Grants awarded
Who does The Boyd Foundation fund?
The Boyd Foundation has awarded $27 million across 295 grants to 146 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $10,000 and $66,000.
Total awarded
$27.1M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
146
Grants
295
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| U University of Tennessee Foundation | $8.6M | 22 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U United Way of Greater Knoxville | $2.2M | 11 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Girl Talk INC | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Z Zoo Knoxville | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Carter County Chamber Foundation | $1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Wesley House Community Center | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Knox Education Foundation
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$932K | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$830K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| S Score | $600K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Muse Knoxville
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$515K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Metro Drug Coalition INC
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
Big Ears Festival
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$450K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| H Helen Ross McNabb Foundation | $425K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y YWCA Knoxville Foundation | $400K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
| H Hometon Service Coalition | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R River & Rail Theatre Co | $300K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Knoxville Area Urban League Incorporated
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$262K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| B Boys & Girls Club of the Tn Valley | $252K | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tn | $250K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J James White's Fort Association | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$245K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Random Acts of Flowers
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$230K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
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$224K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Interfaith Health Center INC
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$200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Change Campus Culture
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$194K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| F Fish Hospitality Pantries | $190K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Seed INC | $160K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation | $150K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$128K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| W Wdvx | $125K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Lipscomb University
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$120K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
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$101K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| K Knox County Community Gardens | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Cookeville | $100K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Roane State Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank | $100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Spark | $100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$99K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| K Knoxville Symphony Orchestra | $95K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Great Smoky Mountain Council Bsa | $89K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of East Tn INC | $82K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E East Tn Historical Society | $80K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Friends of the Blount County Animal Center
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$75K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
Lakeshore Park Conservancy
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$75K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| B Blount Mansion Association | $75K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Sunset Gap Community Center | $64K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
Junior Appalachian Musicians INC
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$61K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| H Helen Rose McNabb Foundation | $58K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Volunteer Ministry Center INC
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| N New Hope | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| V Variety - the Children's Charity of East Tn | $50K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| T The Mend House | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| J Johnson City Hall | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Chattanooge Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Knoxville Entrepreneur Center
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Museum of Appalachia
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$48K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
| S South-Doyle Chorus Booster Club | $45K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The University of Tennessee | $45K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Knox County Imagination Library | $40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Leadership Knoxville INC
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$40K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Historic Rugby INC
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$36K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
| E East Tn Equality Cncl INC DBA Knox Pride | $35K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Columbia | $33K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Jackson Tn | $33K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A A Step Ahead of East Tn INC | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tn State Museum Foundation | $30K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Great Smoky Mtns Institute at Tremont | $30K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Prospera Corporate | $27K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Clinton | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Sweetwater | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Knoxville Dream Center INC
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
| L Lake County Government | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Savannah | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Town of Louisville | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Goodlettsville | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Chattanooga | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Fayetteville | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Town of Spring City | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
| C City of Smithville | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Rhea Economic and Tourism | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M McEwen City Hall | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Dickson | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C City of Lenoir City | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Gatlinburg | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C City of Pulaski | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Shelby Farms Conservancy | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Town of Whitesville | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Waverly | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Newbern | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission | $25K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| C City of East Ridge | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C City of Clarksville | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Jackson | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Trenton Tn | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Selmer Parks & Recreation | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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