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176 foundations that funded “Alliance”
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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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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Footprint Foundation Inc.
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42 Tennessee grants totaling $644,525 · typical grant $1,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: The 'Notes in Nature' event in collaboration with reflection riding; African American Cemetery Fund; Sankofa Fund; Langston and Malcolm Carter Scholarship fund; Center for...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Simons Foundation Inc.
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $393,251 · typical grant $8,400 (tax year 2024)
86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Cognitive computational neuroscience (ccn) 2024 conference; Robust, reliable, and provably stable spectral element methods for nonlinear advection dominated problems; Discrete...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lyndhurst Foundation Inc.
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118 Tennessee grants totaling $6.7 million · typical grant $3,239 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
11 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To match LH Associates contributions; LH Associates matching program; General Operations 2024; "My Thriving Garden" Project; Health Services and Improved Database Capacity
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship; The classic tee sponsor / clays...
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Private foundation · Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation
Takes applications
30 Tennessee grants totaling $6.2 million · typical grant $120,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Project support grant to complete the final phase of the locally driven narrative efforts supported by ideas42; Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen...
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Private foundation · Kaneohe, HI
Thomas J Vincent Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $27,336 · typical grant $2,336 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Passthrough; Education
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Private foundation · Charlotte, NC
Nucor Charitable Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $300,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · San Francisco, CA
Rsf Social Finance Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $56,250 · typical grant $12,500 to $23,750 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
Skyline Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $560,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education advocacy; Choices birth center - midwifery fellowship
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Partnership Project Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Hollyhock Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $532,000 · typical grant $245,000 to $287,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Policy manager & technical consultant; Literacy studies ph.d. Program scale-up
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Edna Wardlaw Charitable Tr Ua 123092
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Atlantic Beach, FL
The Skip & Susan Gilliland Ftn
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stewardship of creation
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
The Bancker Williams Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $23,300 · typical grant $23,300 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for advancing clean energy in georgia and the southeast USA
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Merck Family Fund
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA
The Saramar Charitable Fund
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Norwalk, CT
Westwind Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $60,000 · typical grant $60,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To fund operating needs
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Public charity · Nashville
The Cma Foundation
How to apply: not stated
14 Tennessee grants totaling $807,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General support for programming to enhance youth development through music learning; Mental health support for music industry professionals; Music teachers of excellence...
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Private foundation · Franklin
Nissan Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $385,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Celebrate chinese new year in Nashville; Kids first; Maria magdalena campos-pons: behold exhibition programming; Passport to understanding; Conversations @npl
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.