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403 foundations that funded “Scholarship”
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Private foundation · Dublin, OH
Cardinal Health Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $278,500 · typical grant $3,500 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Employee engagement\volunteer leadership grant; Employee engagement\scholarships; Mental health\zero suicide cohorts
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Amelia Island, FL
The Edwards Charitable Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Student scholarship
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Private foundation · Lubbock, TX
Lubbock Young Women's Leader
Invitation only
2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,600 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,100 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Leadership scholarship
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Windsor Foundation
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Veterans scholarship fund
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Private foundation · Honolulu, HI
Chung Kun Ai Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational scholarship vanderbilt university
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Private foundation · San Jose, CA
Blach Construction Foundation
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,855 · typical grant $9,855 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational scholarship
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Private foundation · Wethersfield, CT
O'meara Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Student scholarship awards
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Private foundation · Westminster, MD
Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,500 · typical grant $7,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Agricultural scholarship
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Private foundation · New York, NY
We Are All Human Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,500 · typical grant $3,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: University scholarship
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Private foundation · Purchase, NY
Mastercard Impact Fund
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $107,600 · typical grant $107,600 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Employee dependent scholarship program - mastercard impact fund (the "fund") maintains a "mastercard dependent scholarship program" (pre-approved by irs). Under this program,...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Starr Foundation
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $538,655 · typical grant $538,655 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Administration of starr scholarship program
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Private foundation · Toccoa, GA
Heaton Mcbrayer Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,500 · typical grant $7,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational scholarship
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Private foundation · Dickson
Goodlark Educational Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $227,605 · typical grant $5,000 to $14,500 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music scholarships; Educational scholarships; School supplies - needy families; Education scholarships in the five c; Mentorship-needy performing students
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Private foundation · Danville, VA
Hughes Memorial Home
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational scholarships to deserving students
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Private foundation · Reston, VA
Devon Creek Foundation
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Student scholarships
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Private foundation · Bentonville, AR
Mahoney Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Student Scholarships
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Public charity · San Diego, CA
The San Diego Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $658,441 · typical grant $7,000 to $14,600 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For scholarships; To support national bail out
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $133,000 to $308,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: For general scholarship support.; For nursing scholarships.; For nursing and allied health scholarships.; For general and nursing scholarships.
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.