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98 foundations that funded “Riser Foundation”
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Public charity · Nashville
Riser Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $110,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
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Private foundation · Oxford, NY
Tallahatchie River Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,584 · typical grant $3,584 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Pine River Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To provide support to exempt org
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Private foundation · Memphis
Preserverpartners Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $10,998 · typical grant $500 to $3,198 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Economic opport; Scholarships
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Rise Opportunity Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $500,000 · typical grant $500,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Fort Lee, NJ
Cross River Community Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $14,800 · typical grant $14,800 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Community foundation · Vero Beach, FL
Indian River Community Foundation Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $24,300 · typical grant $10,000 to $14,300 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Environment; Health
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Private foundation · St Petersburg, FL
Dwayne Hawkins Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $28,100 · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: River city run (Chattanooga); Dustin ledford scholarship; General donation; Gala 2024
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Public charity · Portland, OR
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $519,000 to $738,628 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Project services soil health work in the red river watershed project & reforestation of previously mined lands project; San luis national wildlife refuge - blue goose unit...
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Private foundation · Proctor, VT
Carris Corporation Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,500 · typical grant $3,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Provides support to river view high school baseball program, the community, and to the glen fork school
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lyndhurst Foundation Inc.
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118 Tennessee grants totaling $6.7 million · typical grant $3,239 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
11 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To match LH Associates contributions; LH Associates matching program; General Operations 2024; "My Thriving Garden" Project; Health Services and Improved Database Capacity
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Private foundation · Richmond, VA
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $52,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Ducks unlimited south carolina lowcountry program fy25; Hammock river restoration
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Private foundation · Yarmouth, ME
Protein Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Work with Haiti partners with faith based organizations i.e. churches in Haiti to empower communities to rise from a culture of desperation to one of restored hope and...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Formanek Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · typical grant $40,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits; To support the provision of health care for underinsured people; To improve Memphis by the revival of...
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Dolan Gardens Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $32,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Azalea-related research to improve the beauty versatility and popularity of these plants; Promote horticulture; Land conservation; Conservation of TN river gorge
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Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation
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60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
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91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General donation; Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship
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Private foundation · Nashville
T & T Family Foundation
Takes applications
70 Tennessee grants totaling $467,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General funds; Madison campus; General funds, Nashville area; Academic remediation for disadvantaged students; Helping individuals with beginning again (ged + daycare while learning)
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Robert F Stone Foundation Aka
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115 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
7 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Charitable Event; BSF Music Fund; BSF Local Music Fund; MAC CARES Center; To support Betterfi expansion into the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Market
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Private foundation · Dunn, NC
Alphin Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support their various religious and evangelistic programs and services
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.