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KNOX HERITAGE INC

KNOX HERITAGE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $536,204 to it, the largest being THE ASLAN FOUNDATION ($206,190). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$673k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$536k
Net assets
$3.3M
10/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Knox Heritage Inc does

Mission

Dedicated to the preservation, restoration and transformation of architecturally and/or historically significant buildings, open spaces and parks in knoxville and knox county.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Events, educational presentations and activities provided for the public and members. Such activities promote historic preservation.

    $118,104 spent
    35% of program spending
  2. Preserve historic properites via stewardship, education ang grant programs

    $76,326 spentof which $30,255 as grants
    22% of program spending
  3. Work with community, local, state and federal governments to preserve and restore historic buildings, structures and open spaces

    $46,640 spent
    14% of program spending
  4. Other program services

    $99,664 spent
    29% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $340,734.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($823k) Expenses 100 ($661k) Net assets 100 ($3.3M)2019 Revenue 61 ($502k) Expenses 80 ($529k) Net assets 99 ($3.3M)2020 Revenue 47 ($388k) Expenses 61 ($401k) Net assets 99 ($3.3M)2021 Revenue 54 ($441k) Expenses 66 ($433k) Net assets 99 ($3.3M)2022 Revenue 44 ($360k) Expenses 63 ($416k) Net assets 97 ($3.2M)2023 Revenue 69 ($569k) Expenses 79 ($522k) Net assets 99 ($3.3M)2024 Revenue 82 ($673k) Expenses 94 ($619k) Net assets 100 ($3.3M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (82)Expenses (94)Net assets (100)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $3.5M to $3.4M (−3%).

$3.5M
$3.4M
$3.4M
$3.4M
$3.3M
$3.4M
$3.4M
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 13% · 2019 3% · 2020 16% · 2021 9% · 2022 5% · 2023 5% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$162k
’18
−$26k
’19
−$12k
’20
$8k
’21
−$56k
’22
$48k
’23
$54k
’24
7.2
months of
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed25252325171717
Joined·+5+4+6+1+4+0
No longer listed·564940
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $105k → $74k.

4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of KNOX HERITAGE INC’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

KNOX HERITAGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

53% 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 KNOX HERITAGE INC.

38%
largest funder
67%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 55% · 2019 50% · 2020 67% · 2021 62% · 2022 51% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

50% of KNOX HERITAGE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

82% of KNOX HERITAGE INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.

NJ
VA
TN
NC
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $79k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like KNOX HERITAGE INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Tennessee

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

60% of spending goes to programs.

Program 60%Management 17%Fundraising 22%

Governance

17
board members
94%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

83%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TN

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KNOX HERITAGE INC: 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 KNOX HERITAGE INC?
KNOX HERITAGE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $536,204 to it, the largest being THE ASLAN FOUNDATION ($206,190). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KNOX HERITAGE INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $536,204 in grants to KNOX HERITAGE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KNOX HERITAGE INC?
THE ASLAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $206,190 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KNOX HERITAGE INC 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 15 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing