Tennessee · Nonprofit
NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC
NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,846,574 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS ($2,253,102). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.7M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $8.8M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Neighborhood Christian Centers Inc does
Mission
The neighborhood christian center's ("ncc") mission is to guide those in need toward stability and sustainability through compassionate, christ-centered ministries and empowerment programs. Ncc has created and operates programs that address the needs of those under-resourced neighbors whom they are privileged to serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Compassionate services:emergency aid consisting of clothes, food, furniture, appliances, rental assistance, utilities and funeral assistance for more than 25,180 individuals mobile pantry, in conjunction with the mid-south food bank, provides food to specific zip codes lacking convenient food sources christmas outreach services (10,000+ food baskets, toy store)
$2,305,851 spentof which $1,636,519 as grants47% of program spendingYouth empowerment to succeed ("yes"):(649 individuals)continuum of educational services and opportunities from home to school guides ncc children and youth to academic achievement, supports ncc's goal to expand college, career opportunities for under-resourced youth and young adults. Provides participants with homework support, tutoring, financial literacy, mentoring leadership development, a variety of summer experiences. All experiences encourage and support high school graduation, college entry, graduation, career choices and the opportunity to receive a scholarship from ncc
$1,145,940 spentof which $188,696 as grants23% of program spendingAdult & family services : (2,520 individuals)holistic home and neighbor engagement:one-on-one family assessments to identify specific family circumstances and needs love builders:marriage education and support to help couples develop and maintain stable familiesadult education and wellness:men and women empowerment programs that emphasize job skills development, ged preparation, life skills and health and wellness site based services:outreach locations in specific neighborhoods with targeted programs that meet the overall general needs of those neighborhoods
$860,422 spentof which $111,571 as grants17% of program spendingSite based services:outreach locations in specific neighborhoods with targeted programs that meet the overall/general needs of those neighborhoods.
$616,886 spentof which $86,029 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,929,099.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4.1M to $3.2M (−20%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 2% · 2021 32% · 2022 32% · 2023 22% · 2024 16% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ephie Johnson
Chief executive officer
Board chair
William Hwatkins Iii
Board chair/treasurer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $980k.
14 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 25% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 35% · 2019 29% · 2020 25% · 2021 26% · 2022 42% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
64% of NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.6M that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC has grown faster than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC?
- NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,846,574 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS ($2,253,102). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $8,846,574 in grants to NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC?
- CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS is the largest funder on record, with $2,253,102 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing