Tennessee · Private foundation
The Clayton Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2022
- 51
- Grants FY2022
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
90% of The Clayton Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 32 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Clayton Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 39 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $255,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 49 to 51
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 5
- Total assets, FY2022
- $93M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 47% of the organizations The Clayton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 51 | $1.1M | 47% |
| FY2021 | 51 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 49 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc | $1,275,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Knoxville Science Museum Inc | $570,000 | 2 | 94% |
| Knoxville Museum of Art | $502,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Episcopal School of Knoxville | $500,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education | $375,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Knoxville Symphony Society Incorporated | $332,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Knox Education Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Maryville College | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Muse Knoxville | $190,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Blount County Children's Advocacy Center Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 76 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($705k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Clayton Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 68 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: Haslam Family Foundation Inc · East Tennessee Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · The Boyd Foundation · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · University Health System Inc · Lawson Family Foundation · Thompson Charitable Foundation · The Melrose Foundation · Akima Club Inc · The Aslan Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Clayton Family Foundation
- How much does The Clayton Family Foundation give?
- The Clayton Family Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $1,077,850 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 51 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Clayton Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Education (5%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are The Clayton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc ($1.3M), Knoxville Science Museum Inc ($570k), Knoxville Museum of Art ($503k).
- Does The Clayton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Clayton Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Clayton Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Haslam Family Foundation Inc, East Tennessee Foundation, The Clayton Homes Foundation.
- Where is The Clayton Family Foundation based?
- The Clayton Family Foundation is based in TN.
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