Funding search · EIN 581970851 · Knoxville, TN

The Clayton Family 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.

148
grants reported
$24.4M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Funding pattern

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3 grants matching “collab · $225,000

  • $75,000

    Tn State Collab On Reforming Educ · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Educational reform

  • $75,000

    Tn State Collab On Reforming Educ · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Educational reform

  • $75,000

    Tn State Collab On Reforming Educ · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Educational reform

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund2 grants · $21.0M
  • United Way of Greater Knoxville3 grants · $765,000
  • Knoxville Science Museum2 grants · $570,000
  • Knoxville Museum of Art3 grants · $302,500
  • Episcopal School of Knoxville3 grants · $300,000
  • Tn State Collab On Reforming Educ3 grants · $225,000
  • Knoxville Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $207,500
  • Muse Knoxville3 grants · $120,000
  • Knox Education Foundaton1 grant · $100,000
  • Ywca3 grants · $85,000

Giving over time

$1.1M
2022
$12.2M
2023
$11.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 148 grants.

  • $11.0M

    Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2023

    Donor advised fund

  • $10.0M

    Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

    Donor advised fund

  • $300,000

    Knoxville Science Museum · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Site demolition for new building

  • $270,000

    Knoxville Science Museum · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Site demolition for new building

  • $255,000

    United Way of Greater Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Improving lives in the community

  • $255,000

    United Way of Greater Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Improving lives in the community

  • $255,000

    United Way of Greater Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Improving lives in the community

  • $102,500

    Knoxville Museum of Art · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Art museum & education

  • $100,000

    Episcopal School of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Capital building campaign

  • $100,000

    Knoxville Museum of Art · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Art museum & education

  • $100,000

    Episcopal School of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Capital building campaign

  • $100,000

    Episcopal School of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Capital building campaign

  • $100,000

    Knox Education Foundaton · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Public education

  • $100,000

    Knoxville Museum of Art · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Art museum & education

  • $75,000

    Knoxville Symphony Orchestra · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Christmas concert & endowment

  • $75,000

    Tn State Collab On Reforming Educ · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Educational reform

  • $75,000

    Tn State Collab On Reforming Educ · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Educational reform

  • $75,000

    Tn State Collab On Reforming Educ · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Educational reform

  • $70,000

    Knoxville Symphony Orchestra · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Christmas concert & endowment

  • $62,500

    Knoxville Symphony Orchestra · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Christmas concert & endowment

  • $50,000

    Muse Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Muse pop summer program

  • $50,000

    Muse Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Muse pop summer program

  • $50,000

    Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $50,000

    Motlow College Foundation · Lynchburg, TN · 2022

    Stem endowment

  • $50,000

    Pellissippi State Comm College Fdn · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Building campaign

  • $37,500

    Ywca · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Building renovation/capital campaign

  • $35,000

    Great Smoky Mountain Council Bsa · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Camp buck toms, at-risk youth

  • $35,000

    Ywca · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Womens christian association

  • $25,000

    Great Smoky Mountain Council Bsa · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Camp buck toms

  • $24,700

    Webb School of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $22,900

    Webb School of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $21,750

    Webb School of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    K-12 school

  • $20,500

    Knoxville Zoological Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Conservation of animals

  • $20,000

    Muse Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Muse pop summer program

  • $18,000

    Knoxville Zoological Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Conservation of animals

  • $13,000

    Knoxville Zoological Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Conservation of animals

  • $12,500

    Ywca · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Building renovation/capital campaign

  • $10,000

    Empty Stocking Fund · Cleveland, TN · 2024

    Christmas for those in need

  • $10,000

    First United Methodist Church Knoxv · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Church general fund

  • $10,000

    Great Smoky Mountain Council Bsa · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Camp buck toms, at-risk youth

  • $10,000

    Empty Stocking Fund · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Christmas food baskets & toys

  • $10,000

    First United Methodist Church Knoxv · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Church general fund

  • $10,000

    Empty Stocking Fund · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Christmas food baskets & toys

  • $10,000

    First United Methodist Church Knoxv · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Church general fund

  • $10,000

    Knoxville Botanical Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Public gardens

  • $8,000

    Young-Williams Animal Ctr of E Tn · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Animal shelter

  • $7,500

    Knoxville Botanical Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Public gardens

  • $7,500

    Knoxville Botanical Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Public gardens

  • $5,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank East Tn · Maryville, TN · 2023

    Feed the hungry

  • $5,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank East Tn · Maryville, TN · 2022

    Feed the hungry

  • $5,000

    Beech Park Baptist Church · Oliver Springs, TN · 2024

    Church general fund

  • $5,000

    Beta Theta Boule Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $5,000

    Bryant'S Bridge · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Affordable housing

  • $5,000

    Crossroads Community Church · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    East Tennessee Community Design Ctr · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Community planning services

  • $5,000

    Grace Christian Academy · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    K-12 school

  • $5,000

    Great Smoky Mountains Institute · Townsend, TN · 2024

    Tremont marblegate farm

  • $5,000

    Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Accessible health care

  • $5,000

    Knoxville Children'S Theatre · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Childrens theatre

  • $5,000

    Knoxville Montessori School · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    School

  • $5,000

    Metro Drug Coalition · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Community health services

  • $5,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank East Tn · Maryville, TN · 2024

    Feed the hungry

  • $5,000

    Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    Ut knoxville quest program

  • $5,000

    Young-Williams Animal Ctr of E Tn · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Animal shelter

  • $5,000

    Beech Park Baptist Church · Oliver Springs, TN · 2023

    Church general fund

  • $5,000

    Bryant'S Bridge · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Affordable housing

  • $5,000

    Clayton-Bradley STEM Academy · Maryville, TN · 2023

    K-12 school

  • $5,000

    East Tennessee Community Design Ctr · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Community planning services

  • $5,000

    East Tennessee Historical Society · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Butler exhibit

  • $5,000

    Grace Christian Academy · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    K-12 school

  • $5,000

    Great Smoky Mountains Institute · Townsend, TN · 2023

    Tremont marblegate farm

  • $5,000

    Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Accessible health care

  • $5,000

    Knoxville Children'S Theatre · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Childrens theatre

  • $5,000

    Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy · Lenoir City, TN · 2023

    Equine-assisted therapy

  • $5,000

    Smoky Mountain Animal Care Fdn · Maryville, TN · 2023

    Animal care

  • $5,000

    Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    Ut knoxville quest program

  • $5,000

    Bryant'S Bridge · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Affordable housing

  • $5,000

    Clayton-Bradley STEM Academy · Maryville, TN · 2022

    K-12 school

  • $5,000

    East Tennessee Community Design Ctr · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Community planning services

  • $5,000

    Family Promise of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Assistance to homeless

  • $5,000

    Grace Christian Academy · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    K-12 school

  • $5,000

    Great Smoky Mountains Institute · Townsend, TN · 2022

    Tremont marblegate farm

  • $5,000

    Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Accessible health care

  • $5,000

    Knoxville Children'S Theatre · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Childrens theatre

  • $5,000

    Museum of Appalachia · Clinton, TN · 2022

    Heros of southern appalachia event

  • $5,000

    Smoky Mountain Animal Care Fdn · Maryville, TN · 2022

    Animal care

  • $4,000

    St John'S Episcopal Cathedral · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Church general fund

  • $3,500

    Adopt a Golden Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Dog rescue

  • $3,000

    Knoxville Montessori School · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    School

  • $3,000

    Beech Park Baptist Church · Oliver Springs, TN · 2022

    Church general fund

  • $3,000

    Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy · Lenoir City, TN · 2022

    Using horses for therapy

  • $2,600

    Sig Ep · Richmond, VA · 2022

    General fund

  • $2,500

    Appalachian Ballet Company · Maryville, TN · 2024

    Dance school transportation

  • $2,500

    Clayton-Bradley STEM Academy · Maryville, TN · 2024

    K-12 school

  • $2,500

    Helen Ross McNabb Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Community health services

  • $2,500

    Knox Heritage · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Historical preservation

  • $2,500

    Museum of Appalachia · Clinton, TN · 2024

    Heros of southern appalachia event

  • $2,500

    River & Rail Theatre Company · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Community theater

  • $2,500

    The Center for Family Resources · Marietta, GA · 2024

    General support fund

  • $2,500

    Appalachian Ballet Company · Maryville, TN · 2023

    Dance school transportation

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.