Tennessee · Private foundation
Diersch Family Foundation
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.
- $71k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Diersch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 15 | $71k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $65k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $58k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $62k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $67k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $61k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $52k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas the Apostle Church | $90,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $52,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Smoky Mountain Service Dogs | $42,490 | 8 | 1% |
| Timeless Tellico Foundation | $27,750 | 6 | 27% |
| Catholic Newman Center | $27,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Paws With A Cause | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Western Michigan | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loudon County Habitat for Humanity | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The National Liberty Ship Memorial Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas the Apostle Church | $90,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $52,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Smoky Mountain Service Dogs | $42,490 | 8 | 1% |
| Timeless Tellico Foundation | $27,750 | 6 | 27% |
| Catholic Newman Center | $27,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Paws With A Cause | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Western Michigan | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loudon County Habitat for Humanity | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The National Liberty Ship Memorial Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tellico Village Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Tellico Boaters Assitance Response Team Inc | $210 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($200k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Diersch Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Diersch Family Foundation
- How much does Diersch Family Foundation give?
- Diersch Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $71,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Diersch Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Diersch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: St Thomas the Apostle Church ($90k), Kids' Food Basket Inc ($52k), Smoky Mountain Service Dogs ($42k).
- Does Diersch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Diersch Family 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 Diersch Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Diersch Family Foundation based?
- Diersch Family Foundation is based in TN.
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