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232 foundations that funded “Second”

  1. Public charity · Nashville

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN

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    285 Tennessee grants totaling $63.3 million · typical grant $23,119 to $215,432 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To assist in feeding those in need

  2. Public charity · Memphis

    Second Presbyterian Church Foundation

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $30,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Covington, LA

    Second Chance Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · St Paul, MN

    W Second Growth Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Cushman lecture series

  5. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    The Harry and Estelle Soicher Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Second installment of a five year pledge to construct a new clinical center

  6. Private foundation · Anchorage, AK

    The Ciri Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $6,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Post secondary education

  7. Public charity · Goodlettsville

    Dollar General Literacy Foundation

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    81 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $8,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: English as a second; Atoz family; Literacy support for; Bim family literacy; Literacy changes liv

  8. Private foundation · Chelsea, AL

    Lyndonwood Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Keystone campaign (second campus)

  9. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Spunk Fund Inc.

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $13,200 · typical grant $13,200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 1 · next Apr 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support a second offering of journeys, the undergraduate course that will examine the metaphor of an individual journey and how that metaphor is understood culturally,...

  10. Public charity · Nashville

    The Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $202,363 to $981,607 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: K-12 & post secondary education - career readiness (jpmorgan chase); K-12 & post secondary education - career readiness (jpmorgan chase), partnership 2030 initiative, &...

  11. Private foundation · Elizabethton

    Brumit Family Charitable Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $71,157 · typical grant $71,157 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To pay expenses for secondary school students to attend flight classes.

  12. Private foundation · Mission Woods, KS

    The Sherman Family Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To further post secondary education at an accredited university.

  13. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Just One More Foundation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $86,126 · typical grant $2,024 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant to support equal opportunity and second chances.

  14. Private foundation · Lexington, KY

    Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,900 · typical grant $400 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Cancer research; Post secondary education

  15. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    American Electric Power Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $264,500 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: East Kentucky Disaster Recovery fund; ASP - Warmer, Safer, Drier fund; Isaiah 117 House Washington County New Build fund; Foundation support - Santa Train & Fun Fest; Second...

  16. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Carnegie Corporation of New York

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    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...

  17. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    The Jensen Project Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $200,000 · typical grant $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: A residential restoration program for survivors of human trafficking.; Giving women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction a second chance at life.

  18. Private foundation · Dixon Springs

    Beasley Family Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $62,250 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support college preparatory school.; Support special needs education.; Support elementary and secondary education school.; Support non-denominational christian school.; Support...

  19. Private foundation · Nashville

    Cal Turner Family Foundation Inc.

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    24 Tennessee grants totaling $8.7 million · typical grant $5,760 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Fra turner fellows; Capital support for new building; Capital support for building renovations - matching campaign; Recovery in community capital campaign; Fra turner fellows 2024-25

  20. Public charity · Cohoes, NY

    The Ayco Charitable Foundation

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    51 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,100 (tax year 2025)

    28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious institutions; Community & human services; Environment & animal protection; Colleges and universities; Arts and culture

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.