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2,469 foundations in Davidson County
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Ortale Family Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Woosley Family Foundation Tr
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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
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
Third Horizon Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Jim and Leah Sohr Family Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Holloway Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Madison
Tennessee Christian Medical Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
Al Neyer Community Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
Choate Bridges Foundation
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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
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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...
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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
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Private foundation · Waverly
Ali Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Montgomery, AL
Doy & Margaret Mccall Family Foundation
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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
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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
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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.