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130 foundations in Putnam County

  1. Private foundation · Soddy Daisy

    Sharpe Family Foundation Inc.

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    41 Tennessee grants totaling $454,696 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program assistance; Program assist

  2. Private foundation · Lebanon

    Precision Rubber Products Foundation Inc.

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    25 Tennessee grants totaling $92,700 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $3,000 to $4,600 (tax year 2024)

    24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide funds for charity's purpose; Scholarships; Provide funds for entity's purpose; Provide funds for special project; Scholarship

  3. Public charity · Phoenix, AZ

    Petsmart Charities Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    22 Tennessee grants totaling $450,800 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $6,300 to $26,300 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Adoptions; Adoptions, disaster response; Adoptions, transport

  4. Private foundation · Franklin

    Yarbrough Family Foundation

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    20 Tennessee grants totaling $6.4 million · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $200 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Feeding the Future Inc.

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $145,366 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $2,500 to $6,942 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: End Childhood Hunger; Food assistance; End kids hunger; Tornado relief

  6. Private foundation · Byrdstown

    Think Happy Thoughts Foundation Inc.

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $65,792 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donation to a domesticallyregistered charitable organization.

  7. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    William W Jenkins Char Rmdr Trust

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $24,252 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $1,516 to $6,063 (tax year 2025)

  8. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Mclamore Family Foundation Inc.

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $10,500 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $500 to $3,500 (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Renew, Replant, Restore Program for the gardens; To Fund New auditorium seating; Disaster Relief and Reconstruction of Communities; College of Business Johnson Hall Renovation

  9. Public charity · Edgefield, SC

    National Wild Turkey Federation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $79,273 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $10,000 to $53,273 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: JAKES Event State or Local; State research; Wildlife Openings/Brood Habitat

  10. Private foundation · Cookeville

    Oakley First National Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,428 · 2 in Putnam County · typical grant $2,000 to $9,428 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education

  11. Private foundation · Lakeland, FL

    Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.

    Takes applications

    214 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · 1 in Putnam County · typical grant $475 to $9,377 (tax year 2024)

    19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Nashville

    Dettwiller Foundation

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    147 Tennessee grants totaling $13.9 million · 1 in Putnam County · typical grant $20,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)

    70% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Private foundation · Nashville

    Tennessee Titans Foundation

    Takes applications

    124 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · 1 in Putnam County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    84% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating budget

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Gibson Gives

    Takes applications

    100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · 1 in Putnam 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

  15. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · 1 in Putnam County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship; The classic tee sponsor / clays...

  16. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Nancy & Victor S Johnson Jr Foundation Inc.

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    81 Tennessee grants totaling $346,500 · 1 in Putnam County · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Capital campaign; School of nursing; Canby robinson society

  17. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Texas Instruments Foundation

    Takes applications

    70 Tennessee grants totaling $151,310 · 1 in Putnam County · typical grant $200 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."

  18. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Shell USA Company Foundation

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    59 Tennessee grants totaling $480,847 · 1 in Putnam 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 Putnam 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. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Bar Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    38 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · 1 in Putnam County · typical grant $20,000 to $95,000 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Administration of justice; Legal services

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.