Community Healing Fund
Collaborating with Black-led organizations to create a more equitable and supportive grant process built directly on the needs of nonprofits and the community they serve.
Community Healing Fund
In 2021, United Way of Greater Knoxville started the Community Healing Fund to support small to medium-sized Black-led organizations and to collaborate to create a more equitable grant process. This year, our committee selected 15 Black-led organizations who are rooted in community to receive these unrestricted funds. These 15 organizations will work together, alongside United Way of Greater Knoxville, to create a shared aspiration for the community. Our hope is that this group will help us continually refine our grant process to make it more equitable and more focused on true community need.
By investing in this fund, donors will be able to see the growth in the community through the empowerment of local Black nonprofits through capacity building and resource allocation. Resources will be directly distributed back in the community to create a brighter and more equitable future.
A 1 Learning Connections’ mission is to enable students to triumph in the world of tomorrow. They accomplish this through after school programs, summer institute programs, and professional development for teachers.
Laschinski Emerson
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Drums Up Guns Down was designed to help address the cycle of gun violence. It teaches West African Drum and Dance to promote healing. Students learn healthy problem-solving strategies, communication, practical social-emotional coping skills through drum and dance.
Obayana Ajannaku
East TN Freedom Schools incorporates a “I can make a difference” mission to support children and young adults to excel and to believe in their ability to make a difference in themselves and their families, schools, communities, country and world with hope, education, and action.
Denise Dean
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Real Talk Mentoring mission is to develop and promote character, self-esteem, and real relationships. They encourage enrich and empower the youth to be successful by keeping discussions real, realistic, and relational through shared life experiences.
Clarence Swearengen
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Our mission is to assist in the holistic development of African American youth to produce responsible adults. They will create an environment conducive to developing life skills, a strong sense of leadership and community.
Reggie Jenkins
Youth Outreach in Science Technology Engineering and Math aims is to empower underserved students by educating them through hands-on STEM experiences and engaging them in STEM through independent ownership, to facilitate a competitive advantage in the marketplace to build wealth and positively impact society.
Candice Halbert
Traditional Grant Funded Organizations
A 1 Learning Connections
A Step Ahead Foundation
ARC Knox County
Asian Culture Center of Tennessee
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley
Bridge Refugee Services, Inc.
Camp Koinonia Foundation, Inc.
CASA of East Tennessee
Catholic Charities of East Tennessee
Centro Hispano de East Tennessee
Childhelp
Clinch-Powell Resource Conservation and Development
Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking
East Tennessee Children's Hospital
East Tennessee Equality Council, Inc.
East Tennessee Historical Society, Inc.
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank
Emerald Academy
Emerald Youth Foundation
Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee
Family Promise of Knoxville
Foothills Land Conservancy
Freedom Village of Hope DBA East Tennessee Freedom Schools
Friends of Literacy
Friends of the Knox County Public Library for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Knox County
Girl Talk, Inc.
Girls Inc. of the Tennessee Valley
Helen Ross McNabb Center
Helping Mamas Knoxville
Interfaith Health Clinic
Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity
Joy of Music School
Karate Five Association, Inc.
Knox County Rescue
Knox County Schools Clothing Center PTA
Knox Education Foundation
Knox Housing Partnership DBA HomeSource East Tennessee
Knoxville - Knox County CAC
Knoxville - Knox County CAC for Affordable Neighborhoods
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation
Knoxville Area Urban League
Knoxville Family Justice Center
Knoxville Leadership Foundation
Legal Aid of East Tennessee
Little Oaks Academy
Live-It Ministries, Inc.
Magnolia Harbor Carefarm
Mental Health Association of East Tennessee
Muse Knoxville
My Daughters Journey, Inc.
New Direction Health Care Solutions, Inc.
Next Step Initiative
Nourish Knoxville
Operation Inasmuch Inc.
Raising a Voice
Rooted East/The Women Knoxville
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee
SEEED Inc.
Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service, Inc.
Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding
Shora Foundation
Southeastern Housing Foundation
Sunshine Ambassadors
Sussanah's House
The Florence Crittenton Agency
The Mend House Sober Living Community for Men
The Restoration House
The Salvation Army
Volunteer Ministry Center
Wesley House Community Center
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Inc.
YMCA of East Tennessee
YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley
