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424 foundations that funded “County”

  1. Private foundation · Nashville

    Gibson Gives

    Takes applications

    100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts

  2. Private foundation · Maryville

    Clayton Homes Foundation

    Invitation only

    80 Tennessee grants totaling $4.9 million · typical grant $5,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    80 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    4 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Technology; Program related; Capacity building; Capital campaign

  4. Private foundation · Basking Ridge, NJ

    Verizon Foundation

    Invitation only

    76 Tennessee grants totaling $106,304 · typical grant $135 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Other civic / community

  5. Private foundation · Cleveland

    George R Johnson Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    72 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Advocate training program; Children educational program; Art education; Unity center; Harbor safe house

  6. Public charity · Concord, NC

    Speedway Children's Charities

    How to apply: not stated

    58 Tennessee grants totaling $745,475 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation

    Takes applications

    48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

    2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted grant

  8. Public charity · Nashville

    Smile 180 Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    47 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $21,541 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    19 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Grant for dental clinic operations; Grant for dental clinic operations, capital improvements, and dental safety net payments; Grant for dental clinic operations and capital...

  9. Private foundation · Nashville

    The West End Home Foundation

    Takes applications

    44 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $17,500 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)

  10. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Footprint Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    42 Tennessee grants totaling $644,525 · typical grant $1,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: The 'Notes in Nature' event in collaboration with reflection riding; African American Cemetery Fund; Sankofa Fund; Langston and Malcolm Carter Scholarship fund; Center for...

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Fugitive Foundation

    Takes applications

    41 Tennessee grants totaling $237,950 · typical grant $1,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Capital campaign & operating support

  12. Private foundation · Soddy Daisy

    Sharpe Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    41 Tennessee grants totaling $454,696 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program assistance; Program assist

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Jane I Pettway Foundation

    Takes applications

    40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant

  14. Private foundation · Rolling Meadows, IL

    Arthur J Gallagher Foundation

    Invitation only

    40 Tennessee grants totaling $41,608 · typical grant $100 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    68% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Public charity · Murfreesboro

    Charity Circle of Murfreesboro

    How to apply: not stated

    38 Tennessee grants totaling $697,650 · typical grant $8,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution to donor advised fund to be used as general support for charities

  16. Private foundation · Nashville

    Goad Fam Foundation

    Invitation only

    37 Tennessee grants totaling $155,250 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  17. United Way · Kingsport

    United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    37 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $16,000 to $58,097 (tax year 2025)

    3% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Memphis

    Lichterman-Loewenberg Foundation

    Invitation only

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $276,800 · typical grant $2,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: For annual support; For annual grant; Unrestricted: for any program with the loewenberg college of nursing; For respite care and personal support for families; For teen job hub

  19. Public charity · Nashville

    Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Event sponsorship; Event sponsorship and donation to the general fund; Donation to the general fund; Event sponsorship and donation to the capital campaign

  20. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation

    Takes applications

    34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and 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.