Choicedata Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes contributions only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be the right route, and the filing gives no submission process to follow.
- Its typical grant band is $120,000 to $265,000, with a median of $200,000 and half of its grants at $200,000 or less, so a modest request in that range fits its usual pattern, though its largest grant was about $390,000.
- Repeat giving is strong: 72% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, which suggests that a first approach works mainly through an existing relationship.
- No geographic focus is stated, so the Tennessee and Rhode Island pattern describes past giving rather than a rule about who may apply.
- The filing does not say when the foundation considers requests, so timing is unknown.
Overview
Choicedata Foundation is a US private foundation based in Knoxville, TN.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings do not state a broader funding field or describe a submission route. The recorded grants went mainly to youth organisations and education-related recipients, including boys’ and girls’ clubs, youth organisations and academies, alongside a charitable endowment programme and a centre. The grant descriptions do not explain the particular charitable purposes for those awards; they state only that funds are to be used for the designated charitable purpose. The recipient record therefore describes past giving rather than stated eligibility or a general policy for future applicants.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Tennessee and Rhode Island.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The filing gives no submission route or application instructions.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 72% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 17 grants to organisations were $200,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 22% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 72% of grant dollars went to organisations Choicedata Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 9% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 6 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $217k (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley · To use the funds from this award only for the designated charitable purpose.$261,2002025 tax year
- Tnachieves · To use the funds from this award only for the designated charitable purpose.$250,0002025 tax year
- Helen Ross McNabb Center · To use the funds from this award only for the designated charitable purpose.$234,3752025 tax year
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga · To use the funds from this award only for the designated charitable purpose.$200,0002025 tax year
- Emerald Youth Foundation · To use the funds from this award only for the designated charitable purpose.$190,1212025 tax year
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · To use the funds from this award only for the designated charitable purpose.to use the funds from this award only for the designated charitable purpose.to use the funds from this award only for the designated charitable purpose.$124,4042025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Tim Williams — Director
- Timothy M Mclemore — Director
- John W Holden Jr — Director
- Bob Dixon — Director
- Gerald D Daves — Director
- Dan M Bechtol — Director, President / CEO
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $1,123,232 | $1,082,742 | $24,616,972 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,211,680 | $1,177,440 | $25,760,169 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,312,591 | $1,260,100 | $26,898,668 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Knoxville, TN