Funding search · EIN 237442979 · Chattanooga, TN

The Hand Foundation

Name: The Hand Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

67
grants reported: $133,341
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

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.

Top recipients

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

St Anne'S School of Annapolis3 grants · $30,000
Chattanooga Track Club3 grants · $13,500
American Red Cross3 grants · $9,000
Church of the Good Shepherd3 grants · $7,500
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation1 grant · $7,500
Annapolis Maritime Museum3 grants · $7,500
Southern Lit Alliance3 grants · $5,825
Back Creek Benefits2 grants · $5,500
Creative Discovery Museum1 grant · $5,000
Chattanooga Rotary Club3 grants · $3,966

Giving over time

$50,515

2022

$37,826

2023

$45,000

2024

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
St Anne'S School of Annapolis · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
St Anne'S School of Annapolis · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
St Anne'S School of Annapolis · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$7,500
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$6,000
American Red Cross · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$5,500
Chattanooga Track Club · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$5,000
Creative Discovery Museum · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$4,000
Chattanooga Track Club · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$4,000
Chattanooga Track Club · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$3,800
Church of the Good Shepherd · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$3,000
Back Creek Benefits · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$3,000
Black Creek Benefits · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$2,600
Southern Lit Alliance · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
Annapolis Maritime Museum · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
Friends of Hospice · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
Annapolis Maritime Museum · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
Back Creek Benefits · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
Annapolis Maritime Museum · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
Church of the Good Shepherd · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
The Bernie House · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
American Red Cross · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Marylanddc Hands & Voices · Gaithersburg, MD · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Room To Read · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,850
Southern Lit Alliance · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,750
Chattanooga Rotary Club · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
The Bernie House · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Wild Trails · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,401
Chattanooga Rotary Club · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,375
Southern Lit Alliance · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,250
Wild Trails · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,200
Church of the Good Shepherd · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
American Red Cross · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Chattanooga Food Bank · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Stanford University Development Svcs · Stanford, CA · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Chattanooga Food Bank · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Stanford University Development Svcs · Stanford, CA · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Stanford University Development Svcs · Stanford, CA · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$850
Chattanooga State Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$815
Chattanooga Rotary Club · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$750
Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$750
McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$750
Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$750
McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$500
Girls Preparatory School · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$500
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$500
Wild Trails · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$500
Wutcfm 881 · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$500
Girls Preparatory School · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$500
Prison Prevention Ministry · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$500
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$500
Wutcfm 881 · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$500
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$500
Girls Preparatory School · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$500
Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$250
Rotary Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$250
Community Foundation Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$250
Harrison United Methodist Church · Harrison, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$250
Wutcfm 881 · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$200
Community Foundation Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$150
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$100
Chattanooga State Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Unrestricted grant

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