Funding search · EIN 620807696 · Grantmaking charity · Knoxville, TN

East Tennessee Foundation

$54.4M
in grants paid: 881
grants: 561
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$1.9M
Niswonger Foundation · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Education
$555,522
United Way of Greater Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Philanthropy
$446,585
The Univ of Tennessee Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Education
$439,237
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Arts & culture
$437,000
University Health System · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Medical disciplines
$398,000
Sunshine Services · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Human services
$327,000
Morgan County Trustee · Wartburg, TN · 2024
Education
$312,622
Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Philanthropy
$310,432
Rmhc of Knoxville Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Health general
$284,750
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2024
Philanthropy
$243,394
Knoxville Habitat for Humanity · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Housing shelter
$228,000
Emerald Youth Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Youth development
$198,250
East Tn Historical Society · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Arts & culture
$195,400
Colonial Heights Umc - Kingsport · Kingsport, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$182,250
Women'S Fund of East Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Philanthropy
$177,090
Knoxville-Knox County Cac · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Housing shelter
$157,193
Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$155,400
Knoxville-Knox Cty Cac Ofc On Aging · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Human services
$154,700
Maryville College · Maryville, TN · 2024
Education
$150,000
Knox Education Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Education
$131,500
Young Life · Harlan, IA · 2024
Religion spiritual
$126,900
Second Presbyterian Church · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$120,700
Junior Achievement of East Tn · Clinton, TN · 2024
Youth development
$120,150
Cancer Support Community East Tn · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Medical disciplines
$106,400
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tn Valley · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Youth development
$106,000
Church of the Savior Ucc · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$101,000
Roane State Community College Fnd · Harriman, TN · 2024
Education
$100,500
Bgc of Greeneville & Greene County · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Youth development
$100,000
Appalachian Resour Conserv & Devel · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$99,074
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tn · Maryville, TN · 2024
Food agriculture
$95,000
Ballad Health Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Health & education
$91,627
Knoxville Area Urban League · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Housing shelter
$91,040
Hometown Service Coalition · Mountain City, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$90,000
First Tennessee Develop District · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$86,000
St George'S Episcopal Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$86,000
Neighborhood Housing · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Housing shelter
$80,770
East Tennessee Children'S Hospital · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Health general
$78,920
Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$76,794
Remote Area Medical · Rockford, TN · 2024
Health general
$75,000
Jefferson County Ems · New Market, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$75,000
Girl Talk · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Youth development
$74,900
Junior Achv of Tri-Cities Tnva · Kingsport, TN · 2024
Youth development
$70,000
Michael J Fox Fnd for Parkinson Res · New York, NY · 2024
Medical disciplines
$66,284
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Medical research
$65,250
Concord United Methodist Church · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$65,000
Knoxville Leadership Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Employment
$62,000
Rotary Foundation of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Education
$61,933
Mtn Hope Good Shepherd Clinic · Sevierville, TN · 2024
Health general
$54,500
Historic Tn Theatre Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Arts & culture
$53,750
Maryville City Schools Fnd · Maryville, TN · 2024
Philanthropy
$52,500
United Way of East Tn Highlands · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$50,521
Interfaith Health Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Health general
$50,000
Cathedral Most Sacred Heart Jesus · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$50,000
Jefferson City Police Department · Jefferson City, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$50,000
Aidnet of Greene County · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$50,000
The University of Chicago Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2024
Medical research
$50,000
Sevier Cty High School Foundation · Sevierville, TN · 2024
Education
$50,000
Evergreen Freewill Baptist Church · Erwin, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$50,000
Kansas-Talbott Volunteer Fire Dept · Talbott, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$50,000
Michael J Fox Fnd for Parkinson Res · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$50,000
Clean Water Expected in East Tn · Cosby, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$48,350
Helen Ross McNabb Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Mental health
$45,877
Bgc of the Smoky Mountains · Sevierville, TN · 2024
Youth development
$45,700
Volunteers of America of Ky and Tn · Nashville, TN · 2024
Human services
$45,000
Asbury United Methodist Church · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$44,000
Jefferson City Fire Department · Jefferson City, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$42,877
Frds of Grt Smoky Mts Natl Park · Kodak, TN · 2024
Environmental
$42,608
Knoxville Botanical Gdn & Arboretum · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Environmental
$42,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dumplin Vly · White Pine, TN · 2024
Youth development
$40,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2024
Arts & culture
$40,000
Community Mediation Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Legal related
$40,000
Comm Coalition Against Human Trffkg · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Human services
$40,000
Jefferson Cty Habitat for Humanity · Jefferson City, TN · 2024
Housing shelter
$40,000
Barefoot Republic Camp & Rtt Ctr · Nashville, TN · 2024
Youth development
$39,505
Laurel Church of Christ · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$39,505
Orbit Village Project · Sevierville, TN · 2024
Foreign affairs
$38,500
Tennessee Geographic Alliance · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Education
$38,500
Catholic Charities of East Tn · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$38,100
Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church · Gray, TN · 2024
Foreign affairs
$36,100
Town of White Pine Vol Fire Dept · White Pine, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$35,854
Volunteer Ministry Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Human services
$35,000
International Storytelling Center · Jonesborough, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$35,000
Lakeshore Park Conservancy · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Recreation sports
$35,000
Kids 1st Child Adv Ctr 9th Jud Dist · Lenoir City, TN · 2024
Human services
$33,333
Bays Mountain Park Association · Kingsport, TN · 2024
Environmental
$33,200
Bsa - Great Smoky Mountain Council · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Youth development
$32,800
Childhelp Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Youth development
$31,900
Our Place Company · Loudon, TN · 2024
Medical disciplines
$31,500
Joni and Friends Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Religion spiritual
$31,000
Carson-Newman University · Jefferson City, TN · 2024
Human services
$30,994
Mooresburg Community Association · Mooresburg, TN · 2024
Arts & culture
$30,000
Homesource East Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Housing shelter
$30,000
United Way of Greene County · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Philanthropy
$30,000
Franklin Road Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024
Education
$30,000
Lipscomb University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Education
$30,000
We Remember You · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Medical disciplines
$30,000
Tn Vly Coalition for the Homeless · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$30,000
Providence Christian Academy · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Education
$29,850
Hola Lakeway · Morristown, TN · 2024
Human services
$29,439
Webb School of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Education

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.