The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc
Knoxville, TN · EIN 62-1867421. Reported 114 grants totalling $74.7M to 52 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. The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc 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 $200,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $50,000 and $450,000; the smallest was $600 and the largest $17.7M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Park Conservancy | Knoxville, TN | $25.2M | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $8,980,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charter School Growth Fund | Broomfield, CO | $8,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University Hospitals Health System | Shaker Heights, OH | $7,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Columbus Foundation | Columbus, OH | $5,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Tn Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $3,830,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metro Schools | Columbus, OH | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City Fund | Beaverton, OR | $1,323,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Afc Growth Fund | Washington, DC | $1,100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tn Score | Nashville, TN | $1,050,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peletonia | Columbus, OH | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tennessee State Museum | Nashville, TN | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Excellence in Educat | Tallahassee, FL | $900,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Helen Ross Mcnabb Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $866,666 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Cleveland Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cleveland Orchestra | Cleveland, OH | $675,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Moreland Hills, OH | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $559,357 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mmac Community Support | Milwaukee, WI | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Leadership Network | Barrington, IL | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Partnership Schools | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Knox Education Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $398,275 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tn Achieves | Knoxville, TN | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Fix Campaign | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Drexel Fund | Seattle, WA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thomas B Fordham Institue | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Ambassadors Language Academy | Cleveland, OH | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maryville College | Maryville, TN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The City Club of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Knoxville Preparatory School | Chattanooga, TN | $197,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Tn Children's Hospital Assoc | Knoxville, TN | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clayton Bradley Academy | Maryville, TN | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | New York, NY | $117,415 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Chattanooga Prep Inc | Chattanooga, TN | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Teach for America Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Policy Group | Wilmette, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Thomas B Fordham Institute | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Webb School of Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heartland Forward | Bentonville, AR | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Playhouse Square | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Schools Network | Columbus, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| School Choice Ohio | Columbus, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Diverse Charter Schools Coalition | New York, NY | $34,525 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Centerstone | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harlem Children's Zone | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Policy Innovators in Education | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Community School | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redbird | Franklin, TN | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Esperanza | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
30 of 52 (58%) 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 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Lakeshore Park Conservancy
MANAGE AND PRESERVE LAKESHORE PARK - University Hospitals Health System
SPORTS REGENERATIVE MEDICINE INNOVAT - Emerald Youth Foundation
DEVELOP CHRISTIAN LEADERS - Charter School Growth Fund
GIVE CHILDREN ACCESS TO EDUCATION - City Fund
GROW ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS - University of Tn Foundation
SUPPORT COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 69 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $10.3M | $250,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $11.9M | $200,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $31.1M | $150,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $21.4M | $200,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 57% of this one's giving went to organizations in Tennessee. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 $200,000. 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 The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc'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: Po Box 11086, Knoxville, TN, 37939. 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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