Tennessee · Private foundation
Burnett Unity Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $571k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $790k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 69% of the organizations Burnett Unity Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $571k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $97k | 69% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $42k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $25k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $26k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Technological University Foundation | $66,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $46,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cookeville Rescue Mission Inc | $35,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Christian Camp | $35,400 | 6 | 1% |
| Rising Above Ministries | $35,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Alpha Ministries International Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Cumberland Habitat for Humanity | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper Cumberland Child Advocacy Center | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of the Cumberland Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cookeville Regional Medical Center | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Technological University Foundation | $66,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $46,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cookeville Rescue Mission Inc | $35,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Christian Camp | $35,400 | 6 | 1% |
| Rising Above Ministries | $35,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Alpha Ministries International Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Cumberland Habitat for Humanity | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper Cumberland Child Advocacy Center | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of the Cumberland Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cookeville Regional Medical Center | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Putnam County Board of Education | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($548k), not named here.
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: Baird Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Burnett Unity Foundation Inc
- How much does Burnett Unity Foundation Inc give?
- Burnett Unity Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $571,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Burnett Unity Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (63%), Recreation & Sports (13%), Education (8%).
- Who are Burnett Unity Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Tennessee Technological University Foundation ($66k), Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($46k), Cookeville Rescue Mission Inc ($36k).
- Does Burnett Unity Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burnett Unity Foundation Inc 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 Burnett Unity Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, Network for Good, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Burnett Unity Foundation Inc based?
- Burnett Unity Foundation Inc is based in TN.
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