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4 foundations that funded “Civic Nation”
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Benwood Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
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 · Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation
Takes applications
30 Tennessee grants totaling $6.2 million · typical grant $120,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Project support grant to complete the final phase of the locally driven narrative efforts supported by ideas42; Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen...
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Private foundation · Basking Ridge, NJ
Verizon Foundation
Invitation only
76 Tennessee grants totaling $106,304 · typical grant $135 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Other civic / community
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Community foundation · New York, NY
The New York Community Trust
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
44 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For program support.; For a scholarship award.
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.