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4 foundations that funded “Upward”
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Onward and Upward Charitable Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Columbia, MD
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $132,985 · typical grant $26,918 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Upward mobility - cross sector partnerships; Community partner capacity; Resilience - general
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Private foundation · Franklin
Milanka & Charlie Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $98,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
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176 Tennessee grants totaling $195,716 · typical grant $60 to $459 (tax year 2024)
42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gifts; Volunteer program
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.