Tennessee · Private foundation
Hobson-Wood 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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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 | 10 | $85k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $75k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $63k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $97k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $107k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $133k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $80k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $87k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ears Festival | $150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Webb School | $138,700 | 2 | 1% |
| Young Life | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall | $14,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Faith Lutheran Church | $13,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Knoxville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Zen Institute | $9,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Knoxville Symphony Society Incorporated | $9,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Knoxville Habitat for Humanity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ears Festival | $150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Webb School | $138,700 | 2 | 1% |
| Young Life | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall | $14,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Faith Lutheran Church | $13,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Knoxville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Zen Institute | $9,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Knoxville Symphony Society Incorporated | $9,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Knoxville Habitat for Humanity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knoxville Jazz Orchestra | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Isaiah 117 House | $2,558 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesley House Community Center Co | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Williams Creek Youth Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John's Lutheran Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Shora Foundation | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($301k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: East Tennessee Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Akima Club Inc · The Aslan Foundation · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Clayton Family Foundation · The Boyd Foundation · Lawson Family Foundation · Thompson Charitable Foundation · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc
- How much does Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc give?
- Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $90,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (31%), Arts & Culture (21%), Education (19%).
- Who are Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Big Ears Festival ($150k), East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc ($145k), The Webb School ($139k).
- Does Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hobson-Wood 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 Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Tennessee Foundation, The Clayton Homes Foundation, Haslam Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc based?
- Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc is based in TN.
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