Tennessee · Public charity
Chapman Family Foundation
CHAPMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION was created for educational, religious, literary, and charitable purposes in accordance with the purposes, goals, objectives, and priorities of east tennessee foundation.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2020
- 5
- Grants FY2020
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Chapman Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to East Tennessee Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $1,868,405
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 25% of the organizations Chapman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 4 | $65k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $50k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Entrepreneur Center | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| World Savvy | $67,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $20,200 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Webb School of Knoxville | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Fund of East Tennessee | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
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: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Chapman Family Foundation
- How much does Chapman Family Foundation give?
- Chapman Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,946,405 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Chapman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (91%), Education (4%), Community Improvement (4%).
- Who are Chapman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Knoxville Entrepreneur Center ($75k), World Savvy ($68k), The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc ($20k).
- Does Chapman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chapman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Chapman Family Foundation based?
- Chapman Family Foundation is based in TN.
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