The Akima Club of Knoxville
Founded in 1947 as a women’s service club, Akima provides volunteer hours and financial support to Knoxville agencies covering programs for Arts, Culture and Science; Children and Youth; Medical and Social Services; Seniors and a variety of other fields. We are a 501(c)(3) organization. For more information, please contact the President at president@akimaclub.org.
Happy 75th Birthday to The Akima Club of Knoxville!
Pictured first row: Molly Deuschle (Grants Follow Up Chair), Traci Rhea (Grants Assistance Vice Chair), Tyrone Beach (Director of Development for The Muse), Patti West (75th Anniversary Chair). Second row: Wendy Hopper (Grants Assistance Chair), Tricia Lee (Parliamentarian).
In 2023, The Akima Club turned 75!! For Akima’s 75th birthday, we raised almost $6,000 for our Grants Program. The Muse Knoxville Children's Museum was awarded this amount to be used to recarpet their planetarium.
Akima Grant Program
Thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors and friends for making Cabaret 2024 a tremendous success. Because of your generous support, the Akima Grants Program is able to award another sizeable amount of $86,975.00 in grants for 2024 to local non-profit organizations. For details on our grant recipients, please click below.
Pictured here is the 2023-24 Grant Assistance Committee. From left to right: Cindy Easley, Angela Smithey, Wendy Hopper, Amanda Armstrong, Donna Abraham, Julia Brelsford, and Cindy Connor.
