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478 foundations that funded “The Community Foundation Inc”
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Clayton Family Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Church general fund; K-12 school; Community health services; Scholarship fund; Dance school transportation
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Bailey Family Foundation
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Coddon Family Foundation
Invitation only
18 Tennessee grants totaling $59,118 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted gift - education; Unrestricted gift - religious; Unrestricted gift - community support; Unrestricted gift - educational; Unrestricted gift - religious offering
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Wells Fargo Foundation
Invitation only
8 Tennessee grants totaling $205,000 · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Affordable Homeownership Program; Financial Empowerment: Finance Park Meets Stock Market Challenge; Project Return Opportunities for Employment; Community Land Trust _...
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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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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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Public charity · New York, NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation
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96 Tennessee grants totaling $13.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Missions fund; Legacy dinner; Knox county imagination library; Data capacity building support; Community circle
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Scripps Howard Foundation
How to apply: not stated
37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)
54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend
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Private foundation · Villanova, PA
The Counihan Family Foundation
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23 Tennessee grants totaling $950,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support regular operations; To provide quality programs and services to impact the lives of children, adolescents, and seniors throughout Middle Tennessee; To provide a...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Daryl and Melanie Mann Family Foundation
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15 Tennessee grants totaling $87,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support a religious organization; To support a public charity; To support a religious, eductional organization.; To support a religious, educational organization; To spread...
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Private foundation · Lenoir City
The Robert H Brethen Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $165,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2023)
No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation for recreation programs; Donation to support healthcare programs; Donations for underprivileged children; Donation to support wildlife programs; Donation to support...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation
Takes applications
39 Tennessee grants totaling $319,150 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grant for support of program mission for youth; Grant for support of program mission for education; Grant for support of program mission for community; Community grant for...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $159,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Undesignated general operating support - inspiring and empowering young creatives through the transformative power of the arts; Undesignated general operating support -...
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Private foundation · Franklin
Willis and Reba Johnsons Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $747,220 · typical grant $2,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To improve benefits for fire fighters and or their family when injured on the job or death.; Restoration dentistry for needy children; Friends of scouting; To serve and protect...
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Public charity · Lighthouse Point, FL
Leaving A Positive Legacy Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $12,425 · typical grant $2,150 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Assistance for local dog shelter; Support for children's hospital programs; To inspire, educate, and empower grundy county youth and their families through character building,...
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Public charity · Madison, WI
Give Back Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
13 Tennessee grants totaling $187,584 · typical grant $7,304 to $15,405 (tax year 2025)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
Stupski Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $110,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the Appalachian Rekindling Project.; To support the Southern Power Fund.
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Public charity · San Francisco, CA
Tides Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
14 Tennessee grants totaling $614,001 · typical grant $10,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Equity, human rights, and economic empowerment; Healthy individuals and communities; Quality education
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Private foundation · Cary, NC
Sall Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% 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.