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20 foundations that funded “Arbor”

  1. Private foundation · Nashville

    Arbor Rouge Foundation Trust

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $22,500 · typical grant $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  2. Public charity · Lincoln, NE

    National Arbor Day Foundation

    Ask before applying

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $207,950 · typical grant $5,000 to $37,500 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Encourage and facilitate the adoption of leading-edge practices in municipal forests including inventory, planting, maintenance and education.

  3. Private foundation · Kent, OH

    Davey Company Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arboricultural grants

  4. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Lyndhurst Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    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

  5. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Robert F Stone Foundation Aka

    Invitation only

    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

  6. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Footprint Foundation Inc.

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    42 Tennessee grants totaling $644,525 · typical grant $1,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: The 'Notes in Nature' event in collaboration with reflection riding; African American Cemetery Fund; Sankofa Fund; Langston and Malcolm Carter Scholarship fund; Center for...

  7. Private foundation · Camden, NJ

    American Water Charitable Foundationinc

    Takes applications

    28 Tennessee grants totaling $275,925 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hand Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $26,000 · typical grant $750 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted grant

  9. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Hartley Foundation

    Invitation only

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $28,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Haiti fund; Raccoon Mountain trail fund

  10. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.

    Ask before applying

    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

  11. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation

    Takes applications

    48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

    2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted grant

  12. Public charity · Baltimore, MD

    T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    70 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $10,000 to $47,845 (tax year 2025)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Multiple

  13. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    The Martin Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational

  14. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    The Wally and Jo Strobel Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education

  15. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    Kla Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General operating donation to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric diseases

  16. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    The Berry Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General funds

  17. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    Harvest Time Partners Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $6,180 · typical grant $6,180 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  18. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    Manat Foundation

    Invitation only

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

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Further charitable goals

  19. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    The Buchholz Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education / food pantry

  20. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    Cayman Biomedical Research Institute

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $60,000 · typical grant $60,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Research grant

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.