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271 foundations that funded “Way”

  1. Private foundation · Kingsport

    Wayne G Basler Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $123,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Sep 30 · next Sep 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General operation expenses

  2. Private foundation · Signal Mountain

    Wayside Foundation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $50,850 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,500 (tax year 2025)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Christian missions; Christian education

  3. Public charity · Nashville

    Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $109,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2025)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · Lebanon

    Wayne and Jean Hardy Family Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $51,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To assist with general mission

  5. Private foundation · Minden, NV

    Wayne L Prim Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To honor and support america's defenders, veterans, first responders, and their families; To advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases, with a...

  6. Private foundation · Louisville, KY

    Wayne Daniel Graham and Nancy Price Graham

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $171,426 · typical grant $171,426 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  7. Private foundation · Bonita Springs, FL

    Wayne and Sharon Wellman Fam 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: General funds

  8. Private foundation · South Orange, NJ

    Wayne and Jill Canastra Family Foundation Inc.

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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

  9. Private foundation · Old Saybrook, CT

    Wayne Eisenbaum 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

    Funded: Medical treatment and research

  10. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Wayne and Alberta Longmire Endowment

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $28,683 · typical grant $28,683 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  11. Private foundation · Clinton Township, MI

    Wayne and Joan Webber Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  12. Private foundation · Cypress, TX

    Waycaster Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $400 · typical grant $400 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Research

  13. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Wayne & Ruth Diehl Charitable Trust (r)

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $593 · typical grant $593 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  14. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Wayne & Ruth Diehl Charitable Trust (w)

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,075 · typical grant $2,075 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  15. Private foundation · Highland Park, IL

    Wayfarer Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $150,000 · typical grant $150,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. United Way · Nashville

    United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.

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    315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants

  17. United Way · Chattanooga

    United Way of Greater Chattanooga

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    69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $21,689 to $64,542 (tax year 2024)

    7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. United Way · Murfreesboro

    United Way of Rutherford County

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    47 Tennessee grants totaling $694,125 · typical grant $2,500 to $21,500 (tax year 2024)

    72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for pregnant women; Ann campbell early learning center; Project learn and triple play program; Child abuse, community ed and drug endangered children programs; Rent and...

  19. United Way · Kingsport

    United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc.

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    37 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $16,000 to $58,097 (tax year 2025)

    3% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. United Way · Lebanon

    United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland

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    28 Tennessee grants totaling $206,158 · typical grant $9,637 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Designated

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.