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15 foundations that funded “Lions”

  1. Public charity · Oak Brook, IL

    Lions Clubs International Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $247,777 · typical grant $12,140 to $99,500 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: All Inclusive Playground; Purchase Retina and Cataract Surgery Machine; Tornado Relief; Hurricane Relief; Support Fairfield Food Packaging Event

  2. Public charity · Chapel Hill

    International Association of Lions Clubs

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $72,696 · typical grant $10,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support local high school athletics; To support hurricane disaster relief; To support sight services and other community initiatives; To support the local community

  3. Public charity · Bartlett

    Lakeland Lions Foundation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $264,275 · typical grant $22,385 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Lions Charities Inc.

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2024)

  5. Private foundation · Cerritos, CA

    Uptown Long Beach Lions Club

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,040 · typical grant $1,040 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support veterans first responders and their families

  6. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Estelle Abe & Marjorie Sanders TN Fdn

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Public charity · Memphis

    930 Friends

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $48,690 · typical grant $20,000 to $28,690 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Various support

  8. Private foundation · Collierville

    Mueller Brass Foundation

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $20,100 · typical grant $2,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2023)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable donation

  9. United Way · Cleveland

    United Way of the Ocoee Region

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    25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,000 to $68,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Community health; Partner agency; Community health/parnter agency

  10. Private foundation · Signal Mountain

    Steve and Lisa Frost Family Foundation

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    15 Tennessee grants totaling $728,700 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)

    13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Omaha, NE

    Ray C Mckinley Family Foundation Agency

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $27,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Community foundation · Little Rock, AR

    Arkansas Community Foundation Inc.

    Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $819,037 · typical grant $10,025 to $159,601 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the national ornamental metal museum as follows: 94% of annual disbursement to be used for general operating, 6% to be used for acquiring contemporary craft of...

  13. Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN

    The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation

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    41 Tennessee grants totaling $183,549 · typical grant $4,139 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Human services; Education

  14. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Melrose Foundation

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    34 Tennessee grants totaling $32,200 · typical grant $400 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable support; Educational support; Medical support

  15. Public charity · New York, NY

    Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.

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

    93 Tennessee grants totaling $48.5 million · typical grant $14,500 to $95,833 (tax year 2024)

    37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious; Community & human services; Education; Medical / public services; Environment & animal protection

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.