2025 Mount Rest Fund Grant

2025 Mount Rest Fund Grant is sponsored by East Tennessee Foundation. Supports women, children, and youth in Knox County, Tennessee, through competitive grants addressing critical needs.

Mount Rest Fund - East Tennessee Foundation In 1894, Mount Rest Home was started by a group of forward-thinking women, at their own expense, as a residence for elderly ladies in Knoxville who had very little funds or family to care for them.

The devoted women of the board of Mount Rest Home cooked and sold lunches at Thanksgiving to raise funds to support the home, and they tended to every need of the house and the ladies who lived there. Although the lovely home eventually closed, many of the daughters and granddaughters of the original board members continued to provide for the welfare of women and children in Knox County.

They established the Mount Rest Foundation in 1994 and then the Mount Rest Fund of East Tennessee Foundation in 2004 to continue and secure their families’ legacy of caring for Knox County’s women, children, and youth. To learn more about the history of Mount Rest Fund, watch this video: Mount Rest Fund . Mount Rest Fund will not award grants in 2026.

Information about the next grant cycle will be available by January 31, 2027. Organizations applied for amounts up to $20,000. Grants were awarded in April 2025 for two-year terms.

The grant term is May 1, 2025 – April 30, 2027. Projects must specifically benefit women and/or children and youth in Knox County and address one or more of the following focus areas: Early childhood education Prevention and/or mitigation of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Click here for General Eligibility and Funding Criteria .

Additional eligibility criteria specific to Mount Rest Fund: Applicant organizations must serve women and/or children and youth in Knoxville or Knox County; and Under special circumstances, grants will be made to institutions outside Knox County for programs that are operated within or provide direct benefit to residents of the county.

Tutorial for completing your grant application Logon page to access application and report forms Please direct your questions to a member of East Tennessee Foundation’s Grantmaking Team: Ashley Siferd Butler , Director of Competitive Grants Brooke Anguiano , Assistant Director of Grantmaking & Operations Email: gr ********* @ * tf. org Telephone: (865) 524-1223 ext. 144 or toll-free (877) 524-1223 ext.

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