East Tennessee Foundation

Programs: Provided assistance in the form of 701 grants from 85 donor advised funds to 365 501(c)(3) organizations and government entities to support a wide range of charitable purposes, both locally within the 25 county service area and also outside the region

provided general support to 78 501(c)(3) organizations in the form of 91 grants from 67 designated organization and agency endowment funds.

became a major conduit and partner for providing disaster relief in response to the devastating november 2016 east tennessee forest fires: 53 grants to 47 organizations, units of government, and fire departments were made for short term and long term efforts to rebuild infrastructure

4d-1) expenses of 1,417,755, including grants of 1,417,755 - conducted competitive grantmaking programs throughout the 25 county region in the field-of-interest areas of affordable housing, youth-at-risk, women and children, health care, arts & culture, childhood cancer, and parkinson's disease research, providing 79 grants to 73 501(c)(3) organizations for worthwhile projects in these areas 4d-2) expenses of 1,143,650, including grants of 116,102 - made 58 discretionary and project grants from 8 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 4d-3) expenses of 585,436, including grants of 585,436 - conducted 55 competitive scholarship programs to enable students throughout the region to obtain a post-secondary education; 189 students received scholarships and attended 45 institutions of higher learning in tennessee and throughout the nation 4d-4) expenses of 482,151, including grants of 482,151 - funded creation of the pat summitt clinic, a state-of-the art facility at utmc for the treatment of alzheimer's and other neurological diseases and also provided sponsorship grants relating to the disease 4d-5) expenses of 221,510, including grants of 221,510 - conducted localized, county-specific, competitive grantmaking programs through the foundation's county affiliate funds, allowing local advisory boards to select worthy projects and programs at the local level; not counting the disaster grants in 4b, 46 grants were awarded to 34 organizations for a wide variety of charitable purposes