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Grantmaking public charityEIN 620807696

EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION

KNOXVILLE, TN 37902

Total Assets

$282.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$14.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

298

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$48K

FY 2024

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$3.7M

Provided general support to 112 501(c)(3) organizations, government entities and churches in the form of 152 grants from designated organization and agency endowment funds.

Program 2

$1.9M

Conducted competitive grantmaking programs in the field-of-interest areas of affordable housing, youth-at-risk, racial justice, women and children, health, providing 125 grants to 105 501(c)(3) organizations for worthwhile projects in the 25 county service area.

Program 3

$3.8M

4d-1) expenses of 1,399,853, including grants of 138,900 - made 27 discretionary grants from funds and paid program-related expenses associated with the management of charitable funds and the allocation of grant funds to benefit the 25 county region. 4d-2) expenses of 954,040, including grants of 954,040 - conducted localized, competitive grantmaking programs through the foundation's affiliate and county-specific funds, allowing local advisory boards to select worthy projects and programs at the local level; 93 grants were awarded to 79 organizations for a wide variety of charitable purposes. 4d-3) expenses of 927,897, including grants of 927,897 - conducted 73 competitive scholarship programs to enable students throughout the region to obtain a post-secondary education; 206 students received scholarships and attended 54 institutions of higher learning in tennessee and throughout the nation. 4d-4) expenses of 511,253, including grants of 511,253 - funded 1 grant from the pat summitt foundation fund to the pat summitt clinic, a state- of-the art facility at utmc for the treatment of alzheimer's and other neurological diseases, 18 grants in support of caregiver trainings, adult day programs, and other alzheimer's and dementias-related purposes.

Focus Areas

Community Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$27.7M

Total Expenses

$19.1M

Giving Over Time

2 years

Giving over time from 2023 to 2024. Peak $20.5M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

$3.0M
2 grants
$1.7M
2 grants
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVI
$1.1M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
98
grants
$10–50K
300
grants
$50–250K
77
grants
$250K–1M
18
grants
$1–5M
7
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

28 states

Tennessee
$29.9M
86% of total
Rhode Island
$3.0M
9% of total
Iowa
$563K
2% of total
California
$350K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$204K
1% of total
New York
$189K
1% of total
Texas
$106K
0% of total
Georgia
$90K
0% of total
North Carolina
$78K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$70K
0% of total

+18 more states

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