Over the next several weeks, we’ll be recognizing the 2026 recipients of the Kingsport Community Fund’s “Kingsport’s Best”, celebrating those whose service, generosity, and commitment make Kingsport a better place to live.
While you’re thinking about it, mark your calendar for the next round: August 6, 2027.
Kingsport Community Fund is the new name for the Kingsport Community Foundation, an affiliate of the East Tennessee Foundation. ETF manages roughly 500 charitable funds and eight supporting organizations, representing over $625 million in assets across 25 East Tennessee counties. Beyond the Kingsport Community Foundation, its portfolio spans local affiliate funds, donor-advised accounts, nonprofit endowments, scholarships, and disaster relief initiatives.
Over its 20-year history, the Kingsport Community Fund has directed more than $11 million into Greater Kingsport—including over $500,000 in direct grants alongside millions in facilitated gifts—to build permanent endowments and fund major civic enhancements. These resources have supported cornerstone public spaces like Centennial Park, Bays Mountain Park, and the Kingsport Public Library, as well as youth and cultural programs through the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport, the Dobyns-Bennett Band Centennial. The foundation has also backed critical regional welfare and animal care initiatives, including the Petworks Good Steward Animal Center and the Second Harvest Food Bank.
We begin with our first Community Servant Award recipients, Russ and Joyce Brogden, whose dedication to our community exemplifies the very best of Kingsport.
As the year draws to a close, we invite you to consider a year-end gift to the Kingsport Community Fund. Your generosity helps us continue investing in the people, organizations, and initiatives that strengthen our community.
Make your tax-deductible gift here:
We also welcome gifts of appreciated stock, which may offer additional tax advantages. For more information contact Dara Worrell dworrell@etf.org or Evan Beech ebeech@etf.org.
You may also mail a check payable to the East Tennessee Foundation, indicating Kingsport Community Fund in the memo line, to:
East Tennessee Foundation
525 Portland Street
Knoxville, TN 37919
For more information, please contact:
Regional Advancement
East Tennessee Foundation
(865) 524-1223 or toll-free 1-877-524-1223
Together, we can continue bringing out Kingsport’s best!
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