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626 foundations that funded “The Community Foundation”

  1. Private foundation · Nashville

    James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    26 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    4 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern Tennessee from hurricane helene; Recovery in community capital campaign; Capital fund support - new building; Fall bash -...

  2. Private foundation · Baltimore, MD

    Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.

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    20 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide general operating support; Support to identify diversion programs in Memphis and conduct community conversations about the need for diversion and prevention...

  3. Private foundation · Nashville

    Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.

    Takes applications

    18 Tennessee grants totaling $592,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Transportation - new vehicle; Able youth track and field program; Expansion project; Recovery in community-arch academy for girls; Increase capacity to serve local needs and...

  4. 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;...

  5. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Riverview Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $352,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Rockmont park parking lot improvements; Nickajack trailhead driveway construction project; From where i stand: the black experieince in country music; Trail building equipment...

  6. Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN

    Wells Fargo Foundation

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    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 _...

  7. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $239,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Signature; Social justice; Community enrichment

  8. Private foundation · Washington, DC

    Lantry Family Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $81,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: In support of the capital campaign for the construction of a tennis court complex in order to develop a program that can provide access for underprivileged children in the...

  9. 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...

  10. Private foundation · Fort Myers, FL

    Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health; Special population support; Community services

  11. Private foundation · Lutz, FL

    Tom and Kathy Shannon Family Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: We are Tennessee's oldest continuing methodist congregation, serving the community since 1774.; We serve our nation by honoring our defenders, veterans, first responders, their...

  12. Private foundation · West Greenwich, RI

    Wooster-Barcott Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To enrich the lives of children, youth, and families by providing transformative programs and support services to meet the evolving needs of our community

  13. 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

  14. Public charity · Nashville

    Nashville Predators Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    58 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $6,553 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Fy24-25 donation, general purposes; Fy24-25 hfc donation: donation for pediatric rehabilitation project + general purposes; Funding for thrive studios, which empowers children...

  15. 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...

  16. Private foundation · Nashville

    Cal Turner Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    24 Tennessee grants totaling $8.7 million · typical grant $5,760 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Fra turner fellows; Capital support for new building; Capital support for building renovations - matching campaign; Recovery in community capital campaign; Fra turner fellows 2024-25

  17. 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...

  18. Private foundation · Memphis

    H W Durham Foundation

    Takes applications

    21 Tennessee grants totaling $414,045 · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for seniors; Providing flowers to spread joy and inspire kindness; Community support services; Medical care for seniors; Legal services

  19. Private foundation · Cookeville

    Burnett Unity Foundation

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    19 Tennessee grants totaling $547,600 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Promote cross country athletics; Prevention of child abuse; Provide women's health services.; Hospital foundation; Provide temporary shelter for homeless individuals

  20. Private foundation · Memphis

    Scheidt Family Foundation Inc.

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    18 Tennessee grants totaling $551,700 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2023)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for the operations of levitt shell; Support for the operations of dixon gallery and garden; Support for the operations of Memphis brooks museum; Support for operations...

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.