Tennessee · Public charity
Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation
To carry out charitable, educational, and religious purposes of the supported organization, east tennessee foundation
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
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100% of Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to East Tennessee Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $4M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,233,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $108M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $3.9M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $2.8M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $2.6M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $2.5M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $1.8M | n/a |
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson-Newman University | $9,108,900 | 5 | 4% |
| Crown School of Trades and Technolo | $1,900,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | $970,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | $624,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Knox Area Rescue Ministries Inc | $500,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Crown College | $500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Mission of Hope | $450,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Change Center | $200,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Love Kitchen Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 24% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson-Newman University | $9,108,900 | 5 | 4% |
| Crown School of Trades and Technolo | $1,900,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | $970,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | $624,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Knox Area Rescue Ministries Inc | $500,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Crown College | $500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Mission of Hope | $450,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Change Center | $200,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Love Kitchen Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Compassion Ministries Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 46% |
| Pellissippi State Community College Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Helen Ross McNabb Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Emerald Charter Schools | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Yoke Youth Ministries | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Covenant Health Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Soar Youth Ministries Inc Thrive Lonsdale | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feeding the Orphans Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hospitality Pantries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Thompson Charitable Foundation · The Melrose Foundation · Pya Foundation · Variety of Eastern Tennessee · The Clayton Family Foundation · Lawson Family Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Score International Inc
How this is measured
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About Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation
- How much does Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation give?
- Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $3,908,900 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (75%), Youth Development (8%), Health (4%).
- Who are Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Carson-Newman University ($9.1M), Crown School of Trades and Technolo ($1.9M), Emerald Youth Foundation ($970k).
- Does Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Tennessee Foundation, Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc, Haslam Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation based?
- Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation is based in TN.
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