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343 foundations that funded “East”

  1. Community foundation · Oklahoma City, OK

    Love Family Affiliated Fund of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $83,420 · typical grant $5,140 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Humane World for Animals Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $119,400 to $277,460 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program; Assist in covering the costs associated with the remediation, renovation, rebuild and expansion of the...

  3. Private foundation · Thomson, GA

    Watson-Brown Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $51,000 · typical grant $6,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Feb 8, Apr 15 · next Feb 8, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Awarded scholarship grants

  4. Private foundation · Paducah, KY

    Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $305,000 · typical grant $60,000 to $65,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Programming support

  5. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Macdonald Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $125,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Private foundation · Gatlinburg

    John and Doris Clayton Foundation

    Invitation only

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

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    The Jack Runnion Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $21,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Jc Freels Scholarship Trust

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $2,760 · typical grant $552 to $828 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 16 · next Apr 16, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  9. Public charity · Colorado Springs, CO

    Junior Achievement USA

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $252,621 · typical grant $46,088 to $97,738 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  10. Public charity · St Louis Park, MN

    Car Donation Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $665,893 · typical grant $25,636 to $582,598 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  11. Private foundation · Wheaton, IL

    The William and Mary Davis Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $14,100 · typical grant $3,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operational funding

  12. Public charity · Knoxville

    Big Kahuna Wings Foundation

    IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $51,432 · typical grant $12,000 to $15,432 (tax year 2024)

  13. Private foundation · Canton, OH

    Timken Foundation of Canton

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $194,624 · typical grant $24,624 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Playground improvement program; The love kitchen - new refrigeration unit for walk-in freezer and new sign for front of building.; Hurricane helene disaster relief

  14. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Haegele-Blount Animal Shelters

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $80,240 · typical grant $13,440 to $40,560 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Support for animal shelter; Equipment and supplies

  15. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Network for Good

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    101 Tennessee grants totaling $4.1 million · typical grant $9,258 to $40,514 (tax year 2024)

    16% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Public charity · New York, NY

    Grapevine Giving Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    30 Tennessee grants totaling $288,988 · typical grant $6,897 to $12,200 (tax year 2025)

    87% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating fund and general assistance.

  17. Public charity · Bethesda, MD

    Impactassetsinc

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    27 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Community foundation · Mountain View, CA

    Silicon Valley Community Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $25,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health; Education; Civic Participation; General Nonprofit Support; Environment

  19. Community foundation · Houston, TX

    Greater Houston Community Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    18 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $201,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational; Arts; Public benefit; Human services; Health

  20. Public charity · Cape Elizabeth, ME

    Simple Generosity Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $88,929 · typical grant $5,052 to $22,575 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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.