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230 foundations in Marion County

  1. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    The Pace Family Foundation Inc.

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · 2 in Marion County · typical grant $2,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    88% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Nashville

    Clifton and Clara Ward Foundation

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · 2 in Marion County · typical grant $20,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Operating fund; Opearting fund

  3. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Riverview Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $352,000 · 2 in Marion County · typical grant $25,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Rockmont park parking lot improvements; Nickajack trailhead driveway construction project; From where i stand: the black experieince in country music; Trail building equipment...

  4. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Grandview Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · 2 in Marion County · typical grant $3,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General charitable support; Religious purposes

  5. Private foundation · Potomac, MD

    Owen M Johnson Family Foundation

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $3,250 · 2 in Marion County · typical grant $250 to $500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Private foundation · Signal Mountain

    Dolan Gardens Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $32,500 · 2 in Marion County · typical grant $2,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Azalea-related research to improve the beauty versatility and popularity of these plants; Promote horticulture; Land conservation; Conservation of TN river gorge

  7. Private foundation · Whitwell

    Layman Family Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · 2 in Marion County · typical grant $2,500 to $27,500 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For spreading the word of Christ; Spread of the teachings of Christ

  8. Community foundation · Memphis

    Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    307 Tennessee grants totaling $40.4 million · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $10,300 to $101,000 (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Philanthropy; Youth devel

  9. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Pfizer Foundation Inc.

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    176 Tennessee grants totaling $195,716 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $60 to $459 (tax year 2024)

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts; Volunteer program

  10. Private foundation · St Louis, MO

    Edward Jones Foundation

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    136 Tennessee grants totaling $99,068 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $125 to $500 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Human services - multipurpose and other; Educational institutions and related activities; Animal-related; Health - general and rehabilitative; Community improvement

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Gibson Gives

    Takes applications

    100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts

  12. Private foundation · Nashville

    Ebs Foundation

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    80 Tennessee grants totaling $343,400 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    5% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Private foundation · Basking Ridge, NJ

    Verizon Foundation

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    76 Tennessee grants totaling $106,304 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $135 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Other civic / community

  14. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Tennessee Health Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $2,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024 hickey match; 2024 anderson match; 2024 reynolds match; 2024 ryans match; 2024 pow scholar

  15. Private foundation · Radnor, PA

    Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    65 Tennessee grants totaling $7,784 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $50 to $104 (tax year 2025)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts

  16. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Technology Development Corp

    How to apply: not stated

    64 Tennessee grants totaling $12.4 million · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $100,000 to $300,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Sbir; Sbir, intern stipend; Ttac; Network partners, survey stipend, intern stipend; Network partners, survey stipend

  17. Private foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

    Takes applications

    60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative

  18. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Shell USA Company Foundation

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    59 Tennessee grants totaling $480,847 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $400 to $2,400 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 1000; 500; 100; 50; 520

  19. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

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    57 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $200 to $2,505 (tax year 2025)

    32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching contribution (general operating support); In support of creating economic mobility and career pathways

  20. Private foundation · Nashville

    Horatio B & Willie J Buntin Foundation

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    49 Tennessee grants totaling $258,891 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $500 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    16% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To further charitable activities

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.