· Private foundation
Lamp 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 $10k25 grants · $59k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME | $25,000 |
| ROTARY FOUNDATION OF KNOXVILLE | $13,930 |
| ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $10,000 |
| KNOXVILLE OPERA COMPANY | $6,500 |
| KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $5,000 |
| MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| CLARENCE BROWN THEATRE | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| FLINT INSTITUTE OF MUSIC | $3,500 |
| KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART | $3,500 |
| BECK CULTURAL EXCHANGE CENTER | $3,000 |
| EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE | $2,500 |
| VOLUNTEER MINISTRY CENTER | $2,500 |
| ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL | $2,000 |
| AMADEUS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE | $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 (FY18–22, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 22 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AAAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME8× · 2017–2024 · $157k · revenue +77%
- BCBECK CULTURAL EXCHANGE CENTER INC7× · 2018–2024 · $91k · revenue +281%
- KSKNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED8× · 2017–2024 · $38k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- EDEPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF EAST TNone grant, 2022 · $5k
- TLTHE LINKS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $3k
- KTKEYS TO MEone grant, 2021 · $1k
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.
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 the arts & culture alliance of greater knoxville is to serve and support a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.
Dedicated to bringing nationally and internationally know performing artist and ensembles to calhoun county. the organization exist to stimulate cultural interst and to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of the area by making…
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.
To hold, maintain, renovate and improve certain real property known as the historic tennessee theatre located in knoxville tennessee, in order to provide a performing arts venue for the community and other entities for historic and…
Public library for the benefit of the town providing library access and services for the community
Knoxville botanical gardens and arboretum provides and maintains gardens for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public.
To provide financial support for the knoxville museum of art.
The academy serves as the local medica society for physicians of knox county and surrounding counties in east tennessee. its purpose is to afford a medium for free discussion and exchange of ideas among physicians.
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.
Knoxville montessori association, inc. prepares children for the world. our goal is to help your child become an independent, responsible adult with a passionate lifelong love of learning.
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 70 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 ROTARY FOUNDATION OF KNOXVILLE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME ↗
- Who funds BECK CULTURAL EXCHANGE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds KNOXVILLE OPERA COMPANY ↗
- Who funds WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE ↗
- Who funds EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE ↗
- Who funds KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds KNOXVILLE HISTORY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds KNOX HERITAGE INC ↗
- Who funds THE WORDPLAYERS ↗
- Who funds Flint Institute of Music ↗
- Who funds AMADEUS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE ↗
- Who funds LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds LAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds BRIDGE REFUGEE SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE SCHOOL OF ARTS INC ↗
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: Haslam Family Foundation Inc · East Tennessee Foundation · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · The Aslan Foundation · The Boyd Foundation · The Clayton Family Foundation · Lawson Family Foundation · Regal Foundation · Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville · The Clayton Homes Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lamp Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lamp Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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