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2,469 foundations in Davidson County

  1. Public charity · Syracuse, NY

    Proliteracy Worldwide

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $25,725 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $6,000 to $7,725 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Literacy programs

  2. Private foundation · Maineville, OH

    Mick & Melissa Kowitz Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $2,500 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $625 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Programs

  3. Public charity · Kansas City, MO

    Mid-America Arts Alliance

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $110,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arts program support

  4. Public charity · St Louis, MO

    Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $82,916 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support advocacy, hospital accompaniments, and counseling services for survivors of sexual assault; Support of the community-based healthcare access program; Support of teeth...

  5. Public charity · Arlington, VA

    National Council On Aging Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $100,000 to $1.2 million (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  6. Public charity · Lenexa, KS

    Heart to Heart International

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $65,008 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $17,541 to $21,581 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Medical assistance

  7. Public charity · New York, NY

    Save the Music Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $144,699 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $23,120 to $63,157 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Music eduation

  8. Public charity · Los Angeles, CA

    Grammy Museum Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $62,500 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $12,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Music preservation implementation grant

  9. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Points of Light Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $500,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $105,000 to $190,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community improvement project

  10. Public charity · New York, NY

    Broadway Caresequity Fights Aids Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $67,500 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $12,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted general support

  11. Private foundation · Plymouth, MN

    Intact Charitable Trust USA

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $6,535 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,500 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Beazer Charity Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $60,200 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,100 to $25,100 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Tch Jural Couey Carter

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $9,200 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $3,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  14. Private foundation · Kalamazoo, MI

    John E Fetzer Institute Inc.

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $230,500 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: In support of the 2025 womanists at the inkwell retreat; In support of a symposium and book on the sacred and de-enimization

  15. Private foundation · Greenwich, CT

    Bruised Camel Charitable Foundationinc

    IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Private foundation · Ridgeland, MS

    Butler Snow O'mara Stevens & Cannada

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $48,195 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $7,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Milla's house relocation/furniture; Accessibility improvements; Updated technology and equipment; Construction for trauma waiting room

  17. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Act Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $1.4 million (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Special project support

  18. Public charity · Davenport, IA

    Rsm Us Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $116,385 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $11,766 to $61,028 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Youth education - ja and dollars for doers; Youth education - power of love and dollars for doers; Youth health - dollars for doers and holiday card constest; Youth education -...

  19. Public charity · Baton Rouge, LA

    Baton Rouge Area Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $134,550 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $20,000 to $53,550 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the family safety center; General support, for the matthew and catherine saurage vanderbilt venture fund for entrepreneurship

  20. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024-2025 grantmakers for southern progress annual membership; Directors cancer innovation fund (general fund)

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.