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647 foundations that funded “Car”
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Private foundation · Germantown
Irvin Lansky Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $575,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Jobs for life; Pcn program education; Teach reading skills to elementary children; Personal and career development; Jewish family services
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Staley Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
13 Tennessee grants totaling $32,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: School for grades k - 8; Preserve the national park preserve the national park east TN largest hunger relief charity; Mental health early intervention program for middle and...
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Private foundation · Germantown
Agape North Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $72,100 · typical grant $2,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2023)
Funded: Assisting with necessaryapparel for thechildren; Assisting with necessaryapparel for the children; Serve adoptive and fosterchildren and familiesproviding holistic care.;...
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Xcel Energy Foundation
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $10,455 · typical grant $65 to $870 (tax year 2024)
64% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Match a previous donation (501(c)3) grant; Match payroll deduction (501(c)3) grant; Match a previous donation (501(c)3) grant, match credit card donation (501(c)3) grant, match...
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Private foundation · Battle Creek, MI
Wk Kellogg Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $17,500 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching Grant; Health and Health Equity; Promise of an Equitable Future; Trustee Mini Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security
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Private foundation · Cookeville
Nazareth Foundation Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $235,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Assist those in need; To assist children; Provide clean water and hiv medical treatment; For fellowships; To assist homeless
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Public charity · Franklin
Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $140,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $14,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Food insecurity; Counseling and mental health; Support re-entry to society; Housing support; Support programing
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Public charity · Sewanee
Sewanee Community Chest
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $80,088 · typical grant $9,000 to $14,000 (tax year 2025)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Preschool program; Sewanee elem schoolpto; Community outreach; Low income housing support; Care of displaced animals
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Public charity · Knoxville
Fort Sanders Foundation
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $26,674 to $371,048 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To help provide equipment, staff and patient education, rehabilitation programs and cardiopulmonary programs, CVA, brain injury and amputee support groups. Also helps provide...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...
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Private foundation · Bellevue, WA
T Causemetics Foundation Dba Thrive
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $481,110 · typical grant $74,748 to $131,274 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Strengthen children and families through counseling and social services; Support to those affected by domestic & sexual violence, stalking and human trafficking; Lift up women...
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Private foundation · Charlotte, NC
George W & Ruth R Baxter Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civic, support for homeless families; Medical, provide affordable and quality health care for low-income and uninsured; Civic, food pantry; Civic, deliver basis goods and...
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Public charity · Davenport, IA
Rsm Us Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $116,385 · typical grant $11,766 to $61,028 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Youth education - ja and dollars for doers; Youth education - power of love and dollars for doers; Youth health - dollars for doers and holiday card constest; Youth education -...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
After Gods Heart Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support of ministering to families facing difficult pregnancy decisions; Support of eliminating the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children in Tennessee; Support of...
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Private foundation · Harrison, NY
Mary P Dolciani Halloran Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support the arts education program and student matinees; Promote literacy for underserved youth; Veterinary care for rescued animals
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Public charity · Houston, TX
Lewis Family Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $32,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Youth development-youth development programs; Mental health & crisis intervention-counseling; Health care-alliances & advocacy
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Institute for Public Health Innovation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $99,483 · typical grant $40,000 to $59,483 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To facilitate employment and effective integration of community health workers to help communities respond to and recover from covid-19.; To grant on behalf of common health...
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities Incorporated
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $23,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Toward expenses of the educational enrichment programs, to advance job readiness, career development and pre-k readiness for economically vulnerable women and children.; Toward...
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Private foundation · Leesburg, VA
Diane & Michael Canney Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Advancing cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment, ensuring that families never receive a bill for care, travel,...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $337,500 · typical grant $62,500 to $275,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Using implementation science to reduce health disparities in youth & families: a university-federally qualified health center partnership; To support the project "disrupting...
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.