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  1. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Smart Family Foundation of Illinois

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Cultural, historical & other educational

  2. Private foundation · Nashville

    Thackston Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp

  3. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $220,750 · typical grant $500 to $40,500 (tax year 2025)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To support a public charity; To support the expansion of facing history in hamilton county, Tennessee; Educational & cultural; To support annual campaign

  4. Private foundation · Jamaica Plain, MA

    Jeas Family Charitable Trust

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To protec the natural and cultural treasures of cedars of Lebanon state park and its historic sites

  5. 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...

  6. Private foundation · Pasadena, CA

    Joseph H Thompson Fund

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $11,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The land trust for Tennessee's mission is to preserve the unique character of Tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.; Scholarship programs

  7. Private foundation · Louisville, KY

    Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $32,790 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the programming, production and education outreach; To provide protection, maintenance and improvement of radnor lake; To support the conservation of Tennessee's...

  8. Public charity · Nashville

    Nashville Predators Foundation

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    58 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $6,553 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Fy24-25 donation, general purposes; Fy24-25 hfc donation: donation for pediatric rehabilitation project + general purposes; Funding for thrive studios, which empowers children...

  9. Private foundation · Franklin

    Stan & Suzanne St Pierre Foundation

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    26 Tennessee grants totaling $8,900 · typical grant $150 to $300 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Donation for operations; Donation for research and activities; Donation for support of history and; Donation for operations-children; Donation for activities of boy scout

  10. Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN

    Lilly Endowment Inc.

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $18.9 million · typical grant $50,000 to $2 million (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Employee matching gift(s); Religion & cultural inst initiative; Youth on faith & service initiative; Capacity buildg-disaster relief orgs; Nurturing children-worship & prayer

  11. Private foundation · Loudon

    Gerald W and Mary Ann Phillips Family Charitable Foundation

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    17 Tennessee grants totaling $49,374 · typical grant $100 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Family & children services; Veterans support; Cemetary upkeep; Helping adults with special needs; Historical organization

  12. Private foundation · Franklin

    Ty 2 Foundation Inc.

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $259,500 · typical grant $7,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social service funding; Community and youth development funding; Family wellness funding; Historic preservation funding; Medical service funding

  13. Private foundation · Nashville

    Eberling Charitable Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $101,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Crime victims to network and heal.; Educational opportunities; Provide food for homeless; Provide funding for green space; Provide shelter for animals

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Nochera Fam Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To preserve, enhance, and promote shelby park and bottoms, a nearly 1300 acre park, containing miles of trails, multiple playgrounds, facilities and historic structures for...

  15. Private foundation · Omaha, NE

    The Rebensdorf Family Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $9,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To find cures and means of prevention for childhood catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.; To preserve railroad heritage and increase the public's awareness of...

  16. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The organization provides biblical resources through online teachings, podcasts, seminars, study trips, and videos that help people to understand the bible more thoroughly from...

  17. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Spunk Fund Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $13,200 · typical grant $13,200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 1 · next Apr 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support a second offering of journeys, the undergraduate course that will examine the metaphor of an individual journey and how that metaphor is understood culturally,...

  18. Private foundation · Cookeville

    Gary Douglas Sasser & Colleen Gill Mcpherson Charitable Foundation Tr

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $21,000 · typical grant $6,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To spread the christian faith.; To endow permanent scholarships for associates of averitt express, inc. And their children who desire to continue their educaction beyond high...

  19. Private foundation · Shelbyville

    Gary Cooper Family Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To further the purposes of charitable organization.; Personal hardship distribution - the recipient's husband john harrison, age 45, an employee of cooper's steel fabricators,...

  20. Public charity · Goodlettsville

    Dollar General Literacy Foundation

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    81 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $8,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: English as a second; Atoz family; Literacy support for; Bim family literacy; Literacy changes liv

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.