· Private foundation
Eastman Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $10k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $320k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS | $120,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA | $100,000 |
| FIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUNDATION FOR REGION AHEAD | $100,000 |
| ETSU | $7,500 |
| MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY | $1,750 |
| NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION | $635 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $399k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
206 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 202 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC2× · 2017–2018 · $1.0M · revenue +60%
- KCKingsport Chamber Foundation Inc5× · 2017–2022 · $708k · revenue +15%
- SISTREAMWORKS INC2× · 2018–2019 · $518k · revenue ×62
Funded once
- NCNORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECone grant, 2021 · $290k
- IDINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD CITY OF KINGSPORTone grant, 2023 · $250k
- KSK-PLAY SPORTS COUNCIL TOTALone grant, 2018 · $100k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The united way of south central tennessee's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.
Second harvest food bank of east tennessee is dedicated to compassionately feeding east tennesseans experiencing hunger & engaging the community in the fight to eliminate hunger.
Etfb's mission is to fight hunger and feed hope in east texas.
Tennessee educational cooperative's mission is to help all children reach their potential by partnering with parents, schools and communities.
The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…
The united way of southern cameron county's mission is to "improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities to advance the common good".
The mission of the united way of bristol is to bring together the resources to help people in the regional community to live healthy and productive lives. united way bristol works with dozens of community partner agencies that provide…
Waynesburg university educates students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they might faithfully transofrm their communiities and the world. see continuation on schedule o.as a christian comprehensive university, we…
United way of the csra mobilizes the caring power of our community to make lasting change on the issues that matter most in our region. we want to ensure that children, young adults, and families have the tools and resources they need to…
United ways of tennessee is a statewide organization providing member support services to 31 united ways across the state. we accomplish our mission through advocacy, collaboration and collective action that provides solutions to our…
To provide support for east tennessee state university (etsu) and its students.
The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.
How this is measured
141 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 141 of the 411 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Kingsport Chamber Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds STREAMWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC ↗
- Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS ↗
- Who funds GIVINGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN ↗
- Who funds GREATER LONGVIEW UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds BIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds National Merit Scholarship Corporation ↗
- Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds GREATER KINGSPORT FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds FIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds LIFE TIME FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ↗
- Who funds Chemical Educational Foundation ↗
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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: The Crain Foundation · Rosa May Griffin Foundation · East Texas Communities Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Wellmont Health System · East Tennessee Foundation · United Way Galveston County Mainland Inc · United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc · Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Speedway Children's Charities · The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont · Eastman Credit Union
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Eastman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eastman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
- United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
- Santa Rosa Kids' House Inc: 21% of income from government
- United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc: 10% of income from government
- Indian Orchard Citizens Council Inc: 5% of income from government
- Echo Hill Outdoor School Inc: 5% of income from government
- United Way of West Florida Inc: 3% of income from government
- Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc: 1% of income from government
- Beyond Benign Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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