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425 foundations that funded “Community Foundation of Acadiana”

  1. Community foundation · Lafayette, LA

    Community Foundation of Acadiana

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $219K · typical grant $42K–$100K (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: annual gift; general support, cancer research; exhibit expansion

  2. Community foundation · Cleveland

    Community Foundation of Cleveland

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    34 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9M · typical grant $11K–$51K (tax year 2024)

    24% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: donor advised distributions

  3. Community foundation · Morristown, NJ

    Community Foundation of New Jersey

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $325K · typical grant $11K–$86K (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: hospitals, specialty hospitals & community clinics; veterans & first responders; various

  4. Community foundation · Sharon, PA

    Community Foundation of Western

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $132K · typical grant $15K–$30K (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: program support

  5. Community foundation · Abilene, TX

    Community Foundation of Abilene

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $92K · typical grant $12K–$20K (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: program support

  6. Community foundation · Fort Wayne, IN

    Community Foundation of Greater

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $618K · typical grant $10K–$350K (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: charitable support

  7. Community foundation · Springfield, MA

    Community Foundation of Western

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $29K · typical grant $7,000–$12K (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: p: human services; b: education; e: health care

  8. Community foundation · Springfield, MO

    Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $60K · typical grant $6,000–$44K (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: specific program

  9. Community foundation · Tampa, FL

    Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $424K · typical grant $40K–$338K (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: support of mission

  10. Community foundation · Columbus, GA

    Community Foundation of the

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $142K · typical grant $20K–$98K (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: multiple support

  11. Community foundation · Shreveport, LA

    Community Foundation of North Louisiana

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $33K · typical grant $12K–$21K (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: for the minden, la fundraiser; general support; for the annual fund - general support, for william ralston listening room

  12. Community foundation · Nashville

    The Community Foundation of Middle

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    1155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8M · typical grant $5,000–$25K (tax year 2024)

    46% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    55 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: 2024 support; for general support; for unrestricted support; to provide 1st time support for your important mission; for unrestricted use

  13. Community foundation · Birmingham, AL

    The Community Foundation of Greater

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $544K · typical grant $11K–$50K (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: education; daf funded; health; daf funded; family and social services; daf funded; community and economic development; daf funded; faith organization; daf funded

  14. Community foundation · Dalton, GA

    The Community Foundation of Northwest

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $179K · typical grant $8,250–$26K (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: civic & human services; faith & religion

  15. Community foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $121K · typical grant $10K–$85K (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

  16. Community foundation · Harrisonburg, VA

    The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $35K · typical grant $10K–$25K (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: youth human services; arts, culture

  17. Community foundation · Decatur, IL

    The Community Foundation of

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $23K · typical grant $5,500–$17K (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation

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    282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4M · typical grant $1,500–$5,000 (tax year 2024)

    6% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: annual gift; annual fund; annual giving; alexis de tocqueville society; arch academy

  19. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Frist Foundation

    Letter of inquiry first

    128 Tennessee grants totaling $32.2M · typical grant $10K–$50K (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    42% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    15 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: general support directed by lauren elcan ingram; operating support for 2024; general support directed by julie and tommy frist; general support directed by jennifer and billy...

  20. Private foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

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    60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3M · typical grant $5,000–$30K (tax year 2024)

    31% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: scholarship - evan moore; scholarship fund; relay for life; pups4patriots tennessee; general support - imagine arts education initiative

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return: Form 990-PF for private foundations (grants paid and how it takes applications), Form 990 Schedule I for community foundations, United Ways and other public charities (grants over $5,000 to organizations). Included: every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee organizations. Corporate and community-foundation programs are in the grant search.