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504 foundations that funded “Mid”

  1. Private foundation · Nashville

    Hulme Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    25 Tennessee grants totaling $35,700 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Churchill Foundation

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    24 Tennessee grants totaling $120,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable programs; Benevolent assistance

  3. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Ann M Duffer Family Foundation

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    23 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: North Carolina and Tennessee Hurricane Relief Efforts; Building Hope for Women & Children Campaign; Just Us program; Rheumatoid Arthritis Research; VUMC Pediatric rehabilitation program

  4. Private foundation · Franklin

    Yarbrough Family Foundation

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    20 Tennessee grants totaling $6.4 million · typical grant $200 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Nashville

    Judy and Noah Liff Foundation

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    17 Tennessee grants totaling $136,590 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. 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

  7. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Simons Foundation Inc.

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $393,251 · typical grant $8,400 (tax year 2024)

    86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Cognitive computational neuroscience (ccn) 2024 conference; Robust, reliable, and provably stable spectral element methods for nonlinear advection dominated problems; Discrete...

  8. Private foundation · Franklin

    Continuing the Good Foundation

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    15 Tennessee grants totaling $335,699 · typical grant $7,500 to $29,000 (tax year 2025)

    13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships

  9. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Fort Foundation Tch

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    15 Tennessee grants totaling $278,100 · typical grant $15,450 to $18,540 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  10. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Feeding the Future Inc.

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $145,366 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,942 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: End Childhood Hunger; Food assistance; End kids hunger; Tornado relief

  11. Private foundation · Murfreesboro

    Sixteen Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $495,710 · typical grant $3,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. United Way · Winchester

    United Way of Franklin County

    How to apply: not stated

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $108,123 · typical grant $6,455 to $10,051 (tax year 2024)

    8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Public charity · Cleveland

    Bradley Cleveland Public Education Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $153,408 · typical grant $6,503 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support bradley county schools; Support Cleveland city schools; Pie-center support bradley county schools

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $392,300 · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Private foundation · Springfield

    Jacqueline D Guthrie Foundation

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $27,050 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Community foundation · Asheville, NC

    The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $418,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Building community & economic vitality; Promoting quality health; Religion; Assisting people in need

  17. Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA

    The Presser Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    Stated deadlines: Nov 15 · next Nov 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Undergraduate scholar awards

  18. Public charity · Towson, MD

    Players Philanthropy Fund Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $941,490 · typical grant $10,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General support to further the organization's purpose.

  19. Public charity · Dallas, TX

    Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $344,332 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: This grant is designated for general support.

  20. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Seth Landsberg Family Foundation

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $53,524 · typical grant $2,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    22% 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.