East Tennessee Foundation

ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION The East Tennessee Foundation (ETF) is a public charity and nationally accredited community foundation created by and for the people of East Tennessee. Many donors and organizations join together to make the region we love a better place – today, and for future generations. The ETF was established in 1986 with $625,000 in assets. Since then, it has grown into a community foundation supporting 25 counties, managing $647 million in assets (as of year-end 2024), and is comprised of approximately eight supporting organizations and 500 charitable funds. Like other community foundations, the ETF operates as a collection of hundreds of distinct charitable funds and supporting foundations established by individuals, families, businesses, and other nonprofits. Our work helps achieve a wide variety of philanthropic objectives in our community.