· Public charity
The Tess Majors Foundation
THE TESS MAJORS FOUNDATION (the foundation) will provide opportunities and access to individuals, particularly children and young adults, with curiosity and passion in the areas of music, theatre, nature, environmentalism, literature, and journalism, especially in smaller communities where access to enrichment in these areas is limited.…
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LAUNCH PAD | $44,876 |
| EAST TENNESSEE ARTSCAPES | $40,000 |
| NATURE CAMP INC | $20,500 |
| CAMP LIGHT | $20,000 |
| PROJECT GROWS | $20,000 |
| MUSIC RESOURCE CENTER | $19,055 |
| CAMP KUM-BA-YAH INC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
7 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Tess Majors Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tess Majors Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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