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East Tennessee Foundation

In 2024, the foundation held numerous charitable funds and granted 16,140,007 for a wide variety of charitable purposes.

$16M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
298
Itemized grants FY2024
296
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$14M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$17,333
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,900,000
Organizations funded a year
215 to 309
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
25
Total assets, FY2024
$283M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations East Tennessee Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving290$14M19%
FY2023296$19M20%
FY2022274$17M24%
FY2021287$19M26%
FY2020309$26M35%
FY2019230$15M36%
FY2018239$31M47%
FY2017215$32Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$52MHealth$23MYouth Development$16MPhilanthropy$13MAnimals$13MReligion$12MCrime & Legal$8.7MArts & Culture$6.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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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$31,434,2638n/a
Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc$11,672,416830%
University Health System Inc$10,636,69780%
4th Purpose Foundation$7,303,840185%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall$6,070,950813%
Lakeshore Park Conservancy$5,232,60483%
Maryville College$4,129,21383%
Cancer Support Community East Tennessee Inc$3,127,286840%
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park$3,109,745854%
Niswonger Foundation Inc$3,097,000412%
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All grantees of East Tennessee Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Tennessee$31,434,2638n/a
Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc$11,672,416830%
University Health System Inc$10,636,69780%
4th Purpose Foundation$7,303,840185%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall$6,070,950813%
Lakeshore Park Conservancy$5,232,60483%
Maryville College$4,129,21383%
Cancer Support Community East Tennessee Inc$3,127,286840%
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park$3,109,745854%
Niswonger Foundation Inc$3,097,000412%
Emerald Youth Foundation$2,950,933813%
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc$2,839,82285%
Young Life$2,361,40380%
Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church$2,153,4508n/a
The Clayton Foundation$2,040,088220%
Innovative Education Partnership$2,000,000166%
Sunshine Services$1,735,537820%
Knoxville Symphony Society Incorporated$1,676,037818%
Boys and Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County$1,641,500651%
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc$1,455,61680%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville TN Inc$1,441,204843%
Women's Fund of East Tennessee$1,169,463847%
Mountain Tough Recovery Team$1,109,87721%
Year Up Inc$1,100,00011%
Knoxville Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,077,79185%
The George W Bush Foundation$1,005,50011%
East Tennessee Historical Society Inc$985,900724%
Greene County United Way Inc$967,569821%
Knox Education Foundation$871,50053%
Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee$783,2006n/a
Junior Achievement of Tri-Cities Tn/Va Inc$724,140888%
Blackberry Farm Foundation$718,421185%
The Great Schools Partnership Charitable Trust$692,00036%
St John's Cathedral$641,8005n/a
Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley Inc$622,586516%
Barefoot Republic Inc$580,00087%
Neighborhood Housing Inc$569,07578%
The Restoration House of East Tennessee$557,900822%
Tnachieves$557,00066%
Knoxville Area Urban League Incorporated$525,822712%
Wears Valley Ranch Inc$516,00038%
Maryville City Schools Foundation Inc$511,441840%
Oak Ridge Land Bank Inc$500,0001n/a
The Change Center$486,133737%
Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum$461,454819%
United Way of Northeast Florida Inc$455,0002n/a
Jefferson County EMS$448,4608n/a
Webb School of Knoxville$446,72671%
Rotary Foundation of Knoxville$444,801847%
City of Jefferson City$432,6916n/a
Junior Achievement of East Tenninc$424,084624%
Soar Youth Ministries Inc Thrive Lonsdale$421,500719%
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee$409,50180%
King University$400,00011%
Roane State Community College Foundation$394,500410%
First Christian Church$378,0004n/a
Helen Ross McNabb Foundation$375,75082%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville$371,9993n/a
Asbury United Methodist Church$350,4177n/a
Second Presbyterian Church$342,8566n/a
Franklin Road Academy Inc$337,50080%
Kings Academy Nashville$325,00028%
Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church$310,3308n/a
Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus$310,1006n/a
Pellissippi State Community College Foundation$298,10088%
Young Men's Christian Association of East Tennessee Inc$295,70081%
Interfaith Health Center$282,85481%
Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness Inc$280,99923%
Mission of Hope$280,00472%
Boys and Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains$273,99181%
Volunteer Ministry Center$271,80482%
Knoxville Museum of Art$269,19482%
Carson-Newman University$267,50080%
Seeed Inc$266,228217%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$260,10050%
Joni and Friends$256,15780%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region$246,47572%
East Tennessee State University Foundation$240,50041%
Mountain States Foundation$238,820221%
Girl Talk Inc$238,60049%
Town of White Pine Volunteer Fire D$234,3206n/a
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc$230,000411%
Childrens Center of the Cumberland$224,050430%
Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity$220,000713%
Jefferson Rural Clinic Inc$212,958719%
New Hope Academy$211,00082%
The Young Women's Christian Association$209,90062%
The Child Advocacy Center of the 9th Judicial District Inc$208,86268%
Knox Area Rescue Ministries Inc$206,79080%
Boys & Girls Club of Dumplin Valley$204,40083%
Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc$202,70081%
Tennessee Wesleyan University$202,13270%
Volunteers of America Inc$200,4158n/a
Platte Valley Healthcare Project$200,00022%
Prisoners of Christ Inc$200,000127%
Great Smoky Mountain Council 557 Boy Scouts of America Trust$190,23871%
The Dream Connection$188,600596%
Tennessee Geographic Alliance$183,600585%
Free Will Baptist Family Ministries Inc$180,0002n/a
Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation$175,55041%
Positively Living$175,00064%
Legacy Parks Foundation$174,67569%
City of Kingsport Tennessee$174,1914n/a
Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking$173,60063%
Jefferson County Rescue Squad Inc$170,200428%
Crumley House Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center$170,00072%
Knox Housing Partnership Inc$170,00032%
Foothills Land Conservancy$169,17882%
Great Smoky Mountains Institute Inc$165,50062%
Ballad Health Foundation$165,10051%
Sevier Co High School Foundation$160,755513%
Blount County Children's Advocacy Center Inc$159,89768%
Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service Inc$158,93571%
Remote Area Medical$157,04451%
Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding Inc$157,00084%
City Shepherds$155,2902n/a
Centro Hispano de East Tennessee$155,250610%
Farragut Christian Church$153,6801n/a
Walters State Community College Foundation$152,28047%
Rocky Mount Historical Association$150,911337%
Cherokee Health Systems$150,88780%
Community Mediation Center$150,490415%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga Inc$150,00016%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chattanooga$150,00031%
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (Tpac) Management Corporation$148,00070%
Appalachian Opportunity Fund$143,000254%
Providence Christian Academy$142,50050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$142,39680%
Peabody Essex Museum Inc$140,00040%
Renovatus$139,500716%
Concord United Methodist Church$139,2504n/a
United Way of McMinn and Meigs Counties$138,25075%
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$135,70010%
Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church$135,6003n/a
The Episcopal Church of the Ascension$134,4512n/a
Maryville Alcoa Animal Rescue Center (Maarc) Inc$130,200623%
Historic Rugby Inc$126,61683%
Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council$126,50036%
Pca Reformed University Ministries$126,2004n/a
Emerald Charter Schools$125,00021%
Dandridge Ministerial Association$124,000328%
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts$122,60070%
Knoxville Leadership Foundation Inc$121,65061%
First Priority of America Inc$120,00037%
Alliance for Better Nonprofits$118,15054%
Search Ministries Inc$114,0006n/a
United Way of Blount County$113,31571%
Joy of Music Youth Music School Corporation$112,81467%
Covenant Health Foundation$112,50064%
St Marys Sewanee a Center for Spiritual$112,05058%
Our Place Company$111,400411%
Tennessee State Museum Foundation Inc$111,00021%
New Market Volunteer Fire Dept$110,380321%
Monroe County Senior Citizens and Friends Inc$108,273435%
The Salvation Army$105,9578n/a
Sertoma Center Inc$104,50080%
Wesley House Community Center Co$104,50052%
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office$102,9573n/a
Education Consumers Foundation$100,000198%
Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation$100,000115%
Vine International Inc$100,00050%
Lee University$100,00010%
Hola Lakeway$99,578525%
Counseling and Consultation Services Inc$98,00071%
United Way of East Tennessee Highlands Inc$97,50047%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee Inc$95,60051%
Dogwood Arts Inc$95,05062%
Tennessee Kids Belong Inc$95,00044%
4th JUDICIAL DISTRICT RECOVERY$94,525415%
Lincoln Memorial University$91,97540%
Hometown Service Coalition$91,04017%
Jefferson County Education and Community Foundation$90,000727%
Redeemer City To City$90,00030%
River and Rail Theatre Company$90,000511%
2022 Cmohs Convention - Knoxville$90,000139%
Alzheimers Tennessee Inc$88,94041%
Rural Resources$88,58059%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$87,50040%
Town of Dandridge$87,3964n/a
Cleveland State Community College Foundation$87,35042%
Hope Resource Center$87,30073%
Lakeway Casa Inc$86,634514%
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$85,90070%
Dandridge Volunteer Fire Department$85,00028%
International Storytelling Center$85,00054%
The Coalition for Kids Inc$85,00071%
Isaiah 117 House$84,50041%
Michigan State University$84,0002n/a
Leadership Knoxville Inc$82,82381%
Wesleyan College$81,82880%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn$80,55050%
Meaningful Life Center$80,100824%
Root Ns Inc$80,00032%
Greeneville Cumberland Presb Church$80,0002n/a
Mental Health Association of East Tennessee Inc$80,00063%
Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates$80,00043%
Lipscomb University$80,00030%
First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge$79,8403n/a
Penultimate Development$78,728324%
First Presbyterian Church - Johnson$78,4004n/a
The Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church Diocese of Tenn$77,0007n/a
Legal Aid of East Tennessee$75,96570%
Shora Foundation$75,22858%
Aspen Art Museum$75,01850%
United Way of Greater Chattanooga$75,00060%
Freedom Village of Hope$74,750411%
Squashbusters Inc$73,00040%
Yoke Youth Ministries$72,10072%
Community Health of East Tennessee Inc$71,50060%
St John's Lutheran Church$71,0003n/a
Rose Center and Council for the Arts Inc$70,51548%
Mose & Garrison Siskin Memorial Fdn Inc D/B/A Siskin Children's Institute$70,00070%
Kansas Talbott Volunteer Fire$70,000249%
Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic Inc$69,43322%
Friends of Literacy Inc$68,64459%
Lakeway Central Volunteer Fire Dept$68,004321%
American Battlefield Trust$67,50040%
Old Gray Cemetery Historic & Memorial Assn$66,79139%
The Bays Mountain Park Association$66,666265%
Music Associates of Aspen Inc$66,17270%
Small Miracles Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$66,000411%
The Florence Crittenton Agency Inc$65,01660%
Christ Presbyterian Church Inc$65,0003n/a
Chestnut Hill Volunteer Fire Dept$65,000224%
Metro Drug Coalition Inc$64,50041%
City of Baneberry$64,4003n/a
East Tennessee Community Design Center$64,05468%
Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge$63,50031%
Jefferson County Senior Center Inc$62,25528%
Safespace Incorporated$62,00062%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$61,70030%
East Tennessee State University$61,6675n/a
Johnson County Board of Education$61,5557n/a
Foundation for the Sevier County Library System$61,475222%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$60,8005n/a
Tusculum University$60,60030%
Greeneville City Schools Foundation$60,350414%
All Souls Foundation$60,000528%
New City Resources$60,000683%
Knoxville Catholic High School$60,0001n/a
DePauw University$60,00030%
Community Building Institute$60,000124%
City of New Market$59,1372n/a
Bethany Christian Services$58,50030%
Susannah's House Inc$58,10041%
Samaritan's Purse$58,10050%
Johnson County Senior Center$58,005513%
Monroe Area Council for the Arts$57,500419%
Sweetwater Hospital Association$56,64280%
Knoxville Entrepreneur Center$56,50024%
The Institute on Religion and Public Life Inc$56,00041%
The Muse Knoxville$55,83052%
Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority Inc$55,00050%
Caregiver Relief Program of Bedford$55,000329%
Greeneville Greene County Community Ministries Food Bank$54,20063%
Hospitality Pantries Inc$54,00050%
Mooresburg Community Associati$53,417314%
Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties$53,40043%
Girls Incorporated of Tennessee Valley$52,87535%
Ridin High Inc$52,814313%
Omf International Inc$52,0005n/a
Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region Inc$52,00020%
Morgan Co Career & Technical Ctr$51,9603n/a
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Auxiliary Philanthropic Fund$51,291244%
Locate Arts TN$51,000318%
Bijou Theatre Center$51,00045%
Mepkin Abbey Catholic Conference$50,6742n/a
Clean Water Expected in East Tennessee$50,0001n/a
East Tennessee Equality Council Inc$50,000419%
Diocese of St Augustine$50,0001n/a
Rescue 180 Inc$50,000112%
Midst Inc$50,0002n/a
University of Chicago$50,00010%
Aidnet of Greene County Inc$50,00013%
Youth Achievement Foundation Inc$50,0005n/a
Walters State Community College Fin$50,0001n/a
Cocke Co Board of Education$49,7504n/a
Laurel Church of Christ$49,5052n/a
Orbit Village Project Inc$49,505211%
Philanthropy Southeast Inc$49,45060%
Midtown Fellowship Church$49,0004n/a
Appalachia Service Project Inc$48,75010%
Knoxville Family Justice Center$48,20043%
We Remember You Inc$48,000239%
Page Robbins Adult Day Services Inc$47,60032%
Episcopal School of Knoxville$47,50021%
Rutledge Elementary School$47,5006n/a
Jefferson County Auxiliary Radio Emergency Services$47,5001n/a
Big Ears Festival$47,40030%
Volunteer East Tennessee$47,0001n/a
East Tennessee Technology Access Center Inc$45,87135%
Richard J Caron Foundation$45,70050%
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated$45,00040%
Wake Forest University$45,00030%
GreenevilleGreene County History Mueseum Inc The Museum$44,830248%
Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency$44,50030%
Holston Home for Children Inc$44,15060%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$43,00030%
Harmony Family Center Inc$43,00030%
Jefferson County Constable Association$42,6242n/a
City of Elizabethton$42,5282n/a
Bridge Refugee Services Inc$42,50031%
Niswonger Performing Arts Center Board$42,50041%
The Good Shepherd Center$42,45556%
Hoof & Harness Experiential Learning Inc$42,32029%
Telamon Corporation$41,92250%
Tennessee Society Sons of the Revolution Inc$41,6185n/a
Friends of Sequoyah$41,60038%
The Shelter Society Inc$41,30045%
United Way of Sevier County$41,000110%
Buckley Institute Inc$40,65013%
Yellowstone Forever$40,50030%
Greene County Partnership Foundation$40,0001n/a
Princeton Christian Fellowship$40,00041%
Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville$40,00041%
United Way of Highway 55$40,00048%
Three3 Inc$39,48332%
Vhl Alliance Inc$39,00031%
Oneida Special Schools District$39,0005n/a
Tellicoplains Elementary School PTO$38,0001n/a
Girls Incorporated of Hamblen County$37,77353%
Monroe County Friends of Animals$37,74632%
Ijams Nature Center Inc$37,64741%
Casa Monroe Inc$37,45047%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$37,40020%
Johnson County Ctr for the Arts$36,900415%
City of Sweetwater$36,8904n/a
Empower Cocke County$36,00026%
Boy Scouts of America$35,72740%
East Tennessee Public Communications Corporation$35,32721%
Casa Corridor of East Tennessee$35,06545%
Town of Greeneville$34,7002n/a
Blount County Community Action Agency$34,16931%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$34,00020%
The Mend House Sober Living Community$33,60017%
Live Free - Claiborne$33,00636%
Tellico Plains Jam$33,0003n/a
Childhelp Inc$32,80010%
Association of Recovery in Higher Education Inc$32,50034%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of East Tennessee Inc$32,30042%
Good Samaritan Center of Loudon Cou$32,20031%
Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc$31,94521%
Contact Helpline Inc$31,800226%
The Wordplayers$31,524311%
Knoxville Kiwanis Youth Foundation Inc$31,000319%
Museum of Appalachia$30,80042%
Christ Episcopal Church Foundation$30,2504n/a
Postmark Lafollette$30,180312%
Appalachian Black Bear Rehabilitation and Release Center Inc$30,15814%
Boy Scouts of America 560 Middle Tennessee$30,05030%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greene County$30,00012%
The Trustees of Princeton University$30,00030%
Craig Hospital$30,00010%
Archdiocese of Newark$30,0001n/a
Of One Accord Inc$29,30030%
Michael Dunn Center$29,0001n/a
Mane Support Inc$29,000316%
CASA of Northeast Tennessee$28,50034%
Knox Heritage Inc$28,40042%
Bean Station Elementary School$28,3774n/a
Greene County Schools$28,2002n/a
Johnson County Arts Council$28,123317%
Emory Valley Center Inc$28,00010%
Men of Valor$28,00030%
Cokesbury United Methodist Church$27,5002n/a
Homeboy Industries$27,50030%
Morristown Hamblen Central Services Inc$27,30041%
4 Market Square Inc$27,00042%
Uc Riverside Foundation$27,00020%
Royal Youth Dance Ensemble Incorporated$26,9402n/a
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Inc$26,24523%
Downtown Newport Artscapes Inc$26,000215%
Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer$26,00031%
Tennessee Stage Company$25,600219%
American Heart Association Inc$25,50030%
The Well Inc$25,30015%
First Tennessee Human Resource Agency$25,00010%
Remote Area Medical$25,0001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$25,00010%
Van Andel Research Institute$25,00010%
Knoxville's Community Devel Corp$25,0001n/a
Unicoi County Search & Rescue$25,000112%
Ohio State University Foundation$25,00010%
YWCA Knoxville Foundation$25,00012%
Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center Inc$25,00021%
Knox County Schoolspta Clothing Ce$25,0001n/a
Williamson Christian College$25,00012%
Beta Theta Boule Foundation$24,5002n/a
Monroe County Schools$24,0002n/a
The Next Door Inc$24,00020%
Thistle Farms Inc$24,00020%
The Bottom$23,52826%
Knoxville Opera Company$23,20031%
Boys and Girls Club of Elizabethton Carter County Inc$22,70021%
Presbyterian Church USA$22,5001n/a
Top Wrench$22,1001n/a
Monroe Area Youth Center$22,00013%
Disability Community Resource Center$22,00021%
Christian Academy of Knoxville$21,80010%
Jubilee Community Arts Inc$21,75037%
Historic Middlebrook Preservation T$21,534133%
Communities in Schools of Tennessee$21,50020%
Kingsport Homeless Ministry Inc$21,000143%
Blount Co Fire Protection District$21,0001n/a
Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center$20,90031%
Karate Five Association Inc$20,900217%
Woodland Community Development Corporation$20,7202n/a
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$20,54110%
Petworks Animal Services Inc$20,00011%
National Review Institute$20,00020%
First Baptist Church$20,0001n/a
East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers Inc$20,0001n/a
Uplands Village$20,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$20,00020%
Appalachian Community Fund$20,00010%
Companion Animal Rescue & Education$20,00016%
Somebody Loves Me Inc$20,0002n/a
Family Promise of Roane County$20,000116%
Blood Cancer United Inc$20,00020%
Casa of the Tennessee Heartland Inc$20,00018%
Bearden United Methodist Church$20,0001n/a
Rescue Dog and End of Life Sanctuary Inc$20,000124%
Speedway Children's Charities$20,00021%
American Cancer Society Inc$20,00020%
Islamorada Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Donorschooseorg$20,00020%
Milligan University$20,00010%
Roane County Heritage Commission$19,900229%
Sight Savers of America Inc$19,86010%
Hiwassee College$19,64520%
Hamblen County Foundation for Educational Excellence & Achievement$19,500215%
Ministerial Association Temporary Shelter$19,25013%
Campbell County Board of Education$19,1001n/a
Dragonfly Aerial and Circus Arts Studio$19,000214%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$19,00010%
Campbell County Childrens Center$19,00022%
Appalachian Arts Craft Center Inc$18,90026%
Haven House$18,80022%
Compassion Counseling$18,50026%
Provision Foundation Inc$18,50022%
Community Tutoring$18,1602n/a
Pittman Center Community Volunteer Fire Department$18,00023%
Reformed Theological Seminary$18,00020%
Johnson City Symphony Orchestra Inc$18,00024%
Raising a Voice$18,00014%
Cumberland Communities Communications Corporation$18,00022%
World Neighbors Inc$18,00020%
Northview Volunteer Fire Department$18,00021%
Greater Kingsport Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc$17,43520%
Madisonville Public Library$17,4002n/a
Greene County Heritage Trust for Historic Preservation and Restorat$17,3331n/a
Loudon County Habitat for Humanity$17,30021%
The Camp Koinonia Foundation Inc$17,13517%
Friends of the Bonnie Kate Inc$17,00023%
Street Hope Tn$17,00011%
Helping Others of Johnson County Tn$16,500110%
Charlotte Fellows Program$16,00025%
Food Pantry of Tellico Plains$16,0002n/a
A 1 Learning Connections$16,00014%
Madisonville Presbyterian Church$16,0002n/a
Volunteer Fire Department of Seymou$16,00012%
Faithfully Restored$16,00022%
Preston Taylor Ministries$16,00021%
Engage Kingsport Inc$15,594218%
Union County Schools$15,5002n/a
Pearls of Grace Inc Thecore Youth$15,5001n/a
Messiah Lutheran Church$15,4003n/a
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Oak Ridge Rotary Community Fund$15,000230%
Clemson University Foundation$15,00010%
Northeast Tennessee Disaster Animal Response Team$15,0001n/a
Alliance to Save Energy$15,00010%
Springs of Life Foundation Inc$15,00014%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$15,00010%
Storytelling Resource Place$15,000197%
First Umc - Jefferson City$15,0001n/a
Union County Childrens Charity Inc$15,0002n/a
Birthplace of Country Music Inc$15,00011%
American Nuclear Society$15,0001n/a
Anderson County Government$15,0001n/a
Athens Area Council for the Arts$15,00015%
Youth Villages Inc$15,00020%
Gifts for Kids Inc$15,0001n/a
Hellbender Harm Reduction$14,840121%
Blount Memorial Foundation$14,75022%
Monroe County United Way Fund Inc$14,54916%
Carpetbag Theatre Inc$14,5002n/a
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association$14,218112%
Knoxville Internationals Network - Kin$14,00019%
Corner To Corner$14,00011%
Shoreline Church Inc$13,7151n/a
Kingsport City School Education Foundati$13,600224%
Sweetwater Valley Citizens for the Arts Inc$13,5402n/a
Carter County Board of Education$13,0001n/a
The Arc Anderson County$13,0002n/a
Heritage Hall Inc$13,0001n/a
Girls on the Run of Greater Knoxville$13,000111%
Senior Citizens of Campbell Co$12,919112%
Jackson Madison County General Hospital$12,7001n/a
Hs Missions$12,650119%
Special Opps Inc$12,500118%
Girls on the Run of Northeast Tn Inc$12,50019%
Two Bikes$12,4001n/a
Young-Williams Animal Center of East Ten$12,20020%
Random Acts of Flowers$12,10020%
Operation Inasmuch Inc$12,00022%
SpayNeuter Assistance for Pets Inc$12,0001n/a
Coord School Health-Jefferson Co$12,0001n/a
CASA of East Tennessee Inc$11,60023%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport Inc$11,50011%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$11,25020%
Beck Cultural Exchange Center Inc$11,20015%
Discover Life in America Inc$11,00015%
McMinn County Living Heritage$11,00011%
Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewishday School$10,8501n/a
Friends of the Knox County Public Library$10,50017%
Compassion Coalition Inc$10,4001n/a
Wilderwood Service Dogs Inc$10,362131%
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse$10,2501n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$10,07510%
Colgate University$10,00010%
Communities in Schools of Appalachian Highlands$10,00010%
Knox Youth Sports Inc$10,00012%
Veteran and Community Care$10,0001n/a
Atomic Heritage Foundation$10,00013%
Monroe County Boxing Club$10,0001n/a
United Way of Haywood County Inc$10,00012%
Nourish Knoxville Inc$10,00012%
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy$10,00010%
Knoxville History Project$10,00014%
Wichita State University Foundation$10,00010%
Ancoratn Fka End Slavery Tennessee Inc$10,00010%
Christian Law Association$10,00010%
Center City Youth Sports Program$10,0001n/a
Iva's Place Inc$10,00012%
Guitars For Vets Inc$10,00011%
Habitat for Humanity International Haywo$10,00011%
Monroe Co Community Health Access Committee Inc$10,00013%
Boys and Girls Club of the Cumberland Pl$10,00011%
Pregnancy Support Ctr of Johnson County$10,000115%
Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition$10,00010%
Salvation Army National Corp$10,0001n/a
Southern Off Road Bicycle Association of Knoxville Inc$10,00013%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$10,00010%
The Brett Boyer Foundation Inc$10,00011%
My Daughters Journey Inc$10,00016%
Haywood Community College Found$10,00010%
Stoddard County Development$10,0001n/a
Absecon United Methodist Church$10,0001n/a
Faith Community Church of Haywood County Inc$10,0001n/a
Appalachian Sustainable Development$10,00010%
Sevier County Food Ministries$10,0001n/a
N Her Footsteps$10,0001n/a
Family Affair Ministries Inc$10,00012%
Mountain Projects Inc$10,00010%
Emory University$10,00010%
The Justice Initiative$10,0001n/a
Knox County Schools$10,0001n/a
Alliance for Childhood Diseases$10,00010%
Hope House of Tennessee Inc$10,00014%
First United Methodist Church$10,0001n/a
Overcoming Believers Church$10,0001n/a
Haywood County Schools Foundation$10,00011%
Dawn of Hope Inc$10,00010%
Williams Creek Youth Foundation$10,0001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$10,00010%
Memory Makers of the Midsouth$10,0001n/a
The Community Kitchen Inc$10,00013%
Rio Revolution$10,0001n/a
Erlanger Foundation$10,00010%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$10,0001n/a
Loudon County District$10,0001n/a
Jh Ranch International$10,0001n/a
Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US$10,00010%
Haywood Pathways Center Inc$10,00011%
Friends in Need Health Center Inc$10,00011%
Haywood Christian Ministry Inc$10,00011%
Guardians of the Gap a Non-Profit LLC$10,000141%
Lenoir City Elementary$9,9121n/a
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$9,80010%
Campbell County Rural Fire Svcs Inc$9,75017%
Jefferson Cty Emerg Comm District$9,6421n/a
Athens-McMinn Family Young Men's Christian Association$9,50011%
Oak Ridge Community Art Center$9,30015%
Acf-Smoky Mountain Chapter$9,2001n/a
we are limitless inc$9,1031n/a
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution$9,0001n/a
Breakthrough Corporation D/B/A Autism Breakthrough of Knoxville$9,00010%
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley Inc$9,00011%
Knoxville Childrens Theatre Inc$9,00011%
Fostering Hope Tn Inc$8,50014%
Blossom Center for Childhood Excellence Inc$8,5001n/a
City of Johnson City$8,3101n/a
Upper East Tennessee Traditional Music Group Inc$8,0001n/a
Sevier County Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad$8,00018%
Knox Makers$8,0001n/a
English Mtn Volunteer Fire Dept$8,0001n/a
Sevier County Volunteer Fire Dept$8,0001n/a
Catons Chapel Richardson Cove Volunteer Fire Department Inc$8,00017%
Karns Volunteer Fire Department$8,00010%
Kid Kare$8,00014%
Milly's Wings$8,0001n/a
American Council of the Blind Inc$8,00010%
Pca Mission to North America$8,0001n/a
Homeless Management of Monroe County$8,000133%
Woodson Center$8,00010%
New Midway Baptist Church$8,0001n/a
Statewide Organizing for Community Empowerment Resource Project$8,00011%
Etowah City School$8,0001n/a
Union County Heritage Festival Inc$8,000138%
Waldens Creek Volunteer Firefighters Inc$8,0001n/a
Wears Valley Volunteer Fire Dept$8,0001n/a
A Step Ahead Foundation of East Tennessee$7,90013%
University of the Cumberlands Inc$7,80010%
Canvas Can Do Miracles$7,7441n/a
Mainstreet of Athens Inc$7,501111%
Alps Adult Day Services$7,50011%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$7,50010%
Theatre Knoxville Inc$7,500116%
Plummer Youth Promise Inc$7,50010%
Town of Jonesborough$7,5001n/a
George L Carter Railroad Musuem Inc$7,50012%
Camp Creek Ruritan Memorial Park Inc$7,5001n/a
Coal Creek Miners Museum Inc$7,5001n/a
Momentum Dance Lab Inc$7,5001n/a
Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation$7,50012%
Provision Cares Foundation Inc$7,50015%
Christian Union Inc$7,50010%
Tenngreen Land Conservancy$7,44410%
Pj Parkinson's Support$7,40013%
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation$7,37410%
First Presbyterian Church$7,2001n/a
Asheville Poverty Initiative$7,1961n/a
Venice Community Housing Corporation$7,00010%
Appalachian Equality Chorus$7,0001n/a
Cherokee Country Club Foundation$7,00011%
Reliant Mission Inc$7,0001n/a
West Charlotte Church$7,0001n/a
Gatlinburg Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Loudon County Friends of Animals Inc$7,0001n/a
Anderson County EMS$6,7601n/a
Hola Hora Latina$6,750119%
Jesses House Inc$6,75011%
Oak Ridge City Schools$6,7151n/a
Winfield Volunteer Fire Department$6,5701n/a
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution$6,5001n/a
Women of Watts and Beyond$6,50017%
Open Arms Ministry of Campbell Co$6,5001n/a
Athens Lions Charities$6,5001n/a
Little Chefs Big Change$6,5001n/a
Appalachian Life Quality Initiative$6,50011%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$6,50010%
Greene Technology Center$6,4501n/a
Nurtured by Nature$6,40014%
Tennessee Educational Cooperative$6,30010%
The Junior League of Knoxville Inc$6,30013%
Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue Inc$6,28011%
Missionary Society of St Paul the Apostle$6,1571n/a
Crutcher Mem Youth Enrichment Ctr$6,0001n/a
Woodland Community Land Trust$6,0001n/a
Rotary Club of Kingsport Foundation$6,0001n/a
Marble City Opera$6,00015%
West High School$6,0001n/a
Dickson Williams Historic Assoc Inc$6,00012%
Monroe County Imagination Library$6,0001n/a
New Hope Church$6,0001n/a
Barnabas Center$6,00010%
Friends of Radnor Lake$6,00011%
Tellico Village Computer Users Club$6,0001n/a
The Committee of 200$6,00011%
George Clem Multicultural Alliance$6,0001n/a
St Joseph Center$6,00010%
Morgan Scott Project for Cooperative Christian$6,00012%
West Nashville Dream Center$6,00011%
Heal Ministries Inc$6,00011%
City of Kingston$6,0001n/a
Friends of the Warner Parks Inc$6,00010%
Spay Campbell County Tennessee Pets$6,000111%
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation$6,00010%
Grow Partnership Tennessee Gpt$6,0001n/a
Friends of the Tellico Village Library Inc$6,00013%
Casa of Campbell County$6,00016%
Oak Ridge Rowing Association$5,91811%
Grow Oak Ridge$5,62515%
Center for English and Integration Services$5,6001n/a
Community Shares Inc$5,50011%
Johnson County Farmers Market$5,5001n/a
Knoxville Jewish Alliance Inc$5,50010%
Darlington School Inc$5,50010%
Good Faith Clinic$5,50015%
Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians Inc$5,50010%
Kingston Pike Sequoyah Hills Association$5,50014%
Women's Basketball Hall of Fameinc$5,50010%
Habitat for Humanity of McMinn County$5,250121%
Family Promise of Blount County$5,25011%
Campbell Culture Coalition$5,250115%
Knox County Council PTA$5,2001n/a
Leadership East Tennessee$5,11717%
Men in Christ Community$5,0501n/a
St George Greek Orthodox Church$5,0101n/a

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

East Tennessee Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 43 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKnoxville Zoological Gardens Inc: $11,672,416 over 8y, 30% of budgetUniversity Health System Inc: $10,636,697 over 8y, 0.4% of budget4th Purpose Foundation: $7,303,840 over 1y, 85% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall: $6,070,950 over 8y, 13% of budgetLakeshore Park Conservancy: $5,232,604 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetMaryville College: $4,129,213 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCancer Support Community East Tennessee Inc: $3,127,286 over 8y, 40% of budgetFriends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: $3,109,745 over 8y, 54% of budgetNiswonger Foundation Inc: $3,097,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetEmerald Youth Foundation: $2,950,933 over 8y, 13% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc: $2,839,822 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetYoung Life: $2,361,403 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Clayton Foundation: $2,040,088 over 2y, 20% of budgetInnovative Education Partnership: $2,000,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetSunshine Services: $1,735,537 over 8y, 20% of budgetKnoxville Symphony Society Incorporated: $1,676,037 over 8y, 18% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County: $1,641,500 over 6y, 51% of budgetEast Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc: $1,455,616 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville TN Inc: $1,441,204 over 8y, 43% of budgetWomen's Fund of East Tennessee: $1,169,463 over 8y, 47% of budgetMountain Tough Recovery Team: $1,109,877 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetYear Up Inc: $1,100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKnoxville Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,077,791 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $1,005,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEast Tennessee Historical Society Inc: $985,900 over 7y, 24% of budgetGreene County United Way Inc: $967,569 over 8y, 21% of budgetKnox Education Foundation: $871,500 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Tri-Cities Tn/Va Inc: $724,140 over 8y, 88% of budgetBlackberry Farm Foundation: $718,421 over 1y, 85% of budgetThe Great Schools Partnership Charitable Trust: $692,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetHumane Society of the Tennessee Valley Inc: $622,586 over 5y, 16% of budgetBarefoot Republic Inc: $580,000 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetNeighborhood Housing Inc: $569,075 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetThe Restoration House of East Tennessee: $557,900 over 8y, 22% of budgetTnachieves: $557,000 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetKnoxville Area Urban League Incorporated: $525,822 over 7y, 12% of budgetWears Valley Ranch Inc: $516,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetMaryville City Schools Foundation Inc: $511,441 over 8y, 40% of budgetThe Change Center: $486,133 over 7y, 37% of budgetKnoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum: $461,454 over 8y, 19% of budgetWebb School of Knoxville: $446,726 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetRotary Foundation of Knoxville: $444,801 over 8y, 47% of budgetJunior Achievement of East Tenninc: $424,084 over 6y, 24% of budgetSoar Youth Ministries Inc Thrive Lonsdale: $421,500 over 7y, 19% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee: $409,501 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetKing University: $400,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRoane State Community College Foundation: $394,500 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetHelen Ross McNabb Foundation: $375,750 over 8y, 2.4% 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 200.

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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.

United Way of Greater KnoxvilleincTN124.4× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · Thompson Charitable Foundation · Lawson Family Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Variety of Eastern Tennessee · Akima Club Inc · The Boyd Foundation · Y12 Fcu Gives Foundation Inc

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.

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About East Tennessee Foundation

How much does East Tennessee Foundation give?
East Tennessee Foundation reported 298 itemized grants totaling $14,427,647, out of $16,140,007 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 215 and 309 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does East Tennessee Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Health (13%), Youth Development (9%).
Who are East Tennessee Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Tennessee ($31M), Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc ($12M), University Health System Inc ($11M).
Does East Tennessee Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as East Tennessee Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc, Haslam Family Foundation Inc, Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee.
Where is East Tennessee Foundation based?
East Tennessee 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 782 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 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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