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The House University Ministries

The House University Ministries (Tennessee) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,045,761 to it, the largest being ROBERT L & KATHRINA H MACLELLAN FOUNDA FOUNDATION ($307,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$644k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$1.0M
Net assets
$117k
7/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 47%
01What it does

What The House University Ministries does

Mission

Bringing college students to a deeper knowledge and love of jesus christ.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Student events: tuesday night worship service, weekly outreach for freshmen, summer bible study, annual retreats, mission opportunities throughout the school year, local service/volunteer opportunities, summer orientation, the hub, hospitality and outreach. (500 students)

    $366,836 spent
    90% of program spending
  2. Leadership development & vocational training: student internship program for student leaders, annual vocational discernment retreat, full-time internship program for college graduates, seminars and podcast production, mentorship opportunities with the chattanooga work force. (250 students)

    $23,602 spent
    6% of program spending
  3. Relational ministry: pastoral meetings with students in one-on-one or small group settings, core groups, residence houses. (500 students)

    $14,931 spent
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $405,369.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($297k) Expenses 100 ($285k) Net assets 100 ($67k)2019 Revenue 94 ($280k) Expenses 93 ($265k) Net assets 83 ($55k)2020 Revenue 143 ($425k) Expenses 132 ($377k) Net assets 154 ($103k)2021 Revenue 113 ($335k) Expenses 137 ($390k) Net assets 72 ($48k)2022 Revenue 174 ($517k) Expenses 177 ($504k) Net assets 91 ($61k)2023 Revenue 194 ($575k) Expenses 197 ($563k) Net assets 108 ($72k)2024 Revenue 217 ($644k) Expenses 210 ($600k) Net assets 175 ($117k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (217)Expenses (210)Net assets (175)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $55k to $127k (+130%).

$67k
$55k
$127k
$64k
$63k
$75k
$128k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of The House University Ministries’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’18
$15k
’19
$48k
’20
−$55k
’21
$13k
’22
$11k
’23
$45k
’24
2.6
months of
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.

Board chair

Robert Luther

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed6888777
Joined·+2+4+2+1+3+0
No longer listed·042230
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $24k → $215k.

5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 The House University Ministries’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

The House University Ministries leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

42% 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 The House University Ministries.

29%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 94% · 2019 78% · 2020 40% · 2021 49% · 2022 29% · 2023 36% — 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

71% of The House University Ministries's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

72% of The House University Ministries's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.

IN
DE
TN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $441k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The House University Ministries runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve2.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like The House University Ministries

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 32%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds The House University Ministries?
The House University Ministries (Tennessee) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,045,761 to it, the largest being ROBERT L & KATHRINA H MACLELLAN FOUNDA FOUNDATION ($307,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The House University Ministries have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,045,761 in grants to The House University Ministries, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The House University Ministries?
ROBERT L & KATHRINA H MACLELLAN FOUNDA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $307,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The House University Ministries 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 10 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