The East Tennessee Foundation is seeking applications for its Youth Endowment Fund to support creative solutions to problems that youth face.
Donor Name: East Tennessee Foundation
State: Tennessee
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/12/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Focus Areas
Projects must specifically support youth and address one or more of the following focus areas:
- Early childhood education
- Drivers of health
- Prevention and/or mitigation of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
Funding Information
Organizations can apply for an amount up to $20,000.
Grant Period
Grants will be awarded in July 2025 for two-year terms. The grant term is August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
- Confirmation that the organization is a 501(c)(3) public charity, unit of government, or public educational institution
- New or emerging groups that do not have nonprofit status may apply if they have an established nonprofit organization as a fiscal sponsor
- Employee Identification Number (EIN)
- Legal name of organization, address, and contact information (phone, email address, fax)
- Primary contact person and title
- Most recent financial statements and/or most recent audit and/or IRS Form 990
- Current year organization operating budget
- List of current board of directors or equivalent governing body
- List of staff administering the project
- Confirmation that the organization operates and is organized so as to not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, familial status, sexual orientation, age, disability, covered veteran status, or other characteristics as identified in the Foundation’s Diversity and Non-Discrimination Statement
- Applicant organizations must primarily function to serve children and youth or be an organization whose programs have demonstrated the ability to serve this population
- Under special circumstances, grants will be made to institutions outside the Foundation’s 25-county service area for programs that are operated within or provide direct benefit to residents of the 25 counties.
For more information, visit ETF.
