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The Boyd Foundation: 60 grants to organizations, $9.4 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Boyd Foundation, a private foundation in Knoxville, TN, paid 60 grants to organizations totaling $9,414,140 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $1,565,482 to University of Tennessee Foundation in Knoxville, TN for enriches the lives of the students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university of tennessee through alumni engagement, financial stewardship, and private gift support..
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- EIN
- 371877729
- Based in
- Knoxville, TN
- Assets
- $98,037,708
- Grants paid
- $9,414,140
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202503219349105805. It reported $9,414,140 in grants paid; 60 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee Foundation | Knoxville, TN | Enriches the lives of the students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university of tennessee through alumni engagement, financial stewardship, and private gift support. | $1,565,482 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carter County Chamber Foundation | Elizabethton, TN | Hurricane helene relief fund | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way of Greater Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities to advance the common good. | $987,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Girl Talk Inc | Knoxville, TN | To empower girls to become their best selves by reducing the likelihood of teen pregnancy and helping them to advance educationally | Youth development | $830,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wesley House Community Center | Knoxville, TN | To assist and provide services for knoxville's most under resourced and marginalized areas | Housing and shelter | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Zoo Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | To share fun experiences that educate and inspire. | $666,667 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hometon Service Coalition | Mountain City, TN | Hurricane helene relief | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Helen Ross McNabb Foundation | Knoxville, TN | To support the work of the mcnabb center with leadership and direction. | $307,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Big Ears Festival | Knoxville, TN | To collaborate with artists, audiences, and communities to create joyful, meaningful, and transcendent cultural experiences that defy boundaries, fuel curiosity, ignite the spirit, and nourish the sou | Arts, culture and humanities | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Muse Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | To inspire and empower all children thorugh transformative learning experiences. | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Interfaith Health Center | Knoxville, TN | To help provide comprehensive, affordable care to working uninsured or underserved individuals in the knoxville area. | Health care | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fish Hospitality Pantries | Knoxville, TN | To help create a community of inclusion and welcome in knoxville. | $190,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation | Knoxville, TN | To build dog parks in the community. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Score | Nashville, TN | For annual budget. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Seeed Inc | Knoxville, TN | To provide pathways out of poverty for young adults through career readiness training | Community improvement and capacity building | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of East TN | Knoxville, TN | To transform the lives of children through mentorship. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Knox County Community Gardens | Knoxville, TN | To serve and support community gardens and growers in knox county | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Roane State Foundation | Harriman, TN | To strengthen communities and eliminate barriers to student success. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts | Gatlinburg, TN | To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences. | $80,730 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boys & Girls Club of the TN Valley | Knoxville, TN | Annual budget | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Maryville, TN | To serve those experiencing hunger across east tennessee | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Random Acts of Flowers | Knoxville, TN | To improve the emotional health and well-being of individuals in healthcare facilities by delivering recycled flowers, encouragement, and personal moments of kindness. | Health care | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Great Smoky Mountain Council Bsa | Knoxville, TN | To serve young people in east tennessee by creating a positive impact. | $72,913 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Knoxville Symphony Orchestra | Knoxville, TN | To develop and sustain a symphony orchestra of the highest artistic standards and to reach east tennessee audiences of all ages. | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | For annual budget. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $63,888 | apps.irs.gov |
| Two Bikes | Knoxville, TN | Dedicated to expanding access to the benefits of riding a bike in knoxvill. | Education | $62,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Governor's Early Literacy Foundation | Nashville, TN | To strengthen early literacy by providing high-quality books to children. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Knoxville Entrepreneur Center | Knoxville, TN | To create a thriving entrepreneurial community that is accessible, diverse, and sustainable. | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spark | Knoxville, TN | To connect people with disabilities in east tennessee to adaptive technology tools and services they need to live with maximum independence and dignity. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| WDVX | Knoxville, TN | To provide an outlet for local talents on live radio in front of an audience and in-studio performanaces at our studios located in knoxville. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Equal Chance for Education | Nashville, TN | To provide higher education opportunities regardless of race, religion, or nation or birth | Education | $47,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Junior Appalachian Musicians Inc | Independence, VA | To provide communities with the tools and support they need to teach children to play and dance to traditional old time and bluegrass music. | Arts, culture and humanities | $37,765 | apps.irs.gov |
| East TN Historical Society | Knoxville, TN | To engage the public with the message that history is important. | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Step Ahead of East TN Inc | Knoxville, TN | To remove barriers to contraception through education, outreach, and access to birth control | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Junior Achievement of East TN Inc | Clinton, TN | To provide a positive, enriching learning experience free of bias that promotes greater economic opportunity. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Knox Education Foundation | Knoxville, TN | For annual budget. | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lipscomb University | Nashville, TN | For annual budget. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lakeshore Park Conservancy | Knoxville, TN | For annual budget. | Recreation and sports | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Volunteer Ministry Center | Knoxville, TN | To serve individuals who are in crisis and who may be at risk of losing their house | Housing and shelter | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leadership Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | To provide enhanced servant leadership skills and knowledge of current issues, to foster meaningful and lasting engagement in east tennessee. | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| TN State Museum Foundation | Nashville, TN | To procure, preserve, exhibit, and interpret objects which relate to the social, political, economic, and cultural histroy of tennessee. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | Gardens gala | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Prospera Corporate | Crowley, TX | Utilize soap recycling to develop and support sustainable projects that promote health education. | $17,430 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Boyd Tavern | Boydton, VA | Restoration of boyd tavern | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Red Cross | Knoxville, TN | To help prevent and relieve suffering with every action | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | Knoxville, TN | To help children achieve educational success. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| East TN Community Design Center | Knoxville, TN | To envision, inspire and improve east tennessee through design. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission | Nashville, TN | To equip tennesseans to make sound financial decision when it comes to planning, saving and investing. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rotary Foundation of Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | To build lasting friendships through contributions to a variety of local and international service projects. | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bearden High School Foundation | Knoxville, TN | For annual budget. | Education | $5,850 | apps.irs.gov |
| Asian Cultural Center of TN | Knoxville, TN | To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in east tennessee. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tennesseans for Quality Early Education | Memphis, TN | To invest in early childhood programs, promote family-friendly workplace policies, and advocate for policies that support young children and their families | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tennessee Extension Association of Administrative Professionals | Knoxville, TN | To provide and maintain a structure through which extension support professionals may be united in professional development, advancement oppurtunities, and stronger working relationships statewide for | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Candoro Arts & Heritage | Knoxville, TN | For annual budget | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Knoxville Botanical Gardens | Knoxville, TN | To preserve land and public area for knoxville community. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Knoxville Area Urban League | Knoxville, TN | To enable african americans to secure self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights | Human services | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| East Tennessee Foundation | Knoxville, TN | To make east tennessee a better place today and for future generations. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,165 | apps.irs.gov |
| South-Doyle High School | Knoxville, TN | For annual budget. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| True Purpose Ministries | Maryville, TN | To provide evidence-based treatment and housing to men and women in a structured, therapeutic community environmnent. | Housing and shelter | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hope Resource Center of Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | To help women with pregnancy and other reproductive health concerns, including pregnancy testing and abortion information. | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Youth development | $830,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $776,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $587,765 |
| Health care | $275,000 |
| Education | $230,600 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $125,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $65,053 |
| Recreation and sports | $25,000 |
States funded
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.