Recreation & SportsDYNAMIC YOUNG MINORITIES OF NASHVILLE D-Y-M-O-N IN THE ROUGH — $270,646 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT — $84,888 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$3,827,783Other$1,509,473Youth Development$866,128Religion$660,938Education$509,109Recreation & Sports$421,290Arts & Culture$355,534

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC — $1,329,026 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA — $723,668 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC — $685,535 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetYMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH — $680,188 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $500,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION — $421,290 over 5y, 11% of budgetMOVES AND GROOVES INC — $403,662 over 5y, 28% of budgetMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC — $369,611 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetDYNAMIC YOUNG MINORITIES OF NASHVILLE D-Y-M-O-N IN THE ROUGH — $270,646 over 5y, 24% of budgetIN FULL MOTION INC — $254,805 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetNATIONS MINISTRY CENTER — $249,339 over 3y, 13% of budgetGLOBAL OUTREACH DEVELOPMENTS INTERNATIONAL — $231,506 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetWHY WE CAN T WAIT — $205,727 over 3y, 36% of budgetBEECH CREEK MINISTRIES INC — $185,454 over 5y, 85% of budgetCONEXION AMERICAS — $182,898 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $159,932 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetNational Council of YMCAs of the USA — $113,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBETHLEHEM CENTERS OF NASHVILLE — $98,224 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetNASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT — $84,888 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSPARTA-WHITE COUNTY FAMILY YMCA — $84,318 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetATHENS-MCMINN FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $83,313 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFROM THE HEART INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $54,612 over 3y, 13% of budgetPROJECT TRANSFORMATION TENNESSEE INC — $41,988 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE — $38,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORE SMALL GROUPS — $35,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetAMERICAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY dba AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGE — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA BLUE RIDGE ASSEMBLY INC — $29,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $28,336 over 3y, 0.1% of budget413 STRONG INC — $18,798 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $16,882 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER KINGSPORT FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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…Hca Healthcare Founda…Memorial Foundation I…United Way of Middle …The Dan and Margaret …The Frist FoundationDollar General Litera…Nashville Predators F…National Council of Y…The Healing Trust For…Joe C Davis FoundationTruist Foundation Inc
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN38.4× affinity20 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 · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc · The Frist Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Joe C Davis Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc

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 Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) 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%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Columbia-Willamette — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
18report 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 36 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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