2025 Athens Federal Foundation Grant Recipients

Organization

Amount

Funding Purpose

McMinn County Education and Community Foundation

$20,000

Compassion Closet - clothing and personal care items for each McMinn County Public School

Tennessee Wesleyan University

$25,000

Scholarship Support

Cleveland State CC Foundation

$5,000

Scholarship for workforce development programs

Lee University

$3,000

English Language Center - Five mentor teachers and instructional material for adult ESL classes

CASA Corridor of East Tennessee

$12,000

Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates

CASA of Bradley County

$4,000

Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates

CASA Monroe

$8,000

Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates

The Trousdale School

$5,000

Funding toward technology systems in vocation training area

Morning Star Ministries, Inc.

$5,000

Funding for practical skills curriculum and supplies

Tri-County Center

$3,010

Tablets and charging station for transition from school to work students and vocational adjustment individuals

Helping Hands Ministry of McMinn County, Inc.

$5,000

Building materials and subcontracting work for home repair and handicap ramps for low-income homeowners

Athens-McMinn Family YMCA

$20,000

Expansion of Youth Community Action Project (YCAP) for at risk youth

Boys and Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region - Etowah

$5,000

Expansion of Great Futures Program of Etowah unit

Let's Read 20

$5,000

Operational expenses for agency providing free books and literacy resources to McMinn and Meigs County families

EG Fisher Public Library

$2,100

Enhancements to children's space and weekly story time programs

Friends of Etowah Carnegie Library

$3,000

Support for development of adult nonfiction collection

Polk County Friends of the Library

$2,500

Books for Imagination Library Program

Monroe County Imagination Library

$2,500

Books for Imagination Library Program

Meigs-Decatur Friends of the Library

$2,500

Books for Imagination Library Program

McMinn County Education & Community Foundation

$5,000

Books for Imagination Library Program

Good Faith Clinic, Inc.

$6,000

2026 Community Health Fair

The Grace House in Athens

$5,000

Operations of Homeless/Recovery House in Athens

Women at the Well

$5,000

Scholarship support for women entering program for assistance with life controlling problems

Miracle Lake, Inc.

$15,000

Food cost for program participants

Straightway Ministry, Inc.

$5,000

Food costs, supportive services at TCAT and Cleveland State

The HOPE Center, Inc.

$10,000

Darkness to Light Program materials and resources

McMinn County Emergency Rescue Squad

$7,850

QTAC skit system with rescue stokes basket

Etowah Rescue Squad

$10,000

Rope rigging rescue equipment

Monroe Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department

$7,000

Vehicle stabilization struts rescue equipment

Englewood Rural Fire Department

$12,200

Swift water rescue equipment

St Paul's Episcopal - Love Period

$5,000

Program Supplies

Love thy Neighbor Project (TWU)

$15,000

Back Sack Program for McMinn County Schools

Nourish One Child - Keith Memorial UMC

$2,500

Back Sack Program for Athens City Schools

Niota UMC (Christian Co-Workers Children's Aid)

$2,500

Weekend Meal Program for Niota Elementary School

Etowah Area Senior Center

$5,000

McMinn County Meals on Wheels Program

McMinn County Senior Citizens

$5,000

Senior Advocate and Senior Safe at Home Program

Keith Memorial UMC - Warming Center

$3,000

Supplies for Warming Center

Wesley Memorial UMC 

$7,500

Etowah Community Food Pantry food costs

Grace & Mercy Ministries

$5,000

Kitchen equipment and food costs

Coordinated Charities, Inc.

$6,000

Food for food pantry

St Paul's Episcopal Church - Table Graces

$5,000

Food for food pantry

New Bethany Missionary Baptist Church

$2,000

Food for food pantry

Athens McMinn Family YMCA

$25,000

Building repair projects