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2,469 foundations in Davidson County

  1. Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    The Wildwood Foundation

    Invitation only

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $14,500 · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,500 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For benefit of the sisters

  2. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    Champions of Love Foundation Inc.

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2024)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Franklin

    The Callahan Family Fund Inc.

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Charitable donation

  4. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Hearn Charitable Foundation

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $203,500 · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Wasserman Foundation

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $136,480 · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024 Annual Gala; Music Maker Guaranteed Income and Mentorship Progr; Class of 2025; 25th Anniversary Event; 15th Annual Evening of Stories Event

  6. Private foundation · Fairview

    Herbert & Gertrude Halverstadt Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $10,360 · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $230 to $3,500 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religous

  7. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Prometheus Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $81,500 · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $7,500 to $14,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  8. Private foundation · Bentonville, AR

    Walton Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $10.4 million · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $653,196 to $3 million (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide subgrants to promising tutoring providers, researchers, and state departments of education to support successful implementation of high-impact tutoring in schools.;...

  9. Public charity · Nashville

    Book Em

    How to apply: not stated

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $64,263 · 7 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,796 to $10,661 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To promote reading

  10. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Boyd Foundation

    Takes applications

    56 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: For annual budget.; To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.; To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in East Tennessee.; To...

  11. Public charity · Clarksville

    Dreamchasers

    How to apply: not stated

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $682,925 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $6,650 to $17,750 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. United Way · Lebanon

    United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland

    How to apply: not stated

    28 Tennessee grants totaling $206,158 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $9,637 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Designated

  13. Public charity · Brentwood

    Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment & Retention Center Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    27 Tennessee grants totaling $4.4 million · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $49,384 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community incentive; Conference sponsorship; Community incentive/sponsorship

  14. Private foundation · Coraopolis, PA

    Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation

    Takes applications

    25 Tennessee grants totaling $114,000 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $2,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant for youth sports; Teammate resource group grants; 10th year anniversary grants

  15. Private foundation · Hendersonville

    J C Garrett III Family Foundation

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    24 Tennessee grants totaling $86,015 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,500 (tax year 2024)

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support community programs; Support education programs; Support athletic programs; Support ministry programs

  16. Private foundation · Norwalk, CT

    Ge Foundation

    Takes applications

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $60,401 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $129 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift

  17. United Way · Hendersonville

    United Way of Sumner County

    How to apply: not stated

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $458,197 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $9,078 to $27,115 (tax year 2024)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health focus; Financial stability; Youth opportunity; Rebuilding lives; Community resiliency

  18. Public charity · Big Island, VA

    The Society of St Andrew Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    20 Tennessee grants totaling $585,584 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $6,122 to $26,199 (tax year 2025)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide nourishment to hungry neighbors

  19. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Simons Foundation Inc.

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $393,251 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $8,400 (tax year 2024)

    86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Cognitive computational neuroscience (ccn) 2024 conference; Robust, reliable, and provably stable spectral element methods for nonlinear advection dominated problems; Discrete...

  20. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    American Cancer Society Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Patient Support; Health Eq Ambassador; Extramural Research; Support/Conv Sponsor; Support/Research

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.