Tennessee · Public charity
The Howard Fund
The fund was established as a supporting organization of the community foundation of greater chattanooga (cfgc). The mission of cfgc is to transform generosity into lasting change toward a prosperous and just chattanooga where all can thrive and achieve their full potential.
- $190k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $160k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $115,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 54% of the organizations The Howard Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k 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 | 4 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.0M | 54% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $265k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $235k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $490k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $633k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Greater Chattanooga | $610,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Hamilton County Schools Tn Department of Education | $470,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Prep Public Schools | $290,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Enterprise Center Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Teach for America Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chattanooga Chamber Foundation | $130,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Tivoli Theatre Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Purpose Point Community Resource Center | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Tennessee Aquarium | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Baylor School | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Howard Fund 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: Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Benwood Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Footprint Foundation Inc · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · Hamico Inc · Tennessee Health Foundation Inc · McKenzie Foundation D/B/A the McKenzie Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Howard Fund
- How much does The Howard Fund give?
- The Howard Fund reported 4 itemized grants totaling $160,000, out of $190,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Howard Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Philanthropy (27%), Community Improvement (12%).
- Who are The Howard Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Greater Chattanooga ($610k), Hamilton County Schools Tn Department of Education ($470k), Prep Public Schools ($290k).
- Does The Howard Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Howard Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation, Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation, Benwood Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Howard Fund based?
- The Howard Fund is based in TN.
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