Funding search · EIN 861740122 · Knoxville, TN

Lawson Family Foundation

Name: Lawson Family 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.

152
grants reported: $4.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $11,250
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.

What they fund

sponsorship membership academy center circle college concert directors

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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.

Emerald Charter Schools3 grants · $750,000
Emerald Charter School1 grant · $250,000
Shangri-La Academy of Riding1 grant · $200,000
University of Tennessee Foundation1 grant · $200,000
United Way of Greater Knoxville1 grant · $175,000
Knox County Community Gardeners2 grants · $150,000
East Tennessee Community Design Cen1 grant · $150,000
Knoxville Leadership Foundation2 grants · $120,000
Your Move Collective1 grant · $100,000
Helen Ross McNabb Foundation1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$830,000

2022

$853,500

2023

$2.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 152 grants.

$500,000
Emerald Charter Schools · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$250,000
Emerald Charter School · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$240,000
Emerald Charter Schools · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$200,000
University of Tennessee Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
College of social work
$200,000
Shangri-La Academy of Riding · Lenior City, TN · 2022
General Support
$175,000
United Way of Greater Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$150,000
East Tennessee Community Design Cen · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Sponsorship
$100,000
Knox County Community Gardeners · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$100,000
Knoxville Leadership Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$100,000
Your Move Collective · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Helen Ross McNabb Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$50,000
Autism Breakthrough of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$50,000
East Tennessee Childrens Hospital · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$50,000
Kim Health Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$50,000
Knoxville Opera · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$50,000
Koinonia Foundation of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$50,000
Community Coalition Against Human T · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$50,000
Connect Ministries · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$50,000
Knox County Community Gardeners · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$50,000
Real Good Kitchen Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$50,000
The Change Center · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$50,000
Raising a Voice · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$40,000
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Sponsorship of concert
$35,000
Real Talk Mentoring · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$30,000
Healing the Home · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$26,500
New Direction Healthcare Solutions · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Focus Ministies · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Knoxville Entrepreneur Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
100knoxville
$25,000
Knoxville History Project · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Men of Valor · Antioch, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Partnership Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Raising a Voice · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Spark · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Street Hope Tn · Powell, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Thrive · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Tn Achieves · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Education
$25,000
Ywca Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Tech center
$25,000
Bridge Refugee Services · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
East Tennessee Freedom Schools · Jefferson City, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Karate Five Association · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Kim Health Center · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Knoxville Botanical Garden · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Men of Valor · Antioch, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Spark · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Uunik Academy · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Great Smoky Mtn Institute Tremont · Townsend, TN · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Soar Youth Ministries · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$25,000
The Mend House · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$20,000
A Step Ahead Foundation of East Tn · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$20,000
Seed · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$20,000
A Step Ahead Foundation of East Tn · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$20,000
Hand Up for Women · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$20,000
Knoxville Leadership Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$20,000
Street Hope Tn · Powell, TN · 2023
General support
$20,000
The Muse Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$20,000
Penultimate Development · Jefferson City, TN · 2022
General Support
$16,000
Junior Appalachian Musicians · Independence, VA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Childhelp · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$15,000
Girl Talk · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Life prep academy
$15,000
Historic Tennessee Theater Foundati · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$15,000
Kicko · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$15,000
Southside Boarding Club · Jacksboro, TN · 2024
General support
$15,000
University of Tennessee College of · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$15,000
Wuot · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$15,000
Youth Outreach in STEM · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Vine middle school robotics
$15,000
Childhelp · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Kicko · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Safe Families for Children · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Soar Youth Ministries · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Two Bikes · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Focus Ministries · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$13,500
Southside Boarding Club · Jacksboro, TN · 2023
General support
$12,500
Two Bikes · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Campbell Culture Coalition · Lafollette, TN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Cherokee Health · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Community Action for Affordable Nei · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Sponsorship
$10,000
Community Shares · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Girls Inc of Tn Valley · Oak Ridge, TN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Knoxville Heritage · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Maryville Alcoa Animal Rescue Cente · Maryville, TN · 2024
General support
$10,000
McLung Museum · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Mmiw exhibit/directors circle
$10,000
Olive Tree Learning Academy · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Partnership With Native Americans · Addison, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Maryville, TN · 2024
Food for kids
$10,000
100 Black Men of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Beardsley Community Farm · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Emerald Charter Schools · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Girls On the Run of Greater Knoxvil · Powell, TN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Knoxville Opera · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Soar Youth Ministries Thrive · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Restoration House of East Tenne · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$10,000
University of Tennessee College of · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Girl Talk · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Healing the Home · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Safe Families for Children · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Tennessee Innocence Project · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Wesley House Community Center · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General Support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.