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12 funders with a record of paying for “smoky”

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Friends of Great Smoky Mountains → Great Smoky Mountains National Park: $13M across 4 grants, latest 2025Smokies Life → Great Smoky Mountains National Park: $4.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024Dane G Hansen Foundation → Smoky Hills Comm Fdn: $263K across 5 grants, latest 2025Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc → Great Smoky Mtn Council: $232K across 16 grants, latest 2025East Tennessee Foundation → Friends of Great Smoky Mountains Na: $157K across 2 grants, latest 2023Foundation for the Carolinas → Smoky Mountain Children's Home: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024Saint Stephen's of Kansas → Smoky Valley Public Schools: $117K across 4 grants, latest 2024United Way of Sevier County → Boys and Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains: $115K across 3 grants, latest 2024Arconic Foundation → Great Smoky Mountain Institute: $103K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Boyd Foundation → Great Smoky Mountain Council Bsa: $89K across 3 grants, latest 2024Earl Bane Foundation → Smoky Hill River Festival: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2023Finnup Foundation → Smoky Hills Public Television Corp: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Dane G Hansen Foundation → Smoky Hills Public Tv: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2025East Tennessee Foundation → Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Moun: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Boyd Foundation → Smoky Mountain Animal Care Foundation: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2023Arconic Foundation → Friends of the Smokies: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Foundation for the Carolinas → Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Inc: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2023Finnup Foundation → The Nature Conservancy in Kansas: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024Earl Bane Foundation → Friends of the River Foundation: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2021United Way of Sevier County → Smoky Mountain Area Rescue: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc → Great Smoky Mtn Institute Tremont: $35K across 4 grants, latest 2024Saint Stephen's of Kansas → Mcpherson County Community Foundati: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2025Dane G Hansen Foundation → Smoky Hills Charitable Fdn: $108K across 3 grants, latest 2022East Tennessee Foundation → Boy Scouts of America - Great Smoky: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Boyd Foundation → Great Smoky Mtns Institute at Tremont: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2022Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc → Friends of the Smokies: $23K across 9 grants, latest 2025Foundation for the Carolinas → Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Nc Office: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024Earl Bane Foundation → Smoky Hills Public Television: $18K across 3 grants, latest 2023Saint Stephen's of Kansas → Smoky Valley Hope for Youth: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dane G Hansen Foundation → Smoky Hill Community Fdn: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Dane G Hansen Foundation → Nature Conservancy in Kansas: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2022Dane G Hansen Foundation → Smoky Hills Community Fdn: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2025Dane G Hansen Foundation → Smoky Hill Child Care Fdn: $68K across 7 grants, latest 2025East Tennessee Foundation → Bgc of the Smoky Mountains: $46K across 1 grant, latest 2024East Tennessee Foundation → Frds of Grt Smoky Mts Natl Park Inc: $43K across 1 grant, latest 2024East Tennessee Foundation → Bsa - Great Smoky Mountain Council: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2024East Tennessee Foundation → Great Smoky Mountains Institute at: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022East Tennessee Foundation → Safe Hbr Child Advoc Ctr of Smokies: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Earl Bane Foundation → Smoky Hill Museum: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2021East Tennessee Foundation → Great Smoky Mts Heritage Ctr Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc → Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mtns: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2023Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc → Knoxville History Project: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Friends of Great Smoky Mountains: $13M on this topic. Open the funder.Friends of Great Smoky Mounta…$13MSmokies Life: $4.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Smokies Life$4.4MDane G Hansen Foundation: $838K on this topic. Open the funder.Dane G Hansen Foundation$838KEast Tennessee Foundation: $459K on this topic. Open the funder.East Tennessee Foundation$459KStowers Machinery Foundation Inc: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Stowers Machinery Foundation…$300KFoundation for the Carolinas: $230K on this topic. Open the funder.Foundation for the Carolinas$230KThe Boyd Foundation: $189K on this topic. Open the funder.The Boyd Foundation$189KArconic Foundation: $178K on this topic. Open the funder.Arconic Foundation$178KUnited Way of Sevier County: $170K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Sevier County$170KEarl Bane Foundation: $165K on this topic. Open the funder.Earl Bane Foundation$165KSaint Stephen's of Kansas: $155K on this topic. Open the funder.Saint Stephen's of Kansas$155KFinnup Foundation: $135K on this topic. Open the funder.Finnup Foundation$135KGreat Smoky Mountains National Park: received $18M on this topicGreat Smoky Mountains National…$18MSmoky Hills Comm Fdn: received $263K on this topicSmoky Hills Comm Fdn$263KGreat Smoky Mtn Council: received $232K on this topicGreat Smoky Mtn Council$232KFriends of Great Smoky Mountains Na: received $157K on this topicFriends of Great Smoky Mountain…$157KSmoky Mountain Children's Home: received $150K on this topicSmoky Mountain Children's Home$150KSmoky Hills Public Tv: received $150K on this topicSmoky Hills Public Tv$150KSmoky Valley Public Schools: received $117K on this topicSmoky Valley Public Schools$117KBoys and Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains: received $115K on this topicBoys and Girls Club of the Smok…$115KSmoky Hills Charitable Fdn: received $108K on this topicSmoky Hills Charitable Fdn$108KGreat Smoky Mountain Institute: received $103K on this topicGreat Smoky Mountain Institute$103KSmoky Hill Community Fdn: received $100K on this topicSmoky Hill Community Fdn$100KFriends of the Smokies: received $98K on this topicFriends of the Smokies$98KGreat Smoky Mountain Council Bsa: received $89K on this topicGreat Smoky Mountain Council Bsa$89KNature Conservancy in Kansas: received $80K on this topicNature Conservancy in Kansas$80KBoys & Girls Club of the Smoky Moun: received $77K on this topicBoys & Girls Club of the Smoky…$77KSmoky Hill River Festival: received $75K on this topicSmoky Hill River Festival$75KSmoky Hills Public Television Corp: received $75K on this topicSmoky Hills Public Television C…$75KSmoky Mountain Animal Care Foundation: received $75K on this topicSmoky Mountain Animal Care Foun…$75KSmoky Hills Community Fdn: received $70K on this topicSmoky Hills Community Fdn$70KSmoky Hill Child Care Fdn: received $68K on this topicSmoky Hill Child Care Fdn$68KFriends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Inc: received $60K on this topicFriends of Great Smoky Mountain…$60KThe Nature Conservancy in Kansas: received $60K on this topicThe Nature Conservancy in Kansas$60KFriends of the River Foundation: received $59K on this topicFriends of the River Foundation$59KSmoky Mountain Area Rescue: received $55K on this topicSmoky Mountain Area Rescue$55KBoy Scouts of America - Great Smoky: received $48K on this topicBoy Scouts of America - Great S…$48KBgc of the Smoky Mountains: received $46K on this topicBgc of the Smoky Mountains$46KFrds of Grt Smoky Mts Natl Park Inc: received $43K on this topicFrds of Grt Smoky Mts Natl Park…$43KGreat Smoky Mtn Institute Tremont: received $35K on this topicGreat Smoky Mtn Institute Tremo…$35KMcpherson County Community Foundati: received $35K on this topicMcpherson County Community Foun…$35KBsa - Great Smoky Mountain Council: received $33K on this topicBsa - Great Smoky Mountain Coun…$33KGreat Smoky Mountains Institute at: received $30K on this topicGreat Smoky Mountains Institute…$30KGreat Smoky Mtns Institute at Tremont: received $25K on this topicGreat Smoky Mtns Institute at T…$25KFriends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Nc Office: received $20K on this topicFriends of Great Smoky Mountain…$20KSmoky Hills Public Television: received $18K on this topicSmoky Hills Public Television$18KSafe Hbr Child Advoc Ctr of Smokies: received $15K on this topicSafe Hbr Child Advoc Ctr of Smo…$15KSmoky Hill Museum: received $13K on this topicSmoky Hill Museum$13KGreat Smoky Mts Heritage Ctr Inc: received $10K on this topicGreat Smoky Mts Heritage Ctr Inc$10KBoys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mtns: received $6K on this topicBoys & Girls Club of the Smoky…$6KKnoxville History Project: received $5K on this topicKnoxville History Project$5KSmoky Valley Hope for Youth: received $3K on this topicSmoky Valley Hope for Youth$3K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →