Tennessee · Nonprofit
HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $572,038 to it, the largest being ROBERT L & KATHRINA H MACLELLAN FOUNDA FOUNDATION ($190,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $433k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $572k
- Net assets
- $338k
What Hamilton County Schools Foundation does
Mission
The Hamilton County Schools Foundation's mission is to support educational opportunities and excellence for ALL students through the effective mobilization of resources, relationships, and innovation. Together with the community, we advocate for great public schools and help secure the resources that our students need to be successful.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2022 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Accelerating Student Achievement, Engaged Community, Great Teachers & Leaders, Other Program Services, and Reimbursement of salaries have all been combined into one program area called Support for Hamilton County Schools. The previous program areas were aligned with an old strategic plan and general support for Hamilton County Schools is more appropriate. Other program areas continue to include Innovation and HCS Care Closets are now listed separately.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
HCS Care closets provide free clothing, uniforms, hygiene products, and snacks to students in need. This vital program helps keep children in school, even when faced with challenging circumstances.
$25,473 spentof which $24,000 as grants11% of program spendingSupport for Hamilton County Schoools - Support for Hamilton County Schools including support for scholarship awards, Teacher Heroes Banquet, Superintendent's banquet, supplies, materials, supplies, community volunteer events, teacher recharge rooms, and reimbursement for salaries and benefits.
$205,562 spentof which $123,188 as grants87% of program spendingInnovation: STEM Education and innovation awards.
$4,500 spentof which $4,500 as grants2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,535.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $147k to $340k (+131%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Todd Womack
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $90k → $56k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $188k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 39% · 2022 100% · 2023 71% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
94% of HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $174k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,641 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,641 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
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In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $572,038 to it, the largest being ROBERT L & KATHRINA H MACLELLAN FOUNDA FOUNDATION ($190,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $572,038 in grants to HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- ROBERT L & KATHRINA H MACLELLAN FOUNDA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing