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2,469 foundations in Davidson County

  1. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Mick Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $79,500 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Sandfort Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $731,212 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To further the objective of the charitable organization

  3. Private foundation · Battle Creek, MI

    Wk Kellogg Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $17,500 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching Grant; Health and Health Equity; Promise of an Equitable Future; Trustee Mini Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security

  4. Public charity · New York, NY

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services

  5. Public charity · Nashville

    We Are One World Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Public charity · Nashville

    Family & Children's Service

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $109,087 to $434,477 (tax year 2024)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Nashville

    Ortale Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $29,250 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2023)

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Woosley Family Foundation Tr

    Invitation only

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $15,618 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $300 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Satisfy requirement

  9. Private foundation · San Francisco, CA

    Third Horizon Foundation

    Invitation only

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the organization's work in Tennessee

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Jim and Leah Sohr Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $741,800 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $7,500 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Holloway Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $499,500 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $9,500 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for education; Support for victims, religious charity; Support for medical research; Support for families charity; Support for religious charity

  12. Private foundation · Madison

    Tennessee Christian Medical Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $47,190 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $5,690 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  13. Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH

    Al Neyer Community Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $56,325 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $200 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Choate Bridges Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $188,000 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $14,000 to $37,500 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Humanitarian assistance

  15. Private foundation · Franklin

    Robinson Family Foundation Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $31,150 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,900 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For educational institution's annual fund; For general operations of church; For wright length of service awards; massey school center; General operations of church; General...

  16. Private foundation · Nashville

    Eberling Charitable Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $101,000 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $2,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Crime victims to network and heal.; Educational opportunities; Provide food for homeless; Provide funding for green space; Provide shelter for animals

  17. Private foundation · Waverly

    Ali Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $2,625 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $75 to $750 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Montgomery, AL

    Doy & Margaret Mccall Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $14,584 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: College prep educational facility; Educational institution; Religious services; Rehab for abused, addicted women; Scholarship fund for the college of arts and sciences

  19. Private foundation · Sioux Falls, SD

    Ransom Charitable Trust

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $48,000 · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To assist disabled athletes; Grace program for relatives, angel tree program; Hearing aids for 25 people; Support services for disabled senior citizens

  20. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · 6 in Davidson County · typical grant $163,405 to $330,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Expansion of pancreatlas connectivity platform and phenotyping of handel samples by cutting-edge single cell multiome technology; Defining molecular mechanisms of cell...

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.