Charitable Donations

Blount County Fire Protection

Collecting funds to provide the fire department with new fire-fighting equipment. If you donate $250 or more you will receive a contribution letter for your tax file.

Empty Pantry Fund

The purpose is to provide food for the needy of Blount County at Christmas time. Money and volunteer time are needed.

Experience Your Smokies

To provide educational experiences to the leadership of Blount County that facilitates an appreciation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and provides opportunities to be engaged in issues of mutual interest.

Fine Arts Blount

Fine Arts Blount (FAB) is a non-profit group of artists, located in Blount County, Tennessee, dedicated to improving the quality of visual arts in our community. Goals are to encourage high standards and excellence in the visual arts, develop exhibit venues for our artists, enrich community life with "Artreach" programs, work mostly with community youth through volunteer art projects, enable and advocate for a cultural arts facility originating in and spotlighting Blount County.

Friends of Camp Montvale

The primary purpose of the Friends of Camp Montvale is to function as a not-for-profit running operations for children and the community through outdoor recreation, residential/day camping, and educational experiences that offer children and families an opportunity to appreciate our natural resources and create, both physically and emotionally, stronger individuals and families.

Karitos Aviation

Karitos Aviation is a non-profit organization serving people in situations of compelling need through charitalbe air transportation. A charitable means of long distance medical air transport is provided for all medically indigent, low-income and financially vulnerable patients in our society thereby ensuring equal access to distant specialized medical treatment or to appropriate facilities and setting for continuing care.

Martin Luther King Celebration

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee exists to plan a yearly celebration  to honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Our goal is not to forget his legacy, the struggles he endured for the Civil Rights Movement and losing his life so others might have freedom. We can contribute to this cause by having dedicated volunteers, sponsorships throught financial gifts, program ads, attending the Business Luncheon and all the other special celebration events that are planned.

Maryville Downtown Association

The primary purpose of the Maryville Downtown Association is to function as a not-for-profit to promote Downtown as a place to work, live, and recreate. The association will use its unified voice to communicate with area agencies and governmental bodies for its membership. The association will assist in identifying needs and improvements, and be a facilitator for downtown.

Maryville Farmer’s Market

Mission of the Maryville Farmers' Market is: to promote the sale of local farm products, improve the freshness, taste, and nutritional value of produce available, encourage more social contact between consumer and farmer, to educate the public as to the agricultural traditions of East Tennessee and to celebrate and help preserve family farms.

One Community

One Community is a program developed by Mountain Challenge in partnership with Leadership Blount, Maryville College, and the three local schools systems, (Alcoa City, Maryville City, and Blount County). The outcome of this program is to foster a sense of community that reaches beyond the public schools and teaches students how to work together regardless of school alliance. This program helps to broaden student participation in the Blount County area and prepares them for today's challenging work environment.

Patch Ministries

Patch Ministries is a full-time Christian help and housing ministry that serve believers and non-believers through the repair of houses and hearts. All families to be served will be referred by an agency other than Patch. (Child and Family Services, the Child Advocacy Center, The United Way to name a few).

Richard Williams Leadership Academy

The Richard Williams Jr. Leadership Development Academy is a Blount County based non-profit organization established to help address the needs of middle school-aged children. Through an initiative sponsored by the New Trinity Tabernacle and Life Covenant Ministries Church of God in Christ, of Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee, the academy partners with Alcoa/Blount County Schools, Maryville City Schools, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, and Knox County Schools to identify and select the participants. Participants are not required to be affiliated with any religious organization or church. The participants in the Leadership component are enrolled in a 20-week course. During the course, incentives are offered to reach a goal of perfect school attendance and honor roll status.

Stanley B. "Skeeter" Shields Scholarship

Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation

The purpose of the Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is to promote, through advocacy and education, cycling as a safe and healthy form of transportation, and to provide financial assistance to families that have been touched by cycling tragedies.

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Wilderwood Service Dogs

Wilderwood Service Dogs is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing multiple opportunities to our surrounding community by rescuing unwanted and homeless puppies and young dogs for their training programs. The rescued dogs are trained as service dogs for individuals with mental health conditions, brain disorders, and the elderly. Some other conditions include autism, dementia, and alzheimers. They also have a teen outreach program for at risk and challenged youths that get local teens involved with training the service dogs for the disabled.