Mary Gk Fox Foundation 15-5006007
Knoxville, TN · EIN 62-6160483. Reported 120 grants totalling $684,005 to 43 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Mary Gk Fox Foundation 15-5006007 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $35,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Club | Greeneville, TN | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tusculum College | Greeneville, TN | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Niswonger Performing Arts Center | Greeneville, TN | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Adventist Community Services Center | Greeneville, TN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greeneville Theatre Guild | Greeneville, TN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greeneville-Greene County Community Ministries | Greeneville, TN | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greene County | Greeneville, TN | $22,155 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tabernacle Mission Soup Kitchen | Greeneville, TN | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greene County Firewood Ministry | Greeneville, TN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greene County Imagination Library | Greeneville, TN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Ne Tn | Kingsport, TN | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| George Clem Multicultural | Knoxville, TN | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greeneville Emergency Rescue Squad | Greeneville, TN | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greeneville Greene Co Com Ministries | Knoxville, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Ballet Theatre of Greeneville | Greeneville, TN | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dickson-Williams Mansion | Greeneville, TN | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Saint James Episcopal | Greeneville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ballad Health Foundation | Johnson City, TN | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gifts for Kids | Greeneville, TN | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greene Local Edu Advance Fdn | Greeneville, TN | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greeneville Greene Co History Museum | Knoxville, TN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Greeneville, TN | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canup of Greene County | Greeneville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Elizabethton, TN | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greene County Law Enforcement Assn | Knoxville, TN | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of E Tn | Knoxville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greeneville Arts Council | Greeneville, TN | $4,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baileyton Community Chest | Greeneville, TN | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Tri Cities | Kingsport, TN | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greeneville Lacrosse Club | Greeneville, TN | $3,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City Garage Car Museum | Greeneville, TN | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Greeneville Greene Co Library | Greeneville, TN | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts C/O Ann Wallace | Knoxville, TN | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rural Resources | Greeneville, TN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nathanael Greene Museum | Greeneville, TN | $2,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts Amer Council 713 Sequoya | Johnson City, TN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nolachuckey Chapter Daughters of Amer Rev | Greeneville, TN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America National Sequoyah Council C/O Lisa Adkins | Johnson City, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of the Applachian Council | Johnson City, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greeneville Hiking Club | Afton, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greeneville Humane Societ | Greeneville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sequoyah Council Boy Scouts America | Knoxville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cedar Creek Presbyterian Church | Greeneville, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
31 of 43 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 88%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Niswonger Performing Arts Center
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES - Fellowship of Christian Athletes
SCHOLARSHIPS TO FCA EVENTS - First Presbyterian Church
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS - Greeneville Arts Council
WEB SITE DOMAIN AND HOSTING - Friends of Greeneville Greene Co Library
CHILDREN AND TEEN READING - Nathanael Greene Museum
LANDSCAPING MUSEUM DISPLAY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $172,105 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 27 | $165,400 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 32 | $167,250 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 30 | $179,250 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Tennessee.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mary Gk Fox Foundation 15-5006007's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 800 S Gay Street, Knoxville, TN, 37995. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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