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4,862 foundations that funded “T”

  1. Public charity · Fort Lee, NJ

    The Players Alliance Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financial support for operations; Field improvements

  2. Private foundation · Trumbull, CT

    The Karlson Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2021)

    Funded: Programs

  3. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Kendeda Fund

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $50,000 to $1 million (tax year 2023)

    Funded: Operating Reserve Fund; For participation in Kendeda Fund's sustainability cohort; Grantmakers for Southern Progress for General Operating Support with a focus on the...

  4. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Trucking Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $43,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Private foundation · Brentwood

    The Mcleroy Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $27,534 · typical grant $7,034 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Ged incentive grants for 16 students; Program support and incentive grants

  6. Public charity · Columbia

    The Farm and Forest Families of Tennessee Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $69,031 · typical grant $18,314 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution to hurrican relief

  7. Public charity · Crossville

    Threads of Hope Thrift Store Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $141,037 · typical grant $141,037 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To provide clothing for families in need; Benefit Organization

  8. Private foundation · Lake Forest, IL

    Trustmark Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $7,148 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution provided

  9. Private foundation · Norcross, GA

    The Arnold Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $104,900 · typical grant $4,900 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. 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

  11. Private foundation · Marlette, MI

    Technical Assistance Mission

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,450 · typical grant $1,250 to $2,750 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  12. Private foundation · Brentwood

    The Foundation for Cultural Enrichment

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $253,416 · typical grant $15,000 to $187,463 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  13. Private foundation · Nashville

    Harold H Cohen Foundation Charitable Trust

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $6,750 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,750 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious organization; Social service agency; Religious institution

  14. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Lucille Mccampbell Charitable Trust 8800930

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $22,525 · typical grant $7,508 to $7,509 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Medical research

  15. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Tailgating for A Cause Inc.

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $15,060 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  16. Public charity · Nashville

    The Well Coffeehouse

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $73,265 · typical grant $15,000 to $37,265 (tax year 2024)

  17. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $162,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Sep 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Curatorial research fellowship: dr. Patricia lee daigle; Program support (over 2 years); Warhol re-granting initiative

  18. Private foundation · Carthage, MS

    Terry and Judy Thomas Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide support for the organization's mission; Provide care to sick children

  19. Private foundation · Princeton, NJ

    Tenacre Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $197,981 to $632,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Christian science-based schools

  20. Public charity · Chicago, IL

    National Center for Teacher Residencies

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $719,629 · typical grant $170,000 to $329,629 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Teacher residency

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.