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160 foundations in Sumner County

  1. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Technology Development Corp

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

    53% 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

  2. Public charity · Nashville

    Nashville Predators Foundation

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    58 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $6,553 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Fy24-25 donation, general purposes; Fy24-25 hfc donation: donation for pediatric rehabilitation project + general purposes; Funding for thrive studios, which empowers children...

  3. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Regal Foundation

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    48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Children & family; Health; Military

  4. Private foundation · Nashville

    Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation

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    48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Public charity · Owasso, OK

    Folds of Honor Foundation

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    47 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $9,040 to $32,330 (tax year 2025)

    85% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  6. Public charity · Nashville

    Smile 180 Foundation

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    47 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $21,541 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    19 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Grant for dental clinic operations; Grant for dental clinic operations, capital improvements, and dental safety net payments; Grant for dental clinic operations and capital...

  7. Private foundation · Nashville

    The West End Home Foundation

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    44 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $17,500 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)

  8. Private foundation · Union City

    Robert E and Jenny D Kirkland Found

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    40 Tennessee grants totaling $11.1 million · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Homes for Low Income; Christian Ministry; Outreach for disadvantaged youth; Family services; Provide daycare for at risk children

  9. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Bar Foundation

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    38 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · 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

  10. Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH

    The Scripps Howard Foundation

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    37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend

  11. Public charity · Clarksville

    Dreamchasers

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    36 Tennessee grants totaling $682,925 · typical grant $6,650 to $17,750 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Nashville

    Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation

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    33 Tennessee grants totaling $35,960 · typical grant $250 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Private foundation · Gallatin

    Goodall Family Foundation

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    32 Tennessee grants totaling $159,977 · typical grant $250 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Public charity · San Antonio, TX

    Petco Love

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    31 Tennessee grants totaling $670,083 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,678 (tax year 2024)

    81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Public charity · Clarksville

    Greater Nashville Funding

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    29 Tennessee grants totaling $391,770 · typical grant $5,923 to $15,156 (tax year 2025)

    72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Student activities

  16. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy

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    28 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $70,505 to $147,477 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Offset funding gap caused by cuts to member cac's voca grants and program enhancement

  17. Private foundation · Greenville, SC

    United Community Bank Foundation

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    27 Tennessee grants totaling $63,750 · typical grant $1,250 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    59% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: This is an unrestricted donation.; This donation is designated to the organization's arts programs.; This donation is designated to the Cookeville human fund.; This donation is...

  18. Public charity · Chicago, IL

    Elks National Foundation Inc.

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    27 Tennessee grants totaling $363,820 · typical grant $9,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Community investments program; State charitable grant

  19. Private foundation · Paris

    Charles P Wilson Foundation Inc.

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    25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $7,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community program services; Christianity; Community program; Family planning center; Homeless shelter for women & children

  20. Private foundation · Lebanon

    Precision Rubber Products Foundation Inc.

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    25 Tennessee grants totaling $92,700 · 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

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.