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551 foundations that funded “Trust”
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Public charity · Jenkintown, PA
National Philanthropic Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
338 Tennessee grants totaling $59.5 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Human services; Education; Health; Public, societal benefit
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Public charity · Boston, MA
The Us Charitable Gift Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
111 Tennessee grants totaling $4 million · typical grant $8,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Sioux Falls, SD
The Signatry Charitable Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
105 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $8,500 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious ministry; Community development; Education
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Community foundation · New York, NY
The New York Community Trust
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
44 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For program support.; For a scholarship award.
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Community foundation · Chicago, IL
The Chicago Community Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
29 Tennessee grants totaling $32.5 million · typical grant $15,000 to $342,704 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Clearwater, FL
International Generosity Foundation Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
10 Tennessee grants totaling $3.1 million · typical grant $40,000 to $190,000 (tax year 2024)
90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Promotion of christian faith; Poverty alleviation
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Public charity · Detroit, MI
Comerica Charitable Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $155,750 · typical grant $10,000 to $125,750 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Pew Charitable Trusts
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $330,422 · typical grant $75,000 to $174,257 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Policy; Matching Gift
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hugh and Charlotte Maclellan Charitabhle Trust
Invitation only
44 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For outreach to youth and children.; For education of youth and children.; For restoration and rehabilitation programs.; For spiritual formation and education.; For providing...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Patricia & Louis Todd Family Foundation Trust
Invitation only
19 Tennessee grants totaling $518,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
53% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Sol Stern and Rose Stern Charitable Trust
Invitation only
19 Tennessee grants totaling $194,790 · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Charitable-education; Charitable-religious; Charitable-senior programs; Charitable-food safety; Charitable-programs
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Private foundation · Nashville
American Paper & Twine Company Charitable Trust
Invitation only
16 Tennessee grants totaling $262,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Boynton Beach, FL
Nat R & Martha M Knaster Charitable Trust
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Unrestricted $10,000now campaign beta pi chapter $2,500; College fund for haslam business school at university of Tennessee; Haslam facility expense fund for new business...
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Private foundation · Decaturville
Guy and Ethel Kennedy Scholarship Fund Trust
Invitation only
8 Tennessee grants totaling $12,250 · typical grant $500 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
William W Jenkins Char Rmdr Trust
Invitation only
8 Tennessee grants totaling $24,252 · typical grant $1,516 to $6,063 (tax year 2025)
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Private foundation · Pasadena, CA
Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $65,525 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fund transportation costs for families affected by domestic violence; Purchase tables, book shelves, etc. For working dog training; Support senior citizen programs; Support...
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Private foundation · Lawrenceburg
The Jim Brock Leonard Charitable Trust
Invitation only
4 Tennessee grants totaling $34,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2023)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Nashville
National Guard Association of Tennessee Group Insurance Trust
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships, benev
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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
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Public charity · Erlanger, KY
Disabled American Veterans (dav) Charitable Service Trust
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $310,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Rehabilitation / Therapeutic; Health
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.