Program areas at ETF
Provided assistance in the form of 1,047 grants from donor advised funds to 482 501(c)(3) organizations, government entities and churches to support a wide range of charitable purposes, both locally within the 25 county service area and also outside the region.
Conducted 69 competitive scholarship programs to enable students throughout the region to obtain a post-secondary education; 226 students received scholarships and attended 56 institutions of higher learning in Tennessee and throughout the nation.
Provided general support to 93 501(c)(3) organizations, government entities and churches in the form of grants from designated organization and agency endowment funds.
4d-1) expenses of 1,328,022, including grants of 1,328,022 - conducted competitive grantmaking programs in the field-of-interest areas of affordable housing, youth-at-risk, racial justice, women and children, health, and covid-19 and other disaster relief providing 98 grants to 87 501(c)(3) organizations for worthwhile projects in the 25 county service area and to 5 other community foundations in Tennessee, Kentucky, and north carolina. 4d-2) expenses of 1,895,632, including grants of 1,895,632 - funded 1 grant from the pat summitt Foundation fund to the pat summitt clinic, a state-of-the-art facility at utmc for the treatment of alzheimer's and other neurological diseases, 16 grants in support of caregiver trainings, adult day programs, and other alzheimer's and dementias-related purposes. 4d-3) expenses of 299,364, including grants of 299,364 - conducted localized, competitive grantmaking programs through the Foundation's affiliate and county-specific funds, allowing local advisory boards to select worth projects and programs at the local level; 74 grants were awarded to 65 organizations for a wide variety of charitable purposes. 4d-4) expenses of 1,324,142, including grants of 355,467 - made 57 discretionary grants from funds and paid program-related expenses associated with the management of charitable funds and the allocation of grant funds to benefit the 25 county East Tennessee region.