The Haslam 3 Foundation

• The Haslam 3 Foundation's giving is led by education - access to schooling, school expansion, educational development, K-12 education, student preparation, college access and scholarships - alongside leadership development including Christian leadership, sports regenerative medicine innovation, parks and natural-resource preservation, arts and community activity, so check your work matches one of these strands before applying.
• Only tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organisations are eligible, and giving is predominantly within Tennessee and Ohio.
• Typical grants run from $15,000 to $2,000,000, with the median grant at $200,000, so pitch a request of that order rather than assuming you will see the largest awards the foundation has made.
• Apply with a written request stating the amount and purpose, together with your most recent audited financial statements and a copy of your tax-exempt ruling, by the fixed deadlines of 30 June or 31 December.
• With 83% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded, this looks like a relationship-led foundation where established recipients take the bulk of the money, so a first approach is worth making well ahead of a deadline and kept tightly focused on fit.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Lakeshore Park Conservancy · Manage and preserve lakeshore park
  $6,300,5982024 tax year
• University Hospitals Health System · Sports regenerative medicine innovat
  $3,000,0002024 tax year
• Emerald Youth Foundation · Develop christian leaders
  $2,065,0002024 tax year
• Charter School Growth Fund · Give children access to education
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Columbus Foundation · Support school expansion
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• City Fund · Grow access to high quality schools
  $1,323,0002024 tax year
• University of Tennessee Foundation · Support college of business
  $1,010,0002024 tax year
• Peletonia · Scholarships and grants
  $1,000,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.