Tennessee · Private foundation
The Goodfriend Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $727k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $387,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Goodfriend Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $87k 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 | 12 | $702k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $461k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $409k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $312k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $568k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $682k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $827k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $702k | 68% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | $2,273,000 | 8 | 2% |
| East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc | $700,000 | 9 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc | $500,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Knoxville Jewish Alliance Inc | $318,200 | 9 | 3% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $280,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Volunteer Legacy Inc | $85,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Rancho Mirage Writers Festival | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of McMinn and Meigs Counties | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | $2,273,000 | 8 | 2% |
| East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc | $700,000 | 9 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc | $500,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Knoxville Jewish Alliance Inc | $318,200 | 9 | 3% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $280,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Volunteer Legacy Inc | $85,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Rancho Mirage Writers Festival | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of McMinn and Meigs Counties | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Emory & Henry University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| US Israel Education Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Classics for Kids Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Autism Society of America Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Helen Ross McNabb Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dogs For Our Brave Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| McMinn County Living Heritage | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| DAP Health Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knox Area Rescue Ministries Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Goodfriend 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: East Tennessee Foundation · The Clayton Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Pya Foundation · Food City Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About The Goodfriend Foundation
- How much does The Goodfriend Foundation give?
- The Goodfriend Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $726,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Goodfriend Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Philanthropy (15%), Health (13%).
- Who are The Goodfriend Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Tennessee Wesleyan University ($2.3M), East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc ($700k), United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc ($500k).
- Does The Goodfriend Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Goodfriend Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Goodfriend Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Tennessee Foundation, The Clayton Family Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Goodfriend Foundation based?
- The Goodfriend Foundation is based in TN.
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