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551 foundations that funded “Trust”

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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...

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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...

  14. 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

  15. 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)

  16. 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...

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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.