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2,472 foundations that funded “E”
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Emma F Hallett
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $180,988 · typical grant $180,988 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Unrestricted general
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Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA
Ellen Tsao Au-Yang Charitable Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $16,000 · typical grant $16,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Continue the non-profit mission
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Private foundation · St George, UT
Entrepreneurial Philanthropy Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable donation
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Private foundation · Wellington, FL
Edwin and Wilma Parker Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2022)
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Private foundation · Elizabethton
Elizabethton Cyclone Soccer
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded: To support Elizabethton high school athletics
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Empower at Valley Dream Farm Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To protect and preserve land in the southeast and promote the benefit for the public.
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Private foundation · Franklin
Eleanor's Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded: Rescue adoption of racing greyhounds
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Public charity · Chattanooga
Erlanger Baroness Auxiliary
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Various projects
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Community foundation · Elkhart, IN
Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $67,262 · typical grant $5,462 to $51,800 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Community foundation · Oakland, CA
East Bay Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Freedom2vote project, general support - the organizations initiative as currently led by for freedom2vote.; General support, kingdom builders
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Community foundation · Beverly, MA
Essex County Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $21,100 · typical grant $10,000 to $11,100 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Other
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Private foundation · Union City
Robert E and Jenny D Kirkland Found
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40 Tennessee grants totaling $11.1 million · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Homes for Low Income; Christian Ministry; Outreach for disadvantaged youth; Family services; Provide daycare for at risk children
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Private foundation · Baltimore, MD
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
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20 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide general operating support; Support to identify diversion programs in Memphis and conduct community conversations about the need for diversion and prevention...
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Private foundation · Cleveland
Mark E Smith Foundation Ua Dated 11-9-22
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $154,486 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,490 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Various athletic program donations; Football program; General operating expenses and scholastics program; Sponsorship and a/v student program; Women's basketball program
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Willayne E Towe Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $97,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Jackson
James E Campbell Family Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $462,700 · typical grant $6,000 to $159,100 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign and unrestricted operations; Century Fund and Unrestricted operations
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Claude&eliz Robinson Chrty(mgrs) 15-5018008
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $39,000 · typical grant $4,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Operational; Patient assistance; 2025 grant recipient; Participant assistance; 2022 grant request
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Private foundation · Memphis
Robert E Tipton Jr Charitable Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $242,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Kenneth E Boring Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $38,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Greatest need; Museum college daze
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Private foundation · Kalamazoo, MI
John E Fetzer Institute Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $230,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: In support of the 2025 womanists at the inkwell retreat; In support of a symposium and book on the sacred and de-enimization
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.