Funding search · EIN 621296643 · Chattanooga, TN
Kennedy 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.
- 45
- grants reported
- $20.2M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $20,000
- 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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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.
- JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund National Philanthropic Trust Kennedy F2 grants · $14.8M
- University of Chattanooga Foundation5 grants · $3.4M
- Erlanger Health System Foundations1 grant · $800,000
- Memorial Health Care System Foundation1 grant · $200,000
- University of Chattanooga Foundation2 grants · $200,000
- Houston Museum of Decorative Arts2 grants · $200,000
- Friends of the National World War Ii Memorial3 grants · $125,000
- Skyuka Hall1 grant · $84,000
- The Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center1 grant · $50,000
- Friends of Special Children for the Benefit of Signal Centers Llc2 grants · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 45 reported grants, largest first.
- $14.7M
JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund National Philanthropic Trust Kennedy F · Lancaster, PA · 2023
To contribute funds to a non-profit charity
- $1.6M
University of Chattanooga Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
To fund a new building for the nursing school
- $1.6M
University of Chattanooga Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To fund a new building for the nursing school
- $800,000
Erlanger Health System Foundations · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To support a public charity
- $200,000
Memorial Health Care System Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
To support a public charity
- $128,272
JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund National Philanthropic Trust Kennedy F · Lancaster, PA · 2024
To contribute funds to a non-profit charity
- $100,000
Houston Museum of Decorative Arts · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
To support a public charity
- $100,000
University of Chattanooga Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
To provide funding for a professorship
- $100,000
Houston Museum of Decorative Arts · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To support a public charity
- $100,000
University of Chattanooga Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To provide funding for a professorship
- $100,000
University of Chattanooga Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To provide funding and scholarship to the poetry program
- $100,000
University of Chattanooga Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
To provide funding and scholarship to the poetry program
- $84,000
Skyuka Hall · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
To support a public charity
- $50,000
The Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
To support a public charity
- $50,000
Friends of the National World War Ii Memorial · Washington, DC · 2024
To support a public charity
- $50,000
Friends of the National World War Ii Memorial · Washington, DC · 2023
To support a public charity
- $25,000
Friends of Special Children · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
To support a public charity
- $25,000
Friends of Special Children for the Benefit of Signal Centers Llc · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To support a public charity
- $25,000
Friends of Special Children for the Benefit of Signal Centers Llc · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To support a public charity
- $25,000
Chattanooga Public Library · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
To support a public charity
- $25,000
Friends of the National World War Ii Memorial · Washington, DC · 2022
To support a public charity
- $20,000
Erlanger Health · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
To support a public charity
- $20,000
Saint Annes Episcopal Church · Atlanta, GA · 2025
To support a public charity
- $20,000
United Way of Central Georgia · Macon, GA · 2025
To support a public charity
- $20,000
United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To support a public charity
- $20,000
University of Chattanooga Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To fund portrait for new nursing school building
- $10,000
Agape Youth and Family Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
To support a public charity
- $10,000
Deo Clinic · Dalton, GA · 2025
To support a public charity
- $10,000
Haiti Deaf Academy · Walker, IA · 2025
To support a public charity
- $10,000
Retrieving Independence · Nashville, TN · 2025
To support a public charity
- $10,000
Artsbuild · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To support a public charity
- $10,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To support a public charity
- $10,000
Chattanooga Area Food Bank · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To support a public charity
- $10,000
Erlanger Hospital · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To provide support to non-profit hospital
- $10,000
Mary Cameron Robinson Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To support a public charity
- $10,000
University of the South · Sewanee, TN · 2023
To provide funding and scholarship opportunities
- $5,000
Haiti Deaf Academy · Walker, IA · 2023
To support a public charity
- $5,000
Metropolitan Ministries · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To support a public charity
- $5,000
St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To provide funds for church upkeep
- $5,000
United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To support a public charity
- $5,000
International Committee of the Red Cross- Ukraine Crisis Relief · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide relief to victims of ukrainian war.
- $3,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2025
To support annual campaign
- $3,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
To support annual campaign
- $3,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
To support annual campaign
- $3,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
To support annual campaign
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Similar purposes
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