Tennessee · Private foundation
The Bill Gatton Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $27M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,800,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $13,200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $931M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Bill Gatton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $27M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $9.0M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $10M | 82% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $7.1M | 70% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $7.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| King University | $9,574,796 | 2 | 14% |
| Alice Lloyd College | $4,200,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Virginia Highlands Foundation Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Emory & Henry University | $2,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc | $166,608 | 4 | 6% |
| Appalachian Literacy Initiative | $65,452 | 4 | 12% |
| Middle Tennessee State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oak Hill Academy | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asbury College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Awesome Center for Entrepreneurship Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| King University | $9,574,796 | 2 | 14% |
| Alice Lloyd College | $4,200,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Virginia Highlands Foundation Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Emory & Henry University | $2,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc | $166,608 | 4 | 6% |
| Appalachian Literacy Initiative | $65,452 | 4 | 12% |
| Middle Tennessee State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oak Hill Academy | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asbury College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Awesome Center for Entrepreneurship Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Christian Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($42M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bill Gatton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Bill Gatton Foundation
- How much does The Bill Gatton Foundation give?
- The Bill Gatton Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $27,136,856 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Bill Gatton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (95%), Religion (2%), Philanthropy (2%).
- Who are The Bill Gatton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: King University ($9.6M), Alice Lloyd College ($4.2M), Virginia Highlands Foundation Inc ($2.0M).
- Does The Bill Gatton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bill Gatton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bill Gatton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wellmont Health System, Ibm International Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Bill Gatton Foundation based?
- The Bill Gatton Foundation is based in TN.
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