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430 foundations that funded “Education Foundation”
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Private foundation · Cookeville
Owen Foundation
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18 Tennessee grants totaling $342,930 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Support church activities; Support a child's right to a safe and permanent home; Support pregnancy crisis; Support grieving children, teens,and adults through peer support;...
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Private foundation · Jacksboro
Lafollette Medical Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $562,779 · typical grant $23,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Mental health programs; Medical, psychological, & educational services for abused & neglected children in the juvenile court of campbell county; Influenza vaccination program,...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Formanek Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · typical grant $40,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits; To support the provision of health care for underinsured people; To improve Memphis by the revival of...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Williams-King Foundation
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14 Tennessee grants totaling $11,250 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support charity; To support park/nature conservation; To support church; Designated for boy scout troop 31; Chuckers for charity
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Private foundation · Battle Creek, MI
Wk Kellogg Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $17,500 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching Grant; Health and Health Equity; Promise of an Equitable Future; Trustee Mini Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security
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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 · Covington, LA
Fidelis Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $68,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Religious; Educational; Assist with character building program; Assist their mission to provide for the homeless, hungry, and hurting neighbors in the Knoxville area; Assist...
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Private foundation · Bentonville, AR
Walton Family Foundation Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $10.4 million · typical grant $653,196 to $3 million (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide subgrants to promising tutoring providers, researchers, and state departments of education to support successful implementation of high-impact tutoring in schools.;...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Millwood Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $116,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Reach out to underserved and disenfranchised people; To provide diapers to families in need; Empowers children and families to achieve a healthy, optimal, and independent...
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Private foundation · Washington, DC
Lantry Family Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $81,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: In support of the capital campaign for the construction of a tennis court complex in order to develop a program that can provide access for underprivileged children in the...
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Rolly Michaux Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $62,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $40,000 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support of local community; Support of the arts; Support of the jewish community; Support of education
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Private foundation · Harrison, NY
Life Extension Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Concurrent dialysis; Science program; Research, education and other activities related to chronic renal failure and transplantation; Frank gluck patient assistance fund
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Private foundation · Naperville, IL
Kehe Cares Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $477,246 · typical grant $28,500 to $402,346 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Military & veterans; Community development; Water, sanitation & hygiene; Education
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Private foundation · Collierville
Allen Family Foundation Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Work with deaf children; Support and counseling for snr vets; Low income education support
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Private foundation · Franklin
Dunn Family Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $96,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $46,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support eductional excellence at Brentwood academy; Children support; Support overall education and research activities
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Private foundation · Portland, OR
Raymond Family Foundation Trust Indenture Agreement
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To empower children, youth, and adults in poverty to transform their lives through work, education; To empower and eqip leaders in the government, business, faith based and...
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Private foundation · Sausalito, CA
The Isabel Allende Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $230,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $220,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Housing support for women battling substance abuse; Healthcare, education, protection from violence, and reproductive rights
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Public charity · Cohoes, NY
The Ayco Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
51 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,100 (tax year 2025)
28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious institutions; Community & human services; Environment & animal protection; Colleges and universities; Arts and culture
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Community foundation · Naples, FL
Collier Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
7 Tennessee grants totaling $245,371 · typical grant $11,155 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Environment & animals; Public, societal benefit; Education; Health
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Public charity · Pittsburgh, PA
The Pittsburgh Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $186,340 · typical grant $24,507 to $32,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Children and youth healthcare; Primary and elementary schools; Professional societies and associations; Religious education; Higher education
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.