Tennessee · Private foundation
The James and Laura Rogers 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $762,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The James and Laura Rogers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 | 6 | $1.5M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.3M | 70% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.3M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $998k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $787k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $827k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $815k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphony of the Mountains | $524,300 | 6 | 32% |
| Boy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah | $500,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Kingsport Homeless Ministry Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 75% |
| Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia | $480,650 | 5 | 1% |
| Kingsport Child Development Center | $150,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Kingsport Lifesaving and First Aid Crew Inc | $129,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Frontier Health | $90,319 | 2 | 0% |
| CASA for Kids Inc | $59,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Hope House | $36,500 | 1 | 19% |
| United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphony of the Mountains | $524,300 | 6 | 32% |
| Boy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah | $500,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Kingsport Homeless Ministry Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 75% |
| Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia | $480,650 | 5 | 1% |
| Kingsport Child Development Center | $150,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Kingsport Lifesaving and First Aid Crew Inc | $129,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Frontier Health | $90,319 | 2 | 0% |
| CASA for Kids Inc | $59,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Hope House | $36,500 | 1 | 19% |
| United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City of Kingsport Tennessee | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Carmel School | $18,898 | 1 | 0% |
| Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Petworks Animal Services Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The James and Laura Rogers Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc · Eastman Credit Union · Eastman Foundation · Food City Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The James and Laura Rogers Foundation with peer funders
About The James and Laura Rogers Foundation
- How much does The James and Laura Rogers Foundation give?
- The James and Laura Rogers Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,522,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The James and Laura Rogers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (49%), Arts & Culture (13%), Animals (10%).
- Who are The James and Laura Rogers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Symphony of the Mountains ($524k), Boy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah ($500k), Kingsport Homeless Ministry Inc ($500k).
- Does The James and Laura Rogers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James and Laura Rogers 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 James and Laura Rogers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc, Eastman Credit Union, Eastman Foundation.
- Where is The James and Laura Rogers Foundation based?
- The James and Laura Rogers Foundation is based in TN.
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