· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YWCA Knoxville & the Tennessee Valley | $25,000 |
| Big Ears Festival | $25,000 |
| Family Promise | $10,000 |
| Bijou Theatre | $7,500 |
| East Tennessee Children's Hospital | $5,000 |
| Notre Dame University | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Faith Lutheran Church | $2,500 |
| Young Lives Division 1705 | $2,500 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami | $2,500 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley | $2,000 |
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 (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BEBIG EARS FESTIVAL7× · 2018–2025 · $150k · revenue +373%
- ETEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC4× · 2021–2025 · $145k · revenue +76%
- TWTHE WEBB SCHOOL2× · 2017–2018 · $139k · revenue +49%
Funded once
- ZKZoo Knoxvilleone grant, 2020 · $23k
- TThriveone grant, 2022 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $15k
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.
Educate preschool through twelfth grade children in a Christian environment while developing them spiritually,academically, emotionally, and physically with Jesus Christ as their standard and the Bible as their foundation.
Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…
To inspire and empower all children through transformative learning experiences. our vision is to make our community the best place for all to learn through the power of play.
Primarily to spread the gospel of jesus christ in downtown knoxville, tennessee by serving the community of the greater knoxville area through the provision of services, resources, worship, teaching, fellowship and networking capabilities.
We are a private educational facility providing educational services for grades pre-k through 12th grade.
The mission of the knoxville history project is to research and promote the history and culture of knoxville, tennessee. the knoxville history projects (khp) stories, programs, and publications both educate and help residents and visitors…
Knoxville college is a private, church related coeducational liberal arts institution. the college is open to students of diverse backgrounds and cultures who seek a quality liberal arts education.
The mission of esk is to prepare students for a higher education and a lifetime of learning within the context of a loving family-centered environment.
The asian culture center of tennessee (acctn) was founded in 2014 to help the next generation take their place as global citizens with a strong understanding for and appreciation of other cultures. through tailored programs and…
To provide affordable housing to low and moderate income persons in east tennessee through first-time homebuyer education; assist with mortgage loans, downpayments, and closing costs; build new single family housing; develop multi-family…
Knox academy aligns with parents in a shared paideia to educate children in the christian liberal arts tradition under the lordship of jesus christ. grounded in scripture as the standard of truth, the school provides rigorous instruction…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 37 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
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 BIG EARS FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE WEBB SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF KNOXVILLE ↗
- Who funds KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds KNOXVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds Knoxville Jazz Orchestra ↗
- Who funds EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ISAIAH 117 HOUSE ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds WESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER CO ↗
- Who funds WILLIAMS CREEK YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds SHORA 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 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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