Tennessee · Private foundation
James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable 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.
- $39k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 85%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $330k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 85% of the organizations James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 11 | $39k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $36k | 85% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $21k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $18k | 78% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $28k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $14k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $28k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haven - Lafayette | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beloved Woman | $6,200 | 2 | 5% |
| Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homes & Havens | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Walker County Historical Society | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Stepping Stones Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Scenic City Clay Arts | $2,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haven - Lafayette | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beloved Woman | $6,200 | 2 | 5% |
| Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homes & Havens | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Walker County Historical Society | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Stepping Stones Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Scenic City Clay Arts | $2,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mizpah Congregation | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lula Lake Land Trust | $1,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sculpture Fields at Montague Park | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crabtree Farms of Chattanooga Inc | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Lookout Mountain Conservancy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cherokee Area Council Incorporated Boy Scouts of America | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chattanooga Area Central Office Inc | $500 | 1 | 2% |
| Journey Health Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Charles H Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Ch | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation 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: The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · Benwood Foundation Inc · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · The Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Frank Jb & Emma S Varallo Foundation · Riverview Foundation Inc · Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation · Footprint Foundation Inc · Tucker Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation
- How much does James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation give?
- James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $38,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Arts & Culture (16%), Religion (14%).
- Who are James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emory University ($10k), The Haven - Lafayette ($10k), Beloved Woman ($6k).
- Does James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable 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 James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc, Benwood Foundation Inc, Lyndhurst Foundation Inc.
- Where is James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation based?
- James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation is based in TN.
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