Funding search · EIN 271569250 · Athens, TN

Athens Federal Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

145
grants reported
$1.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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1 grant matching “workforce development · $5,000

  • $5,000

    Cleveland State Community College Foundation · Cleveland, TN · 2025

    Scholarships for workforce development programs

Top recipients

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  • Athens-McMinn Family Ymca3 grants · $105,000
  • Ymca - Locker Room Project1 grant · $100,000
  • Miracle Lake3 grants · $85,000
  • Tennessee Wesleyan University3 grants · $75,000
  • McMinn County Education & Community Foundation - McMinn County Public Schoo3 grants · $51,000
  • Ymca of Athens2 grants · $45,000
  • Love Thy Neighbor Project - Tennessee Wesleyan University2 grants · $30,000
  • Straightway Ministry3 grants · $25,000
  • St Paul'S - Table Graces3 grants · $25,000
  • Tennessee Wesleyan University1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$256,800
2022
$272,300
2023
$372,222
2024
$314,160
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 145 grants.

  • $100,000

    Ymca - Locker Room Project · Athens, TN · 2024

    Special grant to be used toward $1.7 million capital campaign to add 2 ada accessible family locker rooms, 4 ada accessible family restrooms, update mens and womens locker rooms with ada accessible showers, and 2 handic read all
  • $50,000

    Athens-McMinn Family Ymca · Athens, TN · 2022

    Partial funding for y-cap program (program for kids age 10-15 referred through the juvenile court system or school system. Partial funding for locker room renovation project.

  • $35,000

    Athens-McMinn Family Ymca · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funds to support y-cap (ymca community action project) for at risk youth ages 10-16 referred by dchs, juvenile services, or a concerned adult in their lives.

  • $35,000

    Miracle Lake · Etowah, TN · 2023

    Property acquisition to expand facilities.

  • $25,000

    Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2025

    Scholarship support

  • $25,000

    Ymca of Athens · Athens, TN · 2025

    Assistance with Building repair projects

  • $25,000

    Miracle Lake · Etowah, TN · 2024

    Funding for facility improvements for miracle lake, which is a 12-week residential program followed by 6-12 month transitional living program as an alternative to alcohold, drugs and criminal minded behavior.

  • $25,000

    Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funding to the general scholarship fund to be distrubuted to students qualifying for financial aid. Merit scholarships are based on combination of grades and financial need.

  • $25,000

    Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2023

    General scholarship fund of tennessee wesleyan university.

  • $25,000

    Miracle Lake · Etowah, TN · 2022

    Property acquisition to expand facilities.

  • $25,000

    Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2022

    Special projects

  • $20,000

    McMinn Education and Community Foundation - Compasion Closet · Athens, TN · 2025

    Funding to stock clothing and personal care items for each McMinn County public schools

  • $20,000

    Ymca of Athens · Athens, TN · 2025

    Expansion of the Youth Community Action Project (Y-CAP) for at risk youth

  • $20,000

    Athens-McMinn Family Ymca · Athens, TN · 2024

    Relocation and furnishing of "child watch" area to a larger space to accommodate care for designated age groups. The space is used to provide child care while parents are utilizing the ymca facilities. When the space is read all
  • $17,000

    McMinn County Education & Community Foundation - McMinn County Public Schoo · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds administred by mecf will be used to fund compassion closet providing clothing, shoes, laundry detergent, personal hygiene products. Funds will be divided among 13 schools based on student population

  • $17,000

    McMinn County Education & Community Foundation - McMinn County Public Schoo · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funds for emergency needs clothing and hygiene items distributed to each school in mcminn county, athens city and etowah city based on student enrollment.

  • $17,000

    McMinn County Education & Community Foundation - McMinn County Public Schoo · Athens, TN · 2022

    Support student needs in mcminn county public schools

  • $15,000

    Miracle Lake · Etowah, TN · 2025

    Assisting with food costs for program participants

  • $15,000

    Tennessee Wesleyan University - Love Thy Neighbor Project · Athens, TN · 2025

    Funds for back sack program for McMinn County Schools

  • $15,000

    Tennessee Wesleyan University - Love Thy Neighbor · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds to be utilized for backsacks program for county schools, campus food pantry, mobile food pantry and thrift store.

  • $15,000

    Love Thy Neighbor Project - Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2023

    Support for back sacks program, community food pantry, and student food pantry.

  • $15,000

    Love Thy Neighbor Project - Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2022

    Support for back sacks program, community food pantry, and student food pantry.

  • $12,200

    Englewood Rural Fire Department · Englewood, TN · 2025

    Purchase of swift water rescue equipment

  • $12,000

    Casa Cooradoir of Tn · Athens, TN · 2025

    Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates

  • $10,000

    Etowah Rescue Squad · Etowah, TN · 2025

    Purchase of rope rigging rescue equipment

  • $10,000

    The Hope Center · Athens, TN · 2025

    Materials and resources to facilitate Darkness to Light program and transitional housing component of the Domestic Violence Shelter and Sexual Assault Center serving McMinn and Meigs Counties

  • $10,000

    Grace & Mercy Ministries · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds to purchase food and supplies for feeding food insecure individuals at the cooke ministry building.

  • $10,000

    Straightway Ministry · Englewood, TN · 2024

    Tuition assistance for clients attending tenneesse college of applied technology

  • $10,000

    The Hope Center · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funding for darkness to light program to facilitate discussion with community groups for child sex abuse prevention. Additional funding for transitional housing for domestic violence shelter and sexual assult center.

  • $10,000

    Grace & Mercy Ministries · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funds to purchase food for feed the food insecure at the cooke ministry building.

  • $10,000

    St Paul'S - Table Graces · Athens, TN · 2023

    Purchase of food from the chattanooga area food bank for distribution to food insecure patrons.

  • $10,000

    Straightway Ministry · Englewood, TN · 2023

    Funds to support food budget and job training for participants in drug and alcohol addiction program.

  • $10,000

    The Hope Center · Athens, TN · 2023

    Support for darkness to light community based child sex abuse prevention initiative and funds to support the new transitional housing component of domestic abuse and sexual assault center.

  • $10,000

    Helping Hands Ministry (McMinn United Ministries) · Athens, TN · 2022

    Funds will be used to purchase building materials for repairs for homeowners living below the usda poverty level.

  • $10,000

    St Paul'S - Table Graces · Athens, TN · 2022

    Assistance with community food pantry services

  • $8,000

    Casa Monroe · Madisonville, TN · 2025

    Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates and expansion of Fostering Futures Program

  • $8,000

    McMinn County Senior Citizens · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funding for the lunch with friends program, and funding for senior advocate to assist cleints in applying for benefit programs.

  • $7,850

    McMinn County Emergency & Rescue Squad · Athens, TN · 2025

    Purchase of QTAC skit system with rescue stokes basket

  • $7,500

    Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church - Etowah Community Food Pantry · Etowah, TN · 2025

    Food costs for Etowah Food Pantry

  • $7,500

    Wesley Memorial Umc - Etowah Food Pantry · Etowah, TN · 2024

    Funds for purchase food for distribution through the etowah community food pantry

  • $7,500

    Etowah Community Food Pantry - Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church · Etowah, TN · 2023

    Funds to support the food pantry in etowah.

  • $7,500

    Casa Corridor of East Tn · Athens, TN · 2022

    Recruiting, training and support of volunteer advocate program

  • $7,500

    Casa Monroe · Madisonville, TN · 2022

    Recruiting, training and support of volunteer advocate program

  • $7,500

    Etowah Community Food Pantry - Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church · Etowah, TN · 2022

    Funds will be used to purchase food to be distributed from the etowah community food pantry.

  • $7,000

    Monroe Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department · Madisonville, TN · 2025

    Purchase of vehicle stabilization struts rescue equipment

  • $6,022

    McMinn County Emergency Rescue Squad · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds for first responder grade automatic external defibrillators

  • $6,000

    Coordinated Charities of Athens · Athens, TN · 2025

    Purchase of food for food pantry

  • $6,000

    Good Faith Clinic · Athens, TN · 2025

    Funding for 2026 Community Health Fair

  • $6,000

    Casa Corridor of East Tn · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds to be used to recruit and train volunteer advocates who will be charged through judicial appointment to advocate for the best interest of abused and/or neglected children who are before the juvenile courts of mcmi read all
  • $6,000

    Casa Monroe · Madisonville, TN · 2024

    Recruitment, screening and training of volunteer advocates for the monroe county area

  • $6,000

    Casa of Bradley County Tn · Cleveland, TN · 2024

    Recruitment, screening and training of volunteer advocates for bradley county area

  • $6,000

    The Trousdale School · Cleveland, TN · 2024

    Purchase of ipads for use in the "lifelong learning: adults with disabilities using technology for learning, job training and social skills" program.

  • $6,000

    McMinn County Emergency Rescue Squad · Athens, TN · 2023

    Complete funds needed to replace "jaws of life" used to free accident victims from automobile wrecks.

  • $5,700

    McMinn County Emergency Rescue Squad · Athens, TN · 2022

    Partial funding for disabled veteran weather radio program.

  • $5,500

    Good Faith Clinic · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funding for 2025 community health fair in conjunction with remote area medical

  • $5,200

    McMinn County Education & Community Foundation · Athens, TN · 2024

    Purchase of books to be distributed through the mcminn county imagination library program

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region - Etowah · Cleveland, TN · 2025

    Expansion of the Great Futures programming at the Etowah TN Unit

  • $5,000

    Cleveland State Community College Foundation · Cleveland, TN · 2025

    Scholarships for workforce development programs

  • $5,000

    Etowah Area Senior Center · Etowah, TN · 2025

    McMinn County Meals on wheels program

  • $5,000

    Grace & Mercy Ministries · Athens, TN · 2025

    Kitchen equipment and food costs

  • $5,000

    Helping Hands Ministry of McMinn County · Athens, TN · 2025

    Building materials and subcontracting work for home repair and handicap ramps for low-income homeowners

  • $5,000

    Let'S Read 20 · Athens, TN · 2025

    Operational expenses for agency providing free books and literacy resources to children and families of McMinn and Meigs Counties

  • $5,000

    McMinn County Educational and Community Foundation · Athens, TN · 2025

    Purchase books for Imagination Library program

  • $5,000

    McMinn County Senior Citizens · Athens, TN · 2025

    Funding for Senior Advocate and Senior Safe at Home program

  • $5,000

    Morning Star Ministries · Athens, TN · 2025

    Funding for practical skills curriculum and supplies

  • $5,000

    St Paul'S Episcipal - Love Period · Athens, TN · 2025

    Purchase of program supplies

  • $5,000

    St Paul'S Episcopal Church Table Graces · Athens, TN · 2025

    Purchase of food for food pantry

  • $5,000

    Straightway Ministry · Athens, TN · 2025

    Funds to assist with food costs, Supportive services at TCAT and Cleveland State

  • $5,000

    The Grace House in Athens · Athens, TN · 2025

    Funding for operations of Homeless/Recovery House in Athens TN

  • $5,000

    The Trousdale School · Cleveland, TN · 2025

    Funding toward technology systems in vocation training area

  • $5,000

    Women at the Well Ministries · Athens, TN · 2025

    Scholarship support for women entering program for assistance with life controlling problems

  • $5,000

    Coordinated Charities · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds for purchase of food to be distributed through the organizations food pantry.

  • $5,000

    Helping Hands Ministries of McMinn County · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds will be utilized to purchase building materials to minor home repairs and access ramp construction for low income homeowners. The organizations mission is to provide these services through volunteer labor, to crea read all
  • $5,000

    Keith Memorial Umc - Nourish One Child · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds to purchase food for weekend backpack program for athens city schools

  • $5,000

    McMinn County 4-H · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds for staff professional development programs allowing team to attend relevant conference, workshops and training sessions to enhance knowledge and skills to improve effectivness of 4-h programs.

  • $5,000

    McMinn County Education & Community Foundation - Let'S Read 20 · Athens, TN · 2024

    Purchase of books to be used in the let's read 20 programs in mcminn and meigs counties for children ages birth to 3rd grade

  • $5,000

    Monroe County Rescue Squad · Madisonville, TN · 2024

    Funds to purchase a rescue operations mobile command trailer

  • $5,000

    Morning Star Ministries · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funding for the "happy body nutrition program" which consist of instruction in health, nutrition, sanitation, food prep, making grocery list, menu planning for family and individual budgeting for the center's developmen read all
  • $5,000

    St Paul'S - Love Period · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds to support program purchasing and distributing femine hygeine products in schools, parks, ymca and boys and girls clubs.

  • $5,000

    St Paul'S - Table Graces · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds for purchase of food to be distributed throught the organizations food distribution program

  • $5,000

    The Grace House in Athens - St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Athens, TN · 2024

    Programing for the grace house in athens who provide shelter in a sober living environment to men who are homeless due to drug and alcohol addiction. Residents entera a program of recovery which includes a 12-step meeti read all
  • $5,000

    Tri-County Center · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funding to purchase virtual reality experience utilized to develop employment and independent living skills for transition from school to work students.

  • $5,000

    Women at the Well Ministries · Athens, TN · 2024

    Funds to support programing directed to women with controlling life problems such as drug and alcohol addicitions, depression and helplessness.

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Regionandor Division · Cleveland, TN · 2023

    Funds for use in operation of boys and girls club in etowah, tn.

  • $5,000

    Casa Corridor of East Tn · Athens, TN · 2023

    Recruitment and training of volunteer advocates.

  • $5,000

    Casa Monroe · Madisonville, TN · 2023

    Recruitment and training of volunteer advocates and fostering futures program for youth at risk of more serious problems in the juvenile court system.

  • $5,000

    Casa of Bradley County Tn · Cleveland, TN · 2023

    Training for two staff member for trust based relational training program and general program operating costs.

  • $5,000

    Coordinated Charities · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funds to purchase non-perishable food items for distribution through the food pantry.

  • $5,000

    Good Faith Clinic · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funding for support of 2024 community health fair which provides free laboratory, radiology services, pap smear and psa tests, mammograms, vision screenings, free eyeglasses and dental services.

  • $5,000

    McMinn County Education & Community Foundation - Let'S Read 20 · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funds will be utilized to purchase books for distribution costs .

  • $5,000

    McMinn County Senior Citizens · Athens, TN · 2023

    Partial funding for lunch with friends nutrition program.

  • $5,000

    Nourish One Child Outreach Program of Keith Memorial Umc · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funds to purchase food for weekend backpack program for athens city schools.

  • $5,000

    The Grace House in Athens - St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funds to support operations of shelter for homeless due to drug and alcohol addiction.

  • $5,000

    The Trousdale School · Cleveland, TN · 2023

    Equipment for new job training pathway program in automotive maintenance, auto detailing and washing

  • $5,000

    Women at the Well Ministries · Athens, TN · 2023

    Funds to support individual who would otherwise be unable to attend program to life controlling addiction.

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Regionandor Division · Cleveland, TN · 2022

    Contributions to program costs

  • $5,000

    Casa of Bradley County Tn · Cleveland, TN · 2022

    Recruiting, training and support of volunteer advocate program

  • $5,000

    Good Faith Clinic · Athens, TN · 2022

    Assistance with the community health fair

  • $5,000

    Monroe County Rescue Squad · Madisonville, TN · 2022

    Purchase of rescue equipment

  • $5,000

    Nourish One Child Outreach Program of Keith Memorial Umc · Athens, TN · 2022

    Weekend meal program for needy students at athens city schools

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