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Chattanooga private foundations

There are 185 private foundations in the greater Chattanooga metro area. Combined, these Chattanooga metro private foundations employ 38 people, earn more than $154 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Chattanooga

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
185
 
$154,441,293
Corporate foundations
 
1
 
$38,529,126
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Sizes of private foundations in Chattanooga

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
96
$250k to $1M
 
22
$1M to $5M
 
18
$5M to $25M
 
7
$25M to $100M
 
1
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of private foundations in Chattanooga

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1-20 of 185

Lyndhurst Foundation

The Lyndhurst Foundation identifies and invests in initiatives, institutions, people and programs that contribute to the long-term livability and resilience of the greater Chattanooga region.
Revenue
$10.6m
Assets
$125.0m
Employees
5
EIN
62-6044177
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tucker Foundation

The Tucker Foundation is a private foundation that is located in Ooltewah, TN. They gave out $2,478,808 in grants last year and they have $66,275,076 in assets.
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$68.7m
Employees
1
EIN
62-1603398
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Maclellan Family Foundations

The Maclellan Family Foundations is a group of grantmakers consisting of The Maclellan Foundation Inc (MFI), Christian Education Charitable Trust (CECT), and Robert L. and Kathrina H. Maclellan Foundation (RL).
Revenue
$13.8m
Assets
$167.4m
Employees
7
EIN
62-6041468
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Benwood Foundation

We are positioned, like never before, to build on a tradition of civic imagination and action. Our strong legacy of working together to tackle tough issues and make big things happen has opened up a whole new range of opportunities.
Revenue
$9.4m
Assets
$103.9m
Employees
5
EIN
62-0476283
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Appalachian Conservation Institute

Appalachian Conservation Institute LLC is a private foundation located in Chattanooga, TN, and is supported by Karmin and Michael Pace.
Revenue
$5.8m
Assets
$6.9m
Employees
5
EIN
93-3538558
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tennessee Health Foundation

The Tennessee Health Foundation is a private foundation located in Chattanooga, TN. Its purpose is to invest in the Bluecross Healthy Place Signature Program in 2019. It made 31 grants last year. Grantees include East Tennessee Foundation.
Revenue
$38.5m
Assets
$281.8m
Employees
0
EIN
20-0298456
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hamico

Hamico is a private foundation that provides grants to the Community Foundation. It made 56 grants last year and its trustees are Zan Guerry, Robert E Bosworth, Herbert Barks. It is located in Chattanooga, TN.
Revenue
$4.3m
Assets
$49.7m
Employees
3
EIN
62-6040782
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation

Incorporated in June of 1945 by Robert J. Maclellan, his son Robert L. Maclellan, and his sister Dora Maclellan Brown, the Maclellan Foundation has served the evangelical and Chattanooga communities for over sixty years.
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$54.0m
Employees
4
EIN
23-7159802
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Christian Education Charitable Trust

The Christian Education Charitable Trust is a private foundation that makes grants to grantees, including Chattanooga Christian School Inc. last year.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$19.8m
Employees
1
EIN
23-7412895
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fontaine Family Foundation

The Fontaine Family Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to the Creative Discovery Museum. It made three grants last year and is located in Chattanooga, TN. It is supported by John T Fontaine.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$10.6m
Employees
0
EIN
81-3526363
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Caldsted Foundation

The Caldsted Foundation is a private foundation located in Chattanooga, TN. Its purpose is to operate a home for the elderly, and resident fees go to provide services to low-to-mid income elderly residents.
Revenue
$963.7k
Assets
$12.6m
Employees
1
EIN
62-0696466
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sharpe Family Foundation

The Sharpe Family Foundation is a private foundation in TN that supports program assistance with 21 grants and Burks United Methodist Church among its grantees.
Revenue
$8.9m
Assets
$9.5m
Employees
0
EIN
27-4327455
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Frank P Pierce Foundation

Frank P Pierce Foundation provides primarily education, religious education, religious and charitable purposes, programs for feeding the needy in the community, and educational and therapeutic services for special needs children.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$21.0m
Employees
0
EIN
20-0597131
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chattanooga Ophthalmological Foundation

Chattanooga Ophthalmological Foundation funds indigent medical care and vision services, and made five grants last year to Signal Centers Inc.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$5.6m
Employees
0
EIN
23-7038515
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Riverview Foundation

The Riverview Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds general operating support, timber roots festival, stop summer slide, southern segment initiative, south chickamauga creek greenway, and rocky face ridge park amenities.
Revenue
$3.6m
Assets
$22.7m
Employees
1
EIN
27-5485912
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Weldon F Osborne Foundation

The Weldon F Osborne Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds operating, program support, operating/program related, general operating, capacity building, program related, capital campaign, technology, and operating/program support grants.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$24.4m
Employees
1
EIN
62-6026442
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bishop Family Foundation

Private foundation in Signal Mountain, TN that primarily funds scholarship endowment, community needs, and various projects through grant making.
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$13.6m
Employees
0
EIN
86-1303160
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Carol and Vernon Grizzard Family Foundation

The Carol and Vernon Grizzard Family Foundation is a family foundation supported by Vernon D Grizzard JR and located in Chattanooga, TN.
Revenue
$5.0m
Assets
$5.0m
Employees
0
EIN
99-3360305
IRS type
501(c)(3)

R Brad Martin Family Foundation

The R Brad Martin Family Foundation is a private foundation that is supported by R Brad Martin. It is located in Memphis, TN. The amount of annual grants made by the foundation is $1,164,075. The total assets held by the foundation are $10,272,723.
Revenue
$4.1m
Assets
$13.0m
Employees
0
EIN
62-1548977
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Footprint Foundation

The Footprint Foundation primarily funds general & unrestricted, footprint community awards program, to support year three of the arts forward initiatiative, to support upcoming programming, to support.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$23.1m
Employees
0
EIN
27-5486356
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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