Private foundation · Knoxville
Haslam Family Foundation Inc.
This foundation says it only funds groups it chooses itself. Don't send an unsolicited application. If your work fits, the usual path is an introduction through someone the foundation already knows, such as a board member or a current grantee.
Key facts
- Grants in Tennessee
- 32 totaling $7.9M
- Typical grant
- $20K to $324K (middle half of its Tennessee grants)
- A realistic first ask
- About $75K, its median Tennessee grant. New grantees usually get less than long-time ones.
- Where it gives
- Knox County, Davidson County, Blount County, Sevier County, Hamilton County, Sullivan County · plus 2 grants outside Tennessee
- Buildings & equipment
- None of its Tennessee grants in this filing were for buildings or equipment
- Total giving that year
- $8M
How to apply
The foundation's filing doesn't describe how to apply. Look for a website, or send a short letter asking whether it accepts requests.
What it funds most often
- Community grant - boldpath program
- 2024 & 2025 evergreen ball
- 2024 jazz baby!
- Payment on verbal pledge & two table sponsorships
- School of music gala
- 2024 spirit award dinner - platinum sponsorship
- Cox suite
- Pilot ymca athlete support club
Tennessee organizations it funded
Largest first. Groups it already funds are good people to ask what the foundation looks for.
| Recipient | Where | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Tennessee Foundation | Knoxville, Knox County | School of music gala | $2.5M |
| St John's Cathedral | Knoxville, Knox County | General operating support | $900K |
| Tennessee State Collaborative On Reformin | Nashville, Davidson County | General operating support | $800K |
| Interfaith Health Clinic Inc. | Knoxville, Knox County | Donation | $500K |
| Younglife Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | General operating support | $500K |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | Knoxville, Knox County | General operating support | $500K |
| United Way of Greater Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | General operating support | $334K |
| Great Smoky Mountain Institute | Townsend, Blount County | Payment on verbal pledge & two table sponsorships | $324K |
| Big Ears Festival | Knoxville, Knox County | General operating support | $300K |
| Helen Ross Mcnabb Center | Knoxville, Knox County | Elevate recovery high school campaign | $250K |
| United Way of Greater Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | Affordable housing fund | $200K |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennesse | Knoxville, Knox County | Community grant - boldpath program | $150K |
| Leadership Knoxville | Nashville, Davidson County | General operating support | $100K |
| Webb School of Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | General operating support | $100K |
| The Episcopal School of Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | General operating support | $100K |
| Knoxville Children's Theatre | Knoxville, Knox County | General operating support | $100K |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | General operating support | $50K |
| Helen Ross Mcnabb Center | Knoxville, Knox County | 2024 spirit award dinner - platinum sponsorship | $25K |
| YMCA of East Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | Pilot YMCA athlete support club | $25K |
| Knoxville Area Urban League | Knoxville, Knox County | Eod award sponsor | $25K |
| East Tennessee Foundation | Knoxville, Knox County | Supporting the city of Knoxville police foundation | $25K |
| Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National | Kodak, Sevier County | 2024 & 2025 evergreen ball | $22K |
| Leadership Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | General operating support | $20K |
| Diocese of East Tennessee | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Haslam seminarian scholarship fund | $20K |
| Knoxville Zoological Gardens | Knoxville, Knox County | Honorable otter sponsorship-zoofari 2024 | $18K |