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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation
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About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation
The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on community-focused social services—especially hunger relief—while also supporting Tennessee cultural institutions and targeted education/scholarship programs for military families. Grants are few but sizable, split between national partners that deliver food assistance and local/state nonprofit causes tied to the company’s home state. The foundation’s corporate giving arm (Cracker Barrel Cares) also appears as a recipient, reflecting internal community investment.
Focus Areas
Hunger relief and food bank networks (major support to Feeding America)Tennessee cultural and museum support (state museum funding)Scholarships and support for military families (university scholarship programs)Corporate community initiatives via Cracker Barrel Cares
Who They Fund
undergraduate college students (including community college students)graduate and professional studentsmilitary families / dependentsstudents at HBCUs and regional public universities
About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation
A $100,000 grant to the Tennessee State Museum Foundation shows how the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation pairs hunger relief with targeted support for Tennessee institutions and scholarship programs. Across its recent giving, the foundation supports community food assistance, state cultural organizations, and education aid for students and military families. Feeding America is another major recipient, with three grants in the recent list: $100,000 in 2024, $90,000 in 2023, and $85,000 in 2025. That pattern sits alongside smaller scholarship awards that connect the foundation to colleges and universities in Tennessee and beyond, including Vanderbilt University, the University of Tennessee system, and community colleges. The foundation also makes memorial-designated gifts and community support grants, and one recent award went to Cracker Barrel Cares, reflecting an internal employee-focused component within the broader philanthropic program. Its grantmaking is regional, but the recipient list reaches beyond Tennessee into multiple states through food-security and education funding.
What Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation Funds
Food insecurity is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s recent grantmaking. It gave $100,000 to Feeding America in 2024, plus additional support in 2023 and 2025, tying the foundation closely to national hunger-relief work. Community programs also appear in grants to Tennessee Justice Center for community support and to Homebound Meals in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Education funding shows up through scholarship awards to students at institutions such as the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Northeast Mississippi Community College, and Boston University. The foundation also backs military-family scholarships, including a $40,000 grant to Vanderbilt University for that purpose. Cultural and civic support is present as well, with a $100,000 grant to Tennessee State Museum Foundation.
How Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation Gives
Most recent grants are small and standardized: the p25, median, and p75 are all $1,000. That distribution sits next to a few much larger awards, which makes the pattern feel like a mix of broad scholarship support and selective larger operating or program grants. The foundation appears to fund both recurring and one-time recipients: Feeding America, Vanderbilt University, and Tennessee State Museum Foundation each appear more than once or in multiple years. It also gives through the corporate side, as shown by a grant to Cracker Barrel Cares. The foundation accepts unsolicited requests, including requests for grants, sponsorships, and dining certificate donations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$170K
Total Assets
$5.6M
Total Revenue
$321K
Total Expenses
$249K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $1K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$1K
Geographic Reach
National37 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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