The Dollywood Foundation
To share the life and legacy of dolly parton as an inspiration to all children to dream more, learn more,care more and be more.
The Dollywood Foundation at a glance
In short: The Dollywood Foundation reported $120K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $120,000 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -70.0% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $141,532,852
- +108.8% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $98,131,804
- +9.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $3,480,289
- +46.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $94,811,002
- +12.7% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The Dollywood Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How The Dollywood Foundation gives
- Giving grew 300% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2023) to $511K (2019). In 2025 it reported $120K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Ways Gatlinburg, TN | — | $400,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $141,532,852 | $98,131,804 | $94,811,002 | $120,000 | Total only | $3,480,289 |
| 2024 | $67,777,675 | $89,841,114 | $84,089,692 | $400,000 | 1 | $2,377,103 |
| 2023 | $51,822,822 | $78,447,198 | $63,879,132 | $25,000 | 1 | $1,506,114 |
| 2022 | $33,234,887 | $55,014,669 | $52,357,639 | $50,000 | 1 | $541,183 |
| 2021 | $28,706,195 | $47,147,994 | $45,755,976 | $100,000 | 2 | $749,158 |
| 2020 | $23,282,143 | $42,750,755 | $40,678,284 | $217,500 | 4 | $501,278 |
| 2019 | $16,901,753 | $36,082,439 | $35,759,108 | $510,759 | 5 | $423,520 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About The Dollywood Foundation
Based on IRS filings
The Dollywood Foundation is a public charity, based in Sevierville, TN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $141.5M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $120K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $3.5M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Dollywood Foundation is led by Jeff Conyers, President on every filing since 2019; 5 of 16 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jeff Conyers
President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$181K (2019) → $806K (2025)
Dolly Parton
Chair
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Theresa Long
Director of Mark
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$109K (2021) → $153K (2025)
Ethan Taylor
Director of Fina
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$107K (2023) → $116K (2025)
Samuel Wolfe
Director of Oper
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$133K (2023) → $177K (2025)
Rachel King
Senior Reg. Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$109K (2025)
Andrew Wexler
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Crissy Haslam
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edna Rogers
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ted Miller
Director
Vice Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Parton George
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Byron Trauger
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joel Manby
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Claudia Brooks D'avanzo
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charles Kite
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eugene Naughton
Treasurer
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (7)
- Former: Norrine Briggs (2023–2024) — Executive Di
- Former: David Dotson (2019–2023) — Vice President & Secretary
- Former: Ken Bell (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Norrine Brydon (2021–2022) — Executive Di
- Former: Samuel Roberts (2022) — Director of Oper
- Former: Jo Blalock (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Craig Ross (2019–2020) — Vice President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $806K, to Jeff Conyers (President). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Dollywood Foundation
How much does The Dollywood Foundation give each year?
The Dollywood Foundation reported $120K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $400K across 1 grant.
How large is The Dollywood Foundation?
The Dollywood Foundation reported $141.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $98.1M.
Where does The Dollywood Foundation operate?
The Dollywood Foundation has awarded grants in California, Tennessee.
What is The Dollywood Foundation's EIN?
The Dollywood Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 62-1348105. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 1, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 21, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 29, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 10, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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