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256 foundations that funded “American”
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Private foundation · Nashville
American Educational Assistance Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Ogden, UT
American Dream Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $122 · typical grant $122 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Dry Fork, VA
American Armoured Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · New York, NY
American Academy of Arts and Letters
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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.
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Private foundation · Oklahoma City, OK
American Fidelity Foundation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Don Gibson American Music Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Eagan, MN
Restorative Actions Fund for Afro- American Individuals & Commun
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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
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Jp's Peace Love & Happiness Foundation
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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
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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
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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...
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.