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647 foundations that funded “Car”

Private foundation · Fullerton, CA
John H Grace Foundation

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Support empower, educate, equip, mobilize and care for artistic, creative and entrepreneurial leadership to redemptively serve communities.
Private foundation · North Oaks, MN
Foothills Foundation

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: St. Jude children's research hospital's purpose is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Their mission is...
Community foundation · Appleton, WI
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc.

How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

3 Tennessee grants totaling $42,543 · typical grant $5,100 to $21,000 (tax year 2024)

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Human services; Philanthropy, voluntarism; Health care
Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.

How to apply: not stated

1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

55 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
Private foundation · Nashville
Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation

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282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

5 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Annual giving.; Alexis de tocqueville society.; Arch academy.; Annual giving fund.; "let's grow together" capital campaign.
Private foundation · Nashville
T & T Family Foundation

Takes applications

70 Tennessee grants totaling $467,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: General funds; Madison campus; General funds, Nashville area; Academic remediation for disadvantaged students; Helping individuals with beginning again (ged + daycare while learning)
Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation

Takes applications

60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
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
Private foundation · Knoxville
Jane I Pettway Foundation

Takes applications

40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant
Public charity · St Louis, MO
Saint Thomas West Hospital

How to apply: not stated

34 Tennessee grants totaling $663,167 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Support of Teeth For Life program; Support of pregnancy services for uninsured, low income women; Support of No-Cost Mental Health Counseling; Support of Community Health...
Private foundation · Knoxville
Robert Lee Weiss Foundation First TN Bank Plaza Tower

Takes applications

26 Tennessee grants totaling $159,500 · typical grant $4,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)

Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

5 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Community service projects; Scholarship funding; Capital projects; Accessible equipment for; Emergency assistance
Private foundation · Nashville
Mccauley Lindsay Charities of Tennessee Inc.

Takes applications

26 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $39,293 to $115,000 (tax year 2024)

58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

4 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Lighting, parking lot, food equip, c; Hungry program; Robertson co land purch & matching s; Forklift, scale, fan; Water heater, food warmer, cart
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
Private foundation · Knoxville
Gene and Florence Monday Foundation

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24 Tennessee grants totaling $230,225 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,800 (tax year 2025)

Stated deadlines: Jul 1 · next Jul 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Program for youth general fund; Support for latino community; Clothes for those in need; Improve adult, child, and family literacy in east TN; Collect items for children ages...
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...
Private foundation · Knoxville
The Siddiqi Charitable Foundation

Takes applications

22 Tennessee grants totaling $421,025 · typical grant $5,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Education; Academic programs; School garden program; Mental health program; Money for local community food pantr
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...
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;...
Public charity · Gatlinburg
Mountain Ways Inc.

How to apply: not stated

17 Tennessee grants totaling $3.3 million · typical grant $25,000 to $233,853 (tax year 2025)

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

6 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: To provide support for the rescue of flood victims, replacement of equipment; To provide support for opening the bread basket food pantry for flood victims and lease payments...
Private foundation · Jacksboro
Lafollette Medical Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

16 Tennessee grants totaling $562,779 · typical grant $23,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Mental health programs; Medical, psychological, & educational services for abused & neglected children in the juvenile court of campbell county; Influenza vaccination program,...

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.