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98 foundations that funded “Justice”

  1. Public charity · Knoxville

    Justice Frank F Drowota Trust

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $8,975 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide legal assistance to low-income individuals

  2. Public charity · New York, NY

    Justice Innovation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,354 · typical grant $9,147 to $9,207 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Subcontractor federal grant

  3. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Justice Center Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy

  4. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Equal Justice Works

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $154,350 · typical grant $7,000 to $88,350 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Fellowship support

  5. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Jobs With Justice Education Fund

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $284,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $32,400 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Public charity · Durham, NC

    Southern Coalition for Social Justice

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Solve spark grant

  7. Public charity · Nashville

    Center for Contemplative Justice

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $88,627 · typical grant $7,000 to $71,627 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Outreach travel; Community support; Recovery housing

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Axis of Justice Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General use of donee

  9. Private foundation · San Diego, CA

    Conti Foundation for Justice and Peace

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Ministry support

  10. Public charity · Louisville, KY

    Lee Initiative Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Racial justice srrj

  11. 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

  12. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $150,000 to $476,500 (tax year 2023)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Advancing racial justice; Advancing girls' agency and education; Advancing racial justice and women's rights

  13. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Southern Partners Fund Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social,Economic & Environm Justice

  14. Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA

    Doing His Time Prison Ministry

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,256 · typical grant $256 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Promote restorative justice and disciple people affected by incareration; Ukrainian assistance

  15. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Freedom Together Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250,000 · typical grant $250,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Youth ej (environmental justice) griot program (phase 2)

  16. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $239,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Signature; Social justice; Community enrichment

  17. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated)

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,640 · typical grant $10,640 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support continued participation as a site in the safety and justice challenge network; To support a conversation between macarthur fellows, jazz cellist and composer tomeka...

  18. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    The California Endowment

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250,000 · typical grant $250,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education for action - learning and capacity building for health justice

  19. Private foundation · Washington, DC

    Public Welfare Foundation Inc.

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for gideon's trumpet redux-continued; Support for justice, not just surviving; Support for mississippi prison reform coalition; Support for towards a people's justice;...

  20. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    Mckinstry Charitable Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $5,300 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Youth & Family Services; Childrens Health; Economic Justice; Human & Civil Rights

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.