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269 foundations that funded “Way”
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Private foundation · Kingsport
Wayne G Basler Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $123,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Sep 30 · next Sep 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General operation expenses
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Wayside Foundation
Invitation only
11 Tennessee grants totaling $50,850 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,500 (tax year 2025)
9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Christian missions; Christian education
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Public charity · Nashville
Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $109,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2025)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Lebanon
Wayne and Jean Hardy Family Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $51,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To assist with general mission
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Private foundation · Minden, NV
Wayne L Prim Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To honor and support america's defenders, veterans, first responders, and their families; To advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases, with a...
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Private foundation · Louisville, KY
Wayne Daniel Graham and Nancy Price Graham
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $171,426 · typical grant $171,426 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Bonita Springs, FL
Wayne and Sharon Wellman Fam Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General funds
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Private foundation · South Orange, NJ
Wayne and Jill Canastra Family Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Old Saybrook, CT
Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Medical treatment and research
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Wayne and Alberta Longmire Endowment
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $28,683 · typical grant $28,683 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Clinton Township, MI
Wayne and Joan Webber Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Cypress, TX
Waycaster Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $400 · typical grant $400 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Research
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Wayne & Ruth Diehl Charitable Trust (r)
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $593 · typical grant $593 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Wayne & Ruth Diehl Charitable Trust (w)
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,075 · typical grant $2,075 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Highland Park, IL
Wayfarer Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $150,000 · typical grant $150,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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United Way · Nashville
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants
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United Way · Chattanooga
United Way of Greater Chattanooga
How to apply: not stated
69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $21,689 to $64,542 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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United Way · Murfreesboro
United Way of Rutherford County
How to apply: not stated
47 Tennessee grants totaling $694,125 · typical grant $2,500 to $21,500 (tax year 2024)
72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for pregnant women; Ann campbell early learning center; Project learn and triple play program; Child abuse, community ed and drug endangered children programs; Rent and...
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United Way · Kingsport
United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc.
How to apply: not stated
37 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $16,000 to $58,097 (tax year 2025)
3% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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United Way · Lebanon
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland
How to apply: not stated
28 Tennessee grants totaling $206,158 · typical grant $9,637 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Designated
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.