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54 foundations that funded “First Presbyterian Church Foundation”
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Private foundation · Jackson
James E Campbell Family Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $462,700 · typical grant $6,000 to $159,100 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign and unrestricted operations; Century Fund and Unrestricted operations
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Private foundation · Nashville
Nicholson Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
20 Tennessee grants totaling $163,799 · typical grant $100 to $300 (tax year 2023)
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Private foundation · Bristol
Frizzell Foundation
Invitation only
17 Tennessee grants totaling $48,350 · typical grant $250 to $750 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Lavergne
1944 Foundation Inc.
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $348,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Promote scientific, educational, and other charitable activities
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Amazonsmile Foundation
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7,033 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $27 to $147 (tax year 2023)
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Private foundation · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
55 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
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Private foundation · Nashville
M Straton Foster Charitable Foundation Rjc-2055000565
Takes applications
44 Tennessee grants totaling $290,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Apr 30 · next Apr 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Samuel M Fleming Foundation
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33 Tennessee grants totaling $568,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Brentwood
The Houghland Foundation
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29 Tennessee grants totaling $285,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Meals on wheels
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Mary G K Fox Foundation
Takes applications
27 Tennessee grants totaling $181,310 · typical grant $1,000 to $9,210 (tax year 2025)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: 2022 grant request; 2024 grant request; Assistance to indigent; Web site domain and hosting; Educational audio/video
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Jack and Charlotte Frost Family Foundation
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24 Tennessee grants totaling $3.4 million · typical grant $25,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Wayside Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $50,850 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,500 (tax year 2025)
9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Christian missions; Christian education
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Private foundation · Jackson
Ned R Mcwherter Charitable Foundation
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36 Tennessee grants totaling $268,711 · typical grant $2,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2025)
35% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Boston, MA
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
1,709 Tennessee grants totaling $165.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,250 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Lone Tree, CA
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
1,331 Tennessee grants totaling $106.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion related; Human services; Education; Health; Public, societal benefit
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Frontstream Global Fund
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
17 Tennessee grants totaling $478,918 · typical grant $7,018 to $33,338 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Kansas City, MO
Greater Horizons
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
46 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $7,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion-Related; Human Services; Health, Medicine & Science; Public, Societal Benefit; Arts & Culture
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation
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282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Annual giving.; Alexis de tocqueville society.; Arch academy.; Annual giving fund.; "let's grow together" capital campaign.
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Private foundation · Waverly
The@garney B Scott Jr Family Foundation Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $42,110 · typical grant $485 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To aid in helping the hungry, homeless, and hurting; To aid in religious education; To provide financial assistance for higher education; To provide financial assistance to...
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.