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62 foundations that funded “Black”

  1. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Lyndhurst Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    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

  2. Private foundation · Nashville

    Martin Foundation

    Takes applications

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $115,500 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Wasserman Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $136,480 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024 Annual Gala; Music Maker Guaranteed Income and Mentorship Progr; Class of 2025; 25th Anniversary Event; 15th Annual Evening of Stories Event

  4. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Justice Center Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy

  5. Private foundation · Kalamazoo, MI

    John E Fetzer Institute Inc.

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $230,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: In support of the 2025 womanists at the inkwell retreat; In support of a symposium and book on the sacred and de-enimization

  6. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Freedom Together Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250,000 · typical grant $250,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Youth ej (environmental justice) griot program (phase 2)

  7. Private foundation · Lakeland, FL

    Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.

    Takes applications

    214 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $475 to $9,377 (tax year 2024)

    19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Children's Trust

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Social welfare

  9. Private foundation · Madison

    Memorial Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    180 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $8,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Healing Trust

    Takes applications

    145 Tennessee grants totaling $4.8 million · typical grant $15,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Pine Bluff, AR

    Simmons First Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    22 Tennessee grants totaling $161,521 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General donation for youth programming; Community services; Pcn stars program; 1 school 1 mission program; Therapy tools to support children with special needs

  12. Private foundation · Cleveland

    The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $70,050 · typical grant $500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Operating funds

  13. Public charity · Baltimore, MD

    T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.

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

    70 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $10,000 to $47,845 (tax year 2025)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Multiple

  14. Private foundation · Marco Island, FL

    Brenton & Susan Cook Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  15. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $517,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Historic preservation

  16. Public charity · San Francisco, CA

    Tides Center

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $202,050 · typical grant $10,000 to $17,050 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Equity, human rights, and economic empowerment; Quality education; Sustainable environment

  17. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    R Brad Martin Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program related

  18. Private foundation · Washington, DC

    Democracy Fund Inc.

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $255,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $135,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  19. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Low Income Housing Coalition and Low Income Housing

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024 - sli southeastern tenant protections cohort grant; 2024 - osah state partner regrants

  20. Private foundation · Redwood City, CA

    Omidyar Network Fund Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $190,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support Grantee's Project 3142

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.