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46 foundations that funded “Civic”
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Usg Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $6,470 · typical grant $38 to $600 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health & Human Services; Community & Civic; Educational Institutions and Related Activities
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Community foundation · Mountain View, CA
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $25,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health; Education; Civic Participation; General Nonprofit Support; Environment
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Private foundation · Columbia, MD
Wr Grace Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education & science; Health & social welfare; Urban, civic & culture
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Community foundation · Los Angeles, CA
California Community Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $25,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Animal welfare; Religion; Disaster response; Health; Arts
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Benwood Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
109 Tennessee grants totaling $7.7 million · typical grant $5,000 to $81,000 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Periscope artist entrepreneur training; Creative entrepreneur training; Bessie smith legacy gala; Emma wheeler club & great futures; Capital support & general operating
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Private foundation · Memphis
J R Hyde III Foundation
Takes applications
108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...
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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 · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
Al Neyer Community Foundation
Invitation only
8 Tennessee grants totaling $56,325 · typical grant $200 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
Action TN
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $682,000 · typical grant $37,500 to $152,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $350,200 · typical grant $25,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support org programs
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Public charity · Youngstown, OH
State Power Fund
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program services
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Private foundation · Winstonsalem, NC
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $380,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $325,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Monteagle
South Cumberland Community Fund
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $223,939 · typical grant $7,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Southern Partners Fund Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social,Economic & Environm Justice
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Public charity · San Francisco, CA
Tides Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
14 Tennessee grants totaling $614,001 · typical grant $10,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Equity, human rights, and economic empowerment; Healthy individuals and communities; Quality education
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Battelle Memorial Institute
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match
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Private foundation · Nashville
Sandra Schatten Foundation
Invitation only
35 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
20 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · typical grant $30,000 to $210,500 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General operating support and project support; Project support
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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
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.