Tennessee · Public charity
The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation
To support and promote tourism-related activities, events and projects to enhance the image and culture and develop the economic and social prosperity of the hamilton county, tennessee area and otherwise pursue such charitable activites within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, and thereby lessen the burden of…
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $50k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 23
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $771k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $129k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $386k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $365k | 68% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $149k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Discovery Museum | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Zoo Inc | $87,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hunter Museum of American Art | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Tivoli Theatre Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Songbirds Foundation Inc | $56,250 | 3 | 5% |
| International Bluegrass Music Association | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Bessie Smith Cultural Center | $42,500 | 3 | 3% |
| The Tennessee River Gorge Trust Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · Benwood Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Artsbuild · Riverview Foundation Inc · Schillhahn-Huskey Foundation · Hamico Inc · Footprint Foundation Inc · Tucker Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation with peer funders
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About The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation
- How much does The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation give?
- The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $50,000, out of $100,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 23 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (69%), Environment (13%), Animals (8%).
- Who are The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Creative Discovery Museum ($200k), Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Inc ($95k), Friends of the Zoo Inc ($88k).
- Does The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc, Benwood Foundation Inc, Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation.
- Where is The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation based?
- The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation is based in TN.
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