Funding search · EIN 274327455 · Soddy Daisy, TN
Sharpe Family 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.
- 113
- grants reported
- $613,640
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,000
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- The Generosity Trust1 grant · $259,989
- Camp Horizon4 grants · $27,939
- The Exceptional Bean4 grants · $25,500
- New Union Baptist Church4 grants · $18,000
- Renew a Nation4 grants · $16,000
- Burks United Methodist Church2 grants · $15,000
- North River Methodist Church1 grant · $15,000
- Ronald McDonald House4 grants · $14,000
- Kelcurt Foundation2 grants · $12,805
- Friends of the Troops4 grants · $11,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 113 grants.
- $259,989
The Generosity Trust · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $15,000
New Union Baptist Church · Dayton, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $15,000
North River Methodist Church · Hixson, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $15,000
The Exceptional Bean · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $13,500
Camp Horizon · Hixson, TN · 2025
Program assist
- $10,000
Onpoint · Hixson, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $8,805
Kelcurt Foundation · Soddy Daisy, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $8,000
Rhea County Isaiah House · Elizabethton, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $7,500
Burks United Methodist Church · Hixson, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $7,500
Burks United Methodist Church · Hixson, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $7,000
Renew a Nation · Roanok, VA · 2025
Program assistance
- $6,005
Camp Horizon · Hixson, TN · 2023
Program assist
- $6,000
Boyd Buchanan School · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $6,000
Gps Impact Fund · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
Bible in the Schools · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
Camp Lookout · Rising Fawn, GA · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
Chambliss Center for Children · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
Friends of the Troops · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
Habitat for Humanity · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
Rc3 · Dayton, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
The 247 Movement · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $5,000
Whitwell Baptist Church · Whitwell, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $4,902
My Place Together · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $4,434
Camp Horizon · Hixson, TN · 2022
Program assist
- $4,000
Austin Hatcher Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $4,000
Bright School · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $4,000
Kidney Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $4,000
Rhea County Beekeepers Assoc · Dayton, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $4,000
Camp Horizon · Hixson, TN · 2024
Program assist
- $4,000
Kelcurt Foundation · Soddy Daisy, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $4,000
The Exceptional Bean · Cookeville, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $3,500
The Exceptional Bean · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $3,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $3,000
Rhea County Fair · Dayton, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $3,000
Rhea County Gideons · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $3,000
Rhea of Sunshine · Dayton, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $3,000
Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Program assistance
- $3,000
Friends of the Troops · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $3,000
Renew a Nation · Roanok, VA · 2024
Program assistance
- $3,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $3,000
Renew a Nation · Roanok, VA · 2023
Program assistance
- $3,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $3,000
Renew a Nation · Roanok, VA · 2022
Program assistance
- $3,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $3,000
The Exceptional Bean · Cookeville, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $2,500
Burks Umc · Hixson, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,500
Central High School Reading Program · Harrison, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,500
Skyuka Hall · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,500
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Twin Falls, ID · 2023
Program assistance
- $2,500
Rc3 · Dayton, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $2,500
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Twin Falls, ID · 2022
Program assistance
- $2,002
Bright School · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $2,001
Chattanooga Heart Association · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $2,000
Chattanooga Heart Association · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,000
Clyde W Roddy Public Library · Dayton, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,000
Hixson Gideon'S · Hixson, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,000
Hixson Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,000
Rhea County High School Cheer · Evansville, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,000
Tennessee Tech University · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $2,000
Austin Hatcher Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $2,000
Camp Lookout · Rising Fawn, GA · 2024
Program assistance
- $2,000
Kidney Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $2,000
Rhea County Beekeepers Assoc · Dayton, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $2,000
Tn Wildlife Federation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $2,000
Austin Hatcher Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $2,000
Blazing Hope Ranch · Dayton, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $2,000
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $2,000
Kidney Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $2,000
Project K9 Hero · Whitwell, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $2,000
Blazing Hope Ranch · Dayton, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $2,000
Chattanooga Heart Association · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $2,000
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $1,500
Boyd Buchanan School · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,500
Gps Impact Fund · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,500
Hixson Gideon'S · Hixson, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,500
Rhea County Gideons · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,500
Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,500
Friends of the Troops · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $1,500
Hixson Gideon'S · Hixson, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $1,500
Rhea County Gideons · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $1,500
Tn Wildlife Federation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Program assistance
- $1,500
Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Program assistance
- $1,500
Friends of the Troops · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $1,500
Hixson Gideon'S · Hixson, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $1,500
Rhea County Gideons · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $1,500
Tn Wildlife Federation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Program assistance
- $1,500
Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program assistance
- $1,002
Rhea County Isaiah House · Elizabethton, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,000
Blazing Hope Ranch · Dayton, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $1,000
Nami of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $1,000
Tn Wildlife Federation · Nashville, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $1,000
Ymca of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $1,000
Young Professionals of Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program assistance
- $1,000
Clyde W Roddy Public Library · Dayton, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,000
Epilepsy Foundation of East Tn · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,000
New Union Baptist Church · Dayton, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,000
Rc3 · Dayton, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,000
Rhea County High School Cheer · Evansville, TN · 2024
Program assistance
- $1,000
Skyuka Hall · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program assistance
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