Funding search · EIN 581866591 · Chattanooga, TN

The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation

Name: The Chattanooga Tourism Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

54
grants reported: $930,300
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $12,500
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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Creative Discovery Museum3 grants · $150,000
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum3 grants · $95,000
Friends of the Zoo2 grants · $62,500
Hunter Museum of American Art2 grants · $60,000
The Tivoli Theatre Foundation3 grants · $52,500
The Land Trust for Tennessee2 grants · $50,000
International Bluegrass Music Association1 grant · $50,000
Tennessee River Gorge Trust2 grants · $40,000
Songbirds Foundation2 grants · $36,250
High Point Climbing2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$365,250

2022

$386,300

2023

$128,750

2024

$50,000

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
International Bluegrass Music Association · Nashville, TN · 2025
Support
$50,000
Creative Discovery Museum · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Support
$50,000
Creative Discovery Museum · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$50,000
Creative Discovery Museum · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$35,000
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Support
$35,000
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$32,500
Friends of the Zoo · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$30,000
Hunter Museum of American Art · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$30,000
Friends of the Zoo · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$30,000
Hunter Museum of American Art · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$25,000
The Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support
$25,000
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$25,000
The Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support
$22,500
The Tivoli Theatre Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Support
$22,500
The Tivoli Theatre Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$21,250
Bessie Smith Cultural Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$20,000
Songbirds Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$20,000
Tennessee River Gorge Trust · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$20,000
Oddstory Brewing Company · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$20,000
Tennessee River Gorge Trust · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$16,750
Chattanooga Presents · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$16,250
Songbirds Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$15,750
Ridgecroft Distiller · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$15,000
High Point Climbing · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$15,000
High Point Climbing · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$13,750
Lookout Mountain Conservancy · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2023
Support
$12,500
Association for Visual Arts · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$12,500
Friends of the Festival · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$12,000
Ridgecroft Distiller · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$10,000
Association for Visual Arts · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$10,000
Dipped Fresh Llc · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$10,000
The Hot Chocolatier · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$10,000
Charles H Coolidge · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$10,000
Dipped Fresh Llc · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$10,000
Lookout Mountain Conservancy · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2022
Support
$10,000
The Hot Chocolatier · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$9,800
Oddstory Brewing Company · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$9,500
Soundcorps · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$8,750
Chattanooga Theatre Centre · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$8,750
Soundcorps · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$7,500
Chattanooga Theatre Centre · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$7,500
The Tivoli Theatre Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$6,750
River City Company · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Support
$6,750
Launch · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$6,750
River City Company · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$6,250
The Trust for Public Land · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Support
$6,250
Bessie Smith Cultural Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$6,250
The Trust for Public Land · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$6,000
Sculpture Fields at Montague Park · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Support
$6,000
National Park Partners · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$6,000
Splash · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Support
$3,250
Robin Roberts Promotions Llc · Blairsville, GA · 2024
Support
$2,500
Association for Visual Arts · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Support
$2,500
Partners for Christian Media · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.