Tennessee · Public charity
Blackberry Farm Foundation
The BLACKBERRY FARM FOUNDATION is proud to support charitable causes related to children and foodways, with special emphasis on those located in the east tennessee area, the special place that is our home. A committee reviews requests, with granting decisions based on multiple considerations, including fit with the scope and mission of…
- $356k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $140,402
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Blackberry Farm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $352k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $118k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $170k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $148k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $257k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $198k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pellissippi State Community College | $250,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Blount County Children's Advocacy Center Inc | $210,000 | 5 | 5% |
| The Crossroads Campus | $140,402 | 1 | 5% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Opps Inc | $91,585 | 6 | 12% |
| The Busyhead Project Inc | $83,581 | 1 | 14% |
| Great Smoky Mountains Institute Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center | $60,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Carpenters Elementary Friends Program | $39,770 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc | $35,840 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blackberry Farm Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Haslam Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Variety of Eastern Tennessee · East Tennessee Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Blackberry Farm Foundation
- How much does Blackberry Farm Foundation give?
- Blackberry Farm Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $355,726 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Blackberry Farm Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Crime & Legal (16%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Blackberry Farm Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Pellissippi State Community College ($250k), Blount County Children's Advocacy Center Inc ($210k), The Crossroads Campus ($140k).
- Does Blackberry Farm Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blackberry Farm Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Haslam Family Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Variety of Eastern Tennessee.
- Where is Blackberry Farm Foundation based?
- Blackberry Farm Foundation is based in TN.
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