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Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
159
Grants FY2024
92
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,600,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 92
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
19
Total assets, FY2024
$171M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationReligionHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving111$17M23%
FY202392$13M22%
FY202277$9.8M22%
FY202185$7.1M47%
FY202052$4.7M81%
FY201913$1.1M0%
FY201814$1.3M7%
FY201715$1.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$26MReligion$6.9MYouth Development$6.1MRecreation & Sports$6.0MHealth$3.6MPhilanthropy$2.5MArts & Culture$1.4MHuman Services$873kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$15,547,50072%
Lakeshore Park Conservancy$5,800,000775%
Young Life$3,561,50150%
Redeemer City To City$3,000,00034%
Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church$2,320,0005n/a
University Health System Inc$2,007,76320%
Emerald Youth Foundation$1,719,70088%
Teach for America Inc$1,475,00050%
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc$1,440,00083%
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc$1,135,00080%
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All grantees of Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$15,547,50072%
Lakeshore Park Conservancy$5,800,000775%
Young Life$3,561,50150%
Redeemer City To City$3,000,00034%
Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church$2,320,0005n/a
University Health System Inc$2,007,76320%
Emerald Youth Foundation$1,719,70088%
Teach for America Inc$1,475,00050%
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc$1,440,00083%
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc$1,135,00080%
Belmont University$1,100,00020%
Lipscomb University$1,030,00020%
Vanderbilt University$900,00040%
National Christian Foundation Inc$850,00036%
Knox Education Foundation$761,01249%
Tnachieves$750,00084%
Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee$596,73043%
Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation$500,00013%
Maryville College$500,00020%
Memphis Teacher Residency Inc$420,00042%
Instruction Partners$400,00031%
Langham Partnership USA Inc Nfp$400,00032%
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education$375,00081%
Pivot School Improvement Leaders$350,000228%
Knoxville Habitat for Humanity Inc$324,60932%
Family Investment Foundation Inc$300,000364%
Harrison Chilhowee Baptist Academy$300,0002n/a
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc$200,00130%
Kings Academy Nashville$200,00027%
Metro Drug Coalition Inc$200,00024%
Prep Public Schools$197,50012%
Nashville Teacher Residency$190,00045%
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars$185,00040%
Center for Christianity and Public Life$175,000215%
Persist Nashville$170,000511%
Tennessee Kids Belong Inc$164,500411%
Webb School of Knoxville$150,00060%
Legacy Parks Foundation$138,33453%
Friends of Chattanooga Prep Inc$130,00029%
Knoxville Area Urban League Incorporated$125,0013n/a
Christ Presbyterian Church Inc$125,0005n/a
Tennessee Charter School Center$119,00028%
The Restoration House of East Tennessee$118,000311%
Reformed Evangelistic Fellowship Inc$115,00053%
Volunteer Ministry Center$110,00061%
Interfaith Health Center$100,00011%
Carson-Newman University$100,00010%
Centro Hispano de East Tennessee$95,00033%
Knoxville Leadership Foundation Inc$92,50031%
Telemachus Foundation Inc$80,000415%
Free Medical Clinic of America$80,00018%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee Inc$75,00014%
Olive Tree Early Learning Academy$75,00014%
Search Ministries Inc$70,0003n/a
Bloodwater Mission Inc$65,00051%
Knoxville Symphony Society Incorporated$62,50050%
American Institute for Boys and Men$61,87512%
Knoxville Museum of Art$60,00051%
Trinity Forum Inc$52,50051%
Men of Valor Inc$50,000123%
The Veritas Forum Inc$50,00011%
Relay Graduate School of Education$49,50010%
The Peer Power Foundation Inc$48,50012%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$40,00040%
Knoxville Internationals Network - Kin$40,000221%
Knox Youth Sports Inc$40,00081%
The Urban Institute$40,00040%
Girl Talk Inc$35,00022%
Operation Andrew Group Inc$31,50033%
Leadership Tennessee Inc$31,00042%
Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic$30,0003n/a
Unite US$30,0001n/a
For the Love of Reading$30,000143%
The Sycamore Institute Inc$30,00031%
Cmc Initiative Inc$30,000111%
Knoxville Opera Company$25,00051%
The Mend House Sober Living Community$25,00015%
Kids Across America$25,00050%
Knox Area Rescue Ministries Inc$25,00050%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$25,00050%
Helping Mamas Inc$25,00010%
The Next Door Inc$25,00050%
Joni and Friends$25,00050%
Knox County Community Gardens and Growers Alliance$25,00015%
Community Building Institute$25,000110%
Friends of the Knox County Public Library$25,00056%
Collegiate Abbey Inc$24,00054%
The Salvation Army$20,0004n/a
Redbird Ministries$20,00054%
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$20,00050%
Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking$20,00040%
Junior Achievement of East Tenninc$20,00021%
Hope Resource Center$18,00060%
St Mary's Episcopal School$15,00030%
Chicago Hope Academy$15,00050%
SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE$15,00050%
Memphis Business Academy Inc$13,32010%
Leighton Ford Ministries Inc$12,50050%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chattanooga$12,40010%
Promise Academy Inc$10,52010%
Knoxville Inner City Kids Outr$10,00021%
Ijams Nature Center Inc$10,00020%
Sertoma Center Inc$10,00050%
The Relevate Group Inc$10,00010%
Random Acts of Flowers$8,50042%
Pca Reformed University Ministries$7,5001n/a
Kipp Nashville$6,28010%
Cherokee Health Systems$5,80010%
Libertas School of Memphis$5,20010%
Aurora Collegiate Academy Charter School$5,16010%
Bethlehem Center Incorporated$5,12010%
The Junior League of Knoxville Inc$5,00051%
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee$5,00010%
Beck Cultural Exchange Center Inc$5,00050%
Museum of Appalachia$5,00050%
Ancoratn Fka End Slavery Tennessee Inc$5,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)$4,28010%
YMCA of Dyer County Inc$4,16011%
Putnam County Family YMCA$4,16010%
Fostering Hope Tn Inc$4,00021%
Preston Taylor Ministries$3,16010%
Girls on the Run of Greater Knoxville$3,00013%
Knox County Schoolspta Clothing Ce$2,5001n/a
Daystar Counseling Ministries Inc$2,50010%
Community Action for Affordable Neighborhoods$2,50015%
Nativity Pageant of Knoxville Inc$2,00011%
Girls Inc of Chattanooga$1,08010%
Freedom Preparatory Academy Inc$1,04010%
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 119 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Tennessee Foundation Inc: $15,547,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetLakeshore Park Conservancy: $5,800,000 over 7y, 75% of budgetYoung Life: $3,561,501 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRedeemer City To City: $3,000,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetUniversity Health System Inc: $2,007,763 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEmerald Youth Foundation: $1,719,700 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,475,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc: $1,440,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetEast Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc: $1,135,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBelmont University: $1,100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLipscomb University: $1,030,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVanderbilt University: $900,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Christian Foundation Inc: $850,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetKnox Education Foundation: $761,012 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetTnachieves: $750,000 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee: $596,730 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetHistoric Tennessee Theatre Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMaryville College: $500,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMemphis Teacher Residency Inc: $420,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetInstruction Partners: $400,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLangham Partnership USA Inc Nfp: $400,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education: $375,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPivot School Improvement Leaders: $350,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetKnoxville Habitat for Humanity Inc: $324,609 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetFamily Investment Foundation Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc: $200,001 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKings Academy Nashville: $200,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetMetro Drug Coalition Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetPrep Public Schools: $197,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNashville Teacher Residency: $190,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: $185,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Christianity and Public Life: $175,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetPersist Nashville: $170,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetTennessee Kids Belong Inc: $164,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetWebb School of Knoxville: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLegacy Parks Foundation: $138,334 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetFriends of Chattanooga Prep Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetTennessee Charter School Center: $119,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetThe Restoration House of East Tennessee: $118,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetReformed Evangelistic Fellowship Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetVolunteer Ministry Center: $110,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetInterfaith Health Center: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCarson-Newman University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCentro Hispano de East Tennessee: $95,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetKnoxville Leadership Foundation Inc: $92,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTelemachus Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetFree Medical Clinic of America: $80,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 119.

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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.

Haslam Family Foundation IncTN87.2× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Haslam Family Foundation Inc · East Tennessee Foundation · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · The Clayton Homes Foundation · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · The Boyd Foundation · Lawson Family Foundation · Gene & Florence Monday Foundation Inc · Joe C Davis Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Clayton Family 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.

Compare Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation

How much does Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation give?
Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation reported 159 grants totaling $16,803,169 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 92 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Religion (12%), Youth Development (11%).
Who are Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc ($16M), Lakeshore Park Conservancy ($5.8M), Young Life ($3.6M).
Does Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Haslam Family Foundation Inc, East Tennessee Foundation, Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
Where is Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation based?
Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation is based in TN.

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 164 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-PF 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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