Tennessee · Private foundation
The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $84k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 18 | $84k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $75k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $80k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $70k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $87k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $46k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $166k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $124k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clevelandbradley Greenways | $60,000 | 1 | 48% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Bradley County | $35,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Lee University | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland State Community College Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor School | $11,786 | 6 | 0% |
| The McCallie School | $11,715 | 6 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $8,900 | 3 | 0% |
| 100 Black Men of Bradley County Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 6% |
| National Center for the Development of Boys | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clevelandbradley Greenways | $60,000 | 1 | 48% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Bradley County | $35,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Lee University | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland State Community College Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor School | $11,786 | 6 | 0% |
| The McCallie School | $11,715 | 6 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $8,900 | 3 | 0% |
| 100 Black Men of Bradley County Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 6% |
| National Center for the Development of Boys | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Utah Avalanche Fore Cast Center Inc | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Cherokee Area Council Incorporated Boy Scouts of America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Silverdale Baptist Academy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Naples Botanical Garden Inc | $530 | 2 | 0% |
| American Whitewater | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Caring Place | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Polk County Historical & Genealogical Society | $350 | 2 | n/a |
| Karis Community Health | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland 100 | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Clevelandbradley Chamber of Commerce | $150 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($512k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: United Way of the Ocoee Region · Community Foundation of Cleveland and Bradley County · George R Johnson Family Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation give?
- The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $84,303 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Philanthropy (24%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
- Who are The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Clevelandbradley Greenways ($60k), Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($40k), Family Promise of Bradley County ($35k).
- Does The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Ocoee Region, Community Foundation of Cleveland and Bradley County, George R Johnson Family Foundation.
- Where is The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation based?
- The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation is based in TN.
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