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  1. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $1,300 · typical grant $100 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Public charities

  2. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    The Norcliffe Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $650,500 · typical grant $500 to $500,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2025 our wetlands matching challenge; Conservation legacy match challenge

  3. Private foundation · Denver, CO

    The Ensign-Bickford Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,350 · typical grant $100 to $3,150 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: May 30 · next May 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Medical research; Animal rescue assistance

  4. Private foundation · Fairfax Station, VA

    The Beck Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Public charity · Nashville

    The Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $202,363 to $981,607 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: K-12 & post secondary education - career readiness (jpmorgan chase); K-12 & post secondary education - career readiness (jpmorgan chase), partnership 2030 initiative, &...

  6. Public charity · Lascassas

    The Rock Campus Outreach

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $28,390 · typical grant $7,700 to $11,390 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Student and athletic outreach; Ministry to college athletes

  7. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The David Franklin Chazen Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $32,200 · typical grant $3,600 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Fort Washington, PA

    The Forst Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $7,520 · typical grant $520 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Private foundation · Hartland, MI

    The Coville-Triest Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Allen Foundation C/o Reber M Boult

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $61,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $27,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General funds

  11. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Sir Philip Sidney Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $17,900 · typical grant $900 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Scholarship; To support a program for special needs student and scholarship

  12. Public charity · Cincinnati, OH

    The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Public charity · Memphis

    The Martin Family Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $100,000 to $1 million (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    The Goizueta Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $339,411 · typical grant $1,161 to $308,250 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Goizueta legacy scholarships

  15. Private foundation · Austin, TX

    The Rosendin Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $42,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Aug 15 · next Aug 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To deliver comprehensive, coordinated, child-focused services to victims of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and witnesses to violent crimes.; To develop and standardize...

  16. Private foundation · Wichita Falls, TX

    The Boyd and Joan Kelley Charitable Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $23,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  17. Private foundation · Columbia, SC

    The Smith Family Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2023)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  18. Private foundation · Tenton Village, NJ

    The Brooks Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $8,867 · typical grant $1,034 to $5,333 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Private foundation · Virginia Beach, VA

    The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $2,000 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Wallace Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $192,404 · typical grant $6,964 to $165,440 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To study the work of districts participating in Wallace's Principal Pipeline Learning Community.; To support a study of how principals learn on the job.; To support a...

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.