Tennessee · Private foundation
Niswonger Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $27k
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Total assets, FY2020
- $33M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 38% of the organizations Niswonger Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $27k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $34k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $44k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greene County Partnership Inc | $7,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Niswonger Performing Arts Center Board | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Dictionary Project | $5,652 | 3 | 0% |
| Elizabethton City Schools | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Arthur Project | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Leadership Tennessee Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Streamworks Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Rural Resources | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Niswonger Foundation Inc
- How much does Niswonger Foundation Inc give?
- Niswonger Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $27,472 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does Niswonger Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (38%), Food & Nutrition (38%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Niswonger Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn ($40k), Greene County Partnership Inc ($7k), Niswonger Performing Arts Center Board ($6k).
- Does Niswonger Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Niswonger Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Niswonger Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Niswonger Foundation Inc based?
- Niswonger Foundation Inc is based in TN.
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