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649 foundations that funded “Car”
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Public charity · St Louis Park, MN
Car Donation Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $665,893 · typical grant $25,636 to $582,598 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Nashville
Car Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,500 · typical grant $28,000 to $32,500 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Hendersonville
Carolyn Smith Foundation
Takes applications
146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2 million · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services - local community; Health - General; Medical research; Provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in Middle Tennessee; Programs...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Cartinhour-Woods Foundation Inc.
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26 Tennessee grants totaling $210,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating funds; Operating fund; University relations
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Private foundation · Shreveport, LA
Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $24,500 · typical grant $500 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 5, Jul 21 · next Jan 5, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating expenses; Program services; Operating expense
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Private foundation · Nashville
Caritas Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $131,000 · typical grant $7,000 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General support for operations
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Care Foundation of America Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $302,000 to $420,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Care Institute Group Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $530,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Event Sponsorship; General Purpose $200K - Event Sponsorship $25K; Campaign for Building a Healthier Future - BSN Scholars Program
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Private foundation · Dublin, OH
Cardinal Health Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $278,500 · typical grant $3,500 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Employee engagement\volunteer leadership grant; Employee engagement\scholarships; Mental health\zero suicide cohorts
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Public charity · Carthage
Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation Ucemc Cares
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $38,902 · typical grant $5,920 to $6,910 (tax year 2024)
83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $262,500 to $400,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: As a final grant to build science instructional capacity and services; For project support to Nashville Public Library to expand reach and services through their English as a...
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Private foundation · Paducah, KY
Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $175,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Share the gospel; Support christian ministry; Christian ministry; To fund christian outreach to the poor
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Private foundation · Portland
Carl Fussell Memorial Scholarship Fund
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $2,500 · typical grant $500 to $750 (tax year 2025)
Funded: College scholarship
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Public charity · Golden, CO
Cars for Charity Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $67,982 · typical grant $10,995 to $27,213 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Beaver, PA
Robert Todd Carter Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $16,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Religious
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Private foundation · Memphis
Carlos H Cantu Family Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Program services; Program service
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Carrie Parks Wilson Memorial Fund
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $27,267 · typical grant $9,089 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Roanoke, VA
Cartledge Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $1,500 · typical grant $500 (tax year 2023)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Nashville
Carpenter Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $300,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Park conservation; Advancement of econ. And racial just
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.