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2,513 foundations that funded “Foundation Inc”

  1. Private foundation · Morristown

    Jolley Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $104,293 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: High school football program; Feeding the hungry; Hamblen co good scout award; Classroom expenses; Appreciation gifts of meal vouchers

  2. Public charity · Cordova

    Bellevue Foundation Inc.

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $700,083 · typical grant $15,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    77% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Equitable Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $19,828 · typical grant $208 to $2,750 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 18 · next Dec 18, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General contribution

  4. Private foundation · Memphis

    Hohenberg Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: No Specific Designation; Fund Tuition Scholarships; Operating Support Towards Work on Behalf of Unhoused People in Memphis; Capital Campaign to Fund Rust Hall Expansion; Fund...

  5. Private foundation · Greeneville

    Unaka Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $35,086 · typical grant $240 to $4,050 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide financial support that the organization may use however it best sees fit.

  6. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Papa John's Foundation Inc.

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Foxwood Food Center; Shelter to Stability Program; Project Green Fork; Increasing Student Literacy Through Parent; Youth Empowerment Project Cabinets

  7. Private foundation · Dickson

    Jackson Foundation Inc.

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Kennedy Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To support a public charity; To provide funding for a professorship; To fund a new building for the nursing school

  9. Private foundation · Cookeville

    Nazareth Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $235,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Assist those in need; To assist children; Provide clean water and hiv medical treatment; For fellowships; To assist homeless

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Holloway Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $499,500 · typical grant $9,500 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for education; Support for victims, religious charity; Support for medical research; Support for families charity; Support for religious charity

  11. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Riverview Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $352,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Rockmont park parking lot improvements; Nickajack trailhead driveway construction project; From where i stand: the black experieince in country music; Trail building equipment...

  12. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Grandview Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $3,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General charitable support; Religious purposes

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Valentine Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $77,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General operating funding.; Funding for the outdoor construction of a flatiron facility.; Partial funding of the painting project.; Partial funding for assistance in purchasing...

  14. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Lift Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $13,923 · typical grant $500 to $1,423 (tax year 2025)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution to general fund; Contribution to donor advised fund

  15. 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

  16. Public charity · Independence, OH

    Peyback Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  17. Public charity · Fairfax, VA

    Nra Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $186,713 · typical grant $5,828 to $17,035 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Competitive Shooting; General Shooting Program; Training, Safety, Education

  18. Private foundation · Wilmington

    Pathfinder Foundation Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $285,000 · typical grant $7,500 to $30,000 (tax year 2023)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: South Carolina State Initiative; Employee Scholarship Fund; Cartter Scholars Scholarship Fund; Scrappy's Cupboard

  19. Private foundation · Waverly

    Ali Foundation Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $2,625 · typical grant $75 to $750 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · Jackson

    Murray Foundation Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Benevolence

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.