Funding search · EIN 621805189 · Chattangooga, TN
McKenzie 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.
- 137
- grants reported
- $2.4M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
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- Bonefish & Tarpon Trust4 grants · $208,038
- Purpose Point Learning Center3 grants · $150,000
- United Way of Greater Chattanooga4 grants · $143,000
- Chattanooga Preparatory School3 grants · $110,000
- Public Education Foundation2 grants · $100,000
- Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga3 grants · $96,500
- Chattanooga State Community College1 grant · $85,000
- Woodbury Forest School1 grant · $75,000
- Baylor School2 grants · $65,000
- Chattanooga Area Food Bank2 grants · $60,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 137 grants.
- $85,000
Chattanooga State Community College · Jasper, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $76,500
Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga · Chatanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $75,000
Woodbury Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2022
Operating funds
- $60,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2025
Operating funds
- $50,000
Chattanooga Preparatory School · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $50,000
Purpose Point Learning Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $50,000
United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $50,000
Chattacademy Community School · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $50,000
Public Education Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $50,000
Purpose Point Learning Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $50,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2023
Operating funds
- $50,000
Montessori Elementary at Highland Park · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $50,000
Public Education Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $50,000
Purpose Point Learning Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $50,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
Operating funds
- $48,038
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2024
Operating funds
- $40,000
Baylor School · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $38,000
United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $30,000
Chattanooga Area Food Bank · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $30,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $30,000
Chattanooga Area Food Bank · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $30,000
Chattanooga Preparatory School · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $30,000
Uc Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operating funds
- $30,000
Chattanooga Preparatory School · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $30,000
Bethel Bible Village · Hixson, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $30,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $30,000
The Launch Pad · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $30,000
United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $30,000
Welcome Home of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $27,500
Men of Valor · Antioch, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $25,000
Adult & Teen Challenge Midsouth · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $25,000
Baylor School · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating fund
- $25,000
Chattanooga Chambers Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $25,000
Men of Valor · Anitoch, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $25,000
Rise Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $25,000
The Baylor School · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $25,000
United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $25,000
Girl'S · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
Baptists On Mission · Cary, NC · 2024
Operating funds
- $20,000
Homes and Havens · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $20,000
Metropolitan Ministries · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $20,000
Ja Henry Family Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $20,000
Launch Pad · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $20,000
Metropolitan Ministries · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $20,000
Skyuka Hall · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $20,000
A Step Ahead Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
Metropolitan Ministries · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
Purpose Point · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
Rise Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
Shepards Arms Rescue Mission · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
Skyuka Hall School · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $20,000
University of Chattanooga Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $17,500
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $15,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $15,000
Chatt Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $15,000
Lookout Mountain School Pta · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2025
Opertaing funds
- $15,000
Chatt Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $15,000
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $15,000
Chatt Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $15,000
Help Right Here · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $13,000
Lookout Valley Middle High School Pta · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $12,000
Welcome Home of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga · Chatanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $10,000
Bridge Refugee Services · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $10,000
Fairyland Elementary School Pto · Lookout Mountain, GA · 2025
Operating funds
- $10,000
Skyuka Hall · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $10,000
Tall Timbers Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2025
Operating funds
- $10,000
Bachman Center Council · Walden, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $10,000
Rose Mont Restoration Foundation · Gallatin, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $10,000
Soundcorps · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $10,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · 2023
Operating funds
- $10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga · Chatanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $10,000
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating fund
- $10,000
Olivet Baptist Church · Fayettebille, GA · 2023
Operating funds
- $10,000
The Boys' Club On New York · New York, NY · 2023
Operating funds
- $10,000
Uc Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating funds
- $10,000
White Oak Bicycle Co-Op · Red Oak, TN · 2023
Operating funds
- $10,000
Beta Chapter of Pdt · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Operating funds
- $10,000
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $10,000
House of Refuge · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $10,000
Lift Youth Center · Ringgold, GA · 2022
Operating funds
- $7,500
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2025
Operating funds
- $7,500
Erlanger Hospital System Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $7,500
Walter Boehm Birth Defect Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Opertaing funds
- $7,500
Walter Boehm Birth Defect Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Opertaing funds
- $7,500
Walter E Boehm Birth Defects Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating funds
- $7,200
Songbirds Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $6,000
Ringgold Elementary School · Ringgold, GA · 2024
Operating funds
- $5,500
Be the Change Youth Initiative · Red Bank, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $5,000
Be the Change Youth Initiative · Red Bank, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $5,000
University of Tennessee Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Operating funds
- $5,000
Beloved Woman · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $5,000
Chattanooga Football Club Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $5,000
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating fund
- $5,000
Church of the First Born · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $5,000
Dynamo Studios · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating funds
- $5,000
Kiwanis Youth Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Operating funds
- $5,000
Erlanger Hospital System Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Operating funds
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