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256 foundations that funded “American”

  1. Private foundation · Nashville

    American Educational Assistance Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $11.7 million · typical grant $11.7 million (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarships

  2. Private foundation · Ogden, UT

    American Dream Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $122 · typical grant $122 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Dry Fork, VA

    American Armoured Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    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

  4. Private foundation · New York, NY

    American Academy of Arts and Letters

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To honor exceptional achievement in literature.

  5. Private foundation · Oklahoma City, OK

    American Fidelity Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,100 · typical grant $1,100 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Childhood cancer research

  6. Public charity · Newark, DE

    American Online Giving Foundation Inc.

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

    571 Tennessee grants totaling $34.4 million · typical grant $7,299 to $20,213 (tax year 2025)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Public charity · Hudson, OH

    American Endowment Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    320 Tennessee grants totaling $23 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Health, general; Arts, culture

  8. Public charity · Wilmington, DE

    American Gift Fund

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $681,580 · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. 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

  10. Private foundation · Winston Salem, NC

    Reynolds American Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $2,307 · typical grant $51 to $1,256 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable activtities; Scholarships

  11. Public charity · Chehalis, WA

    Empowering American Communities

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,375 · typical grant $3,175 to $3,200 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Public charity · Nashville

    African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $33,333 to $36,667 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Grassroots organizing

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Philippine American Association of East Tennessee Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $198 · typical grant $198 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Don Gibson American Music Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  15. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Terra Foundation for American Art

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Arts education

  16. Private foundation · Rockland, DE

    Wyeth Foundation for American Art

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 15, Dec 15 · next Dec 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant in support of remembering the Memphis college of art, 1936-2020 exhibition

  17. Private foundation · Eagan, MN

    Restorative Actions Fund for Afro- American Individuals & Commun

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Jp's Peace Love & Happiness Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: American Mobility Project

  19. Public charity · Minneapolis, MN

    Arts Midwest Incorporated

    How to apply: not stated

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools 2024-2025

  20. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Footprint Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    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...

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.