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73 foundations that funded “World Foundation”
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Public charity · Nashville
We Are One World Foundation Inc.
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
American Express Foundation
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $1,505 · typical grant $24 to $222 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Rocky River, OH
World Group Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Beechgrove
Compass World Outreach Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Alcon Cares Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $38,179 · typical grant $490 to $33,134 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical missions
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Private foundation · St Louis, MO
World Wide Technology Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Marietta, GA
Foundation for A Better World Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $120,000 · typical grant $120,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Program expenses
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Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA
Barbara N Rubin Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Help provide clean water around the world
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Private foundation · Incline Village, NV
Burger Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
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Private foundation · Naples, FL
Tepas Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Daniel J and Edith A Ehrlich Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,884 · typical grant $2,884 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
Feinberg Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,200 · typical grant $1,200 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
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Private foundation · Albany, OR
Cross Three Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Provide support to saint jude children's hospital to lead the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
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Private foundation · Ballston Lake, NY
Christopher W Kurkjian Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To create sustainable jobs & provide relief by distributing shoes & clothing around the world.; To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases...
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Private foundation · Naples, FL
James & Nancy Heinz Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: St. Jude is leading the way the world understandings, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life theatening diseases.
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Private foundation · San Angelo, TX
James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Apr 29, Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To transform the hearts of children and families in uganda and throughout the world through life-saving medical care, family preservation, and sharing the love of jesus christ
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Private foundation · Roanoke, MA
The Bailey Wildlife Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $70,000 · typical grant $70,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Conservation projects apply the tools knowledge gained from scientific research to solve real-life problems threatening the world's wildlife
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Private foundation · North Oaks, MN
Foothills Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: St. Jude children's research hospital's purpose is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Their mission is...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Benwood Foundation Inc.
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109 Tennessee grants totaling $7.7 million · typical grant $5,000 to $81,000 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Periscope artist entrepreneur training; Creative entrepreneur training; Bessie smith legacy gala; Emma wheeler club & great futures; Capital support & general operating
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.
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18 Tennessee grants totaling $592,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Transportation - new vehicle; Able youth track and field program; Expansion project; Recovery in community-arch academy for girls; Increase capacity to serve local needs and...
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.