Funding search · EIN 626310121 · Knoxville, TN

Paddison Charitable Foundation

Name: Paddison Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

89
grants reported: $644,600
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

further scholarship educational evelyn meals mobile paddison roger

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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.

Knoxville-Zoological Gardens4 grants · $60,000
Knoxville-Knox County Cac4 grants · $56,000
Fountain City Ministry Center4 grants · $54,000
Interfaith Health Clinic4 grants · $52,000
Maryville College Scholarship Fund4 grants · $48,000
Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park4 grants · $48,000
Susannah'S House4 grants · $42,000
Wesley House Foundation4 grants · $42,000
St Paul United Methodist Church3 grants · $30,000
Second Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$141,500

2022

$158,100

2023

$172,000

2024

$173,000

2025

Grant history

All 89 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Knoxville-Zoological Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2025
Educational
$15,000
Knoxville-Zoological Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Educational
$15,000
Knoxville-Zoological Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Educational
$15,000
Knoxville-Zoological Gardens · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Educational
$14,000
Fountain City Ministry Center · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$14,000
Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$14,000
Knoxville-Knox County Cac · Knoxville, TN · 2025
Mobile meals
$14,000
Fountain City Ministry Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$14,000
Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$14,000
Knoxville-Knox County Cac · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Mobile meals
$14,000
Maryville College Scholarship Fund · Maryville, TN · 2024
Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
$14,000
Fountain City Ministry Center · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$14,000
Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$14,000
Knoxville-Knox County Cac · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Mobile meals
$14,000
Maryville College Scholarship Fund · Maryville, TN · 2023
Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
$14,000
Knoxville-Knox County Cac · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Mobile meals
$12,000
Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park · Kodak, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$12,000
Susannah'S House · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$12,000
Wesley House Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$12,000
Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park · Kodak, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$12,000
Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park · Kodak, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$12,000
Fountain City Ministry Center · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$12,000
Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park · Kodak, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$11,000
Susannah'S House · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$11,000
Wesley House Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$11,000
Susannah'S House · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$11,000
Wesley House Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$10,000
Maryville College Scholarship Fund · Maryville, TN · 2025
Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
$10,000
St Paul United Methodist Church · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$10,000
St Paul United Methodist Church · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$10,000
Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$10,000
Maryville College Scholarship Fund · Maryville, TN · 2022
Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
$10,000
St Paul United Methodist Church · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$8,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$8,000
Focus Group Prison Ministry · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$8,000
Susannah'S House · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$8,000
Wesley House Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$6,000
Emerald Ave Youth Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$6,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$6,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Focus Group Prison Ministry · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Men of Valor · Antioch, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
The Covering House · St Louis, MO · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Young Williams Animal Center · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Emerald Ave Youth Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Focus Group Prison Ministry · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Men of Valor · Antioch, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Remote Area Medical (Ram) · Rockford, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
The Covering House · St Louis, MO · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Young Williams Animal Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Emerald Ave Youth Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Focus Group Prison Ministry · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Lost Sheep Ministry · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organizationn
$5,000
Men of Valor · Antioch, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Remote Area Medical (Ram) · Rockford, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
The Covering House · St Louis, MO · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Young Williams Animal Center · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Emerald Ave Youth Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$4,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$4,000
Volunteer Ministry Center · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$4,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$4,000
Volunteer Ministry Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$4,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$4,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$4,000
Lost Sheep Ministry · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organizationn
$4,000
Remote Area Medical (Ram) · Rockford, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$4,000
Young Williams Animal Center · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
Assisi House · Saint Louis, MO · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
Knox County Imagination Library · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
Assisi House · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
Knox County Imagination Library · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
Assisi House · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
Johnson University · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Scholarship payment
$3,000
The Covering House · St Louis, MO · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$3,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$2,000
Helping Mamas · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$2,000
Remote Area Medical (Ram) · Rockford, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$2,000
Helping Mamas · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$2,000
Vibes · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further charitable purpose of organization
$2,000
Knox County Imagination Library · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$2,000
Vibes · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$1,500
Assisi House · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$1,100
Pedal for Alzheimer'S · Knoxville, TN · 2023
To further charitable purpose of organization
$1,000
Pedal for Alzheimer'S · Knoxville, TN · 2025
To further charitable purpose of organization
$1,000
Club Vibes · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization
$1,000
Knox County Imagination Library · Knoxville, TN · 2022
To further charitable purpose of organization

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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.