Tennessee · Private foundation
The Melrose 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $402k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations The Melrose Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 34 | $32k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $29k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $30k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $30k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $30k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $29k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interfaith Health Center | $44,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Knoxville Museum of Art | $37,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Volunteer Ministry Center | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University Health System Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wesley House Community Center Co | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Helen Ross McNabb Center Inc | $6,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Holston Home for Children Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Melrose 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 · Akima Club Inc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · The Clayton Homes Foundation · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Thompson Charitable Foundation · The Clayton Family Foundation · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · The Aslan Foundation · Lawson Family Foundation · The Boyd Foundation · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Melrose Foundation
- How much does The Melrose Foundation give?
- The Melrose Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $32,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Melrose Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Arts & Culture (21%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are The Melrose Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Interfaith Health Center ($44k), Knoxville Museum of Art ($37k), Volunteer Ministry Center ($18k).
- Does The Melrose Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Melrose 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 Melrose Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Tennessee Foundation, Akima Club Inc, Haslam Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Melrose Foundation based?
- The Melrose Foundation is based in TN.
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