Tennessee · Private foundation
Tibbals 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.
- $571k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $212,345
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Tibbals Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 14 | $571k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $450k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $87k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hills Baptist Church | $154,500 | 3 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc | $70,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Interfaith Health Center | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carson-Newman University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denison Isd Education Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knoxville Museum of Art | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hills Baptist Church | $154,500 | 3 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc | $70,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Interfaith Health Center | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carson-Newman University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denison Isd Education Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knoxville Museum of Art | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Scott Christian Care Center | $1,223 | 1 | 1% |
| Johns Hopkins All Children's Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($760k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tibbals 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: Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Tibbals Foundation
- How much does Tibbals Foundation give?
- Tibbals Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $570,595 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Tibbals Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Philanthropy (25%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Tibbals Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: West Hills Baptist Church ($155k), United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc ($70k), Interfaith Health Center ($50k).
- Does Tibbals Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tibbals 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 Tibbals Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Tibbals Foundation based?
- Tibbals Foundation is based in TN.
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