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8 foundations that funded “Major”

  1. Public charity · New York, NY

    Major League Baseball Players Trust

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $37,000 · typical grant $6,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Public charity · New York, NY

    Major League Baseball Charities Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $22,947 · typical grant $6,498 to $8,949 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Drum Major Institute

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Devine-Majors Foundation

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    21 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    76% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Chapel Hill, NC

    Carlson Family Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $77,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Major grant; Discretionary grant

  6. Private foundation · Ft Mitchell, KY

    Adam R Scripps Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $295,000 · typical grant $75,000 to $120,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Child Life Specialists Services; Major Surgical Procedures

  7. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Syncopation Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Just One More Foundation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $86,126 · typical grant $2,024 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant to support equal opportunity and second chances.

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which lists the grants they paid and how to apply. Community foundations, United Ways and other public charities file Form 990, and we use its Schedule I (grants over $5,000). We include every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee groups. Corporate and community-foundation grant rounds are in the grant search.