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The Rogers Foundation Inc

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.

$119k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
29
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$186k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Rogers Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$119k8%
FY202429$134k14%
FY202326$129k23%
FY202227$103k19%
FY202130$197k30%
FY202030$142k20%
FY201933$162k33%
FY201835$168k17%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$299kEducation$288kPhilanthropy$241kHuman Services$78kYouth Development$76kHousing & Shelter$50kPublic Benefit$42kRecreation & Sports$38kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MI
OH
NJ
KY
VA
TN
SC
DC
LA
MS
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Helen Ross McNabb Foundation$191,20091%
Hidden Treasures Academy Inc$85,9005n/a
Luke 14 Ministries$80,000215%
Ministerial Association Temporary Shelter$51,00063%
Holston Home for Children Inc$29,15060%
Cato Institute$29,00090%
Boys and Girls Club of Morristown Inc$25,00090%
All Saints' Episcopal School Inc$22,00041%
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation$14,50052%
Stepping Out Inc$8,20071%
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All grantees of The Rogers Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Helen Ross McNabb Foundation$191,20091%
Hidden Treasures Academy Inc$85,9005n/a
Luke 14 Ministries$80,000215%
Ministerial Association Temporary Shelter$51,00063%
Holston Home for Children Inc$29,15060%
Cato Institute$29,00090%
Boys and Girls Club of Morristown Inc$25,00090%
All Saints' Episcopal School Inc$22,00041%
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation$14,50052%
Stepping Out Inc$8,20071%
Junior Achievement of East Tenninc$6,50050%
Friends of Hospice of the Lakeway Area Inc$6,25032%
Lakeway Casa Inc$6,00051%
East Tennessee State University$5,5004n/a
Lipscomb University$5,00040%
Walters State Community College Fin$5,0003n/a
Ballad Health Foundation$5,0001n/a
Ridin High Inc$4,10031%
Polly Boyd Scholarship Fund$3,25080%
Usga Foundation$2,85050%
Theatre Guild Inc$2,7503n/a
Toccoa Falls College Inc$2,50020%
Tusculum University$1,50010%
Encore Theatrical Company$1,50010%
Senior Citizens Center Inc$1,50030%
Carson-Newman University$1,25010%
Lincoln Memorial University$1,25010%
William Carey University$1,25010%
American Heart Association Inc$1,10030%
Tennessee State Museum Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,0001n/a
Tennessee Food on Foot Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Manley Baptist Church Day Care Center$9652n/a
East Tennessee Public Communications Corporation$50020%
Faith Works Michigan$50011%
Isaiah 117 House$50010%
Appalachian Outreach$2001n/a
United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc$16820%
United Way of Sevier County$11020%
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc$9820%
United Way of Hawkins County Inc$2420%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($701k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rogers Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHelen Ross McNabb Foundation: $191,200 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetLuke 14 Ministries: $80,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetMinisterial Association Temporary Shelter: $51,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetHolston Home for Children Inc: $29,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $29,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Morristown Inc: $25,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetAll Saints' Episcopal School Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMorristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation: $14,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetStepping Out Inc: $8,200 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of East Tenninc: $6,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Hospice of the Lakeway Area Inc: $6,250 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetLakeway Casa Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetLipscomb University: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRidin High Inc: $4,100 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPolly Boyd Scholarship Fund: $3,250 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetUsga Foundation: $2,850 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetToccoa Falls College Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTusculum University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEncore Theatrical Company: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSenior Citizens Center Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCarson-Newman University: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Memorial University: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Carey University: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTennessee State Museum Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTennessee Food on Foot Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEast Tennessee Public Communications Corporation: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFaith Works Michigan: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIsaiah 117 House: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kingsport Inc: $168 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Sevier County: $110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc: $98 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Hawkins County Inc: $24 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

East Tennessee FoundationTN27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Tennessee Foundation · Jefferson Federal Charitable Foundation · Filmtech Foundation Inc · Wallace Foundation · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Eastman Credit Union · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Fountainrx Foundation Inc · The Columbus Phipps Foundation · Food City Charitable Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Rogers Foundation Inc

How much does The Rogers Foundation Inc give?
The Rogers Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $119,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Rogers Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (25%), Education (24%), Philanthropy (20%).
Who are The Rogers Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Helen Ross McNabb Foundation ($191k), Hidden Treasures Academy Inc ($86k), Luke 14 Ministries ($80k).
Does The Rogers Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Rogers Foundation Inc 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 Rogers Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Tennessee Foundation, Jefferson Federal Charitable Foundation, Filmtech Foundation Inc.
Where is The Rogers Foundation Inc based?
The Rogers Foundation Inc is based in TN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 89 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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