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327 foundations that funded “Hope”
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Private foundation · Indian Shores, FL
Bell Family Foundation for Hope Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Sep 30 · next Sep 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Lancaster, PA
Circle of Hope Foundation
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)
Funded: Public purpose
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship; The classic tee sponsor / clays...
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
David E Simon & Jacqueline S Simon Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: New hope children's advocacy center
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lawrence Christian Ministries Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,099 · typical grant $2,000 to $6,099 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Help with hope cancer bag ministry; Putnam county
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
Robert A Johnston Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To take the hope of Christ to every student
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Good Sparrow Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)
Funded: Partners in Hope Fund
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Public charity · St Louis, MO
Saint Thomas West Hospital
How to apply: not stated
34 Tennessee grants totaling $663,167 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Support of Teeth For Life program; Support of pregnancy services for uninsured, low income women; Support of No-Cost Mental Health Counseling; Support of Community Health...
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Private foundation · Franklin
Willis and Reba Johnsons Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $747,220 · typical grant $2,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To improve benefits for fire fighters and or their family when injured on the job or death.; Restoration dentistry for needy children; Friends of scouting; To serve and protect...
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Private foundation · East Hanover, NJ
Novartis Us Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $573,641 · typical grant $573,641 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Furtherance of the goals of the beacon of hope collaboration, establish, maintain and operate a center of excellence for clinical and tranlational research.
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Public charity · Cincinnati, OH
Johnson Charitable Gift Fund
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
10 Tennessee grants totaling $452,850 · typical grant $10,000 to $32,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Ridpath 1330; Send hope, uganda
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Ann M Duffer Family Foundation
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23 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: North Carolina and Tennessee Hurricane Relief Efforts; Building Hope for Women & Children Campaign; Just Us program; Rheumatoid Arthritis Research; VUMC Pediatric rehabilitation program
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Jane I Pettway Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant
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Public charity · Jackson
West TN Healthcare Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $9,394 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)
49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: $6,000.00 women who care grant; $5,000.00 for general support; $250.00 windows of hope sponsorship; $2,093.53 for repair of ac unit; $1,500.00 steak n burger sponsorship;...
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Private foundation · Cleveland
Allan Jones Foundation
Takes applications
21 Tennessee grants totaling $72,741 · typical grant $300 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)
81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating funds; Operating funds & memorials; Legacy fund; Swing for hope donation
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Private foundation · Cookeville
Esme Foundation
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14 Tennessee grants totaling $150,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $11,000 (tax year 2025)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Church activitieschurch activitieschurch activitieschurch activitiesreligious church activitiesdonation for church activities; Support pregnancy crisis; Cure for cystic...
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Bishop Family Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $640,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Recovery in community campaign; Clef medical camps campaign; Stability program; Truck for project restore; South Chattanooga program
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Hobson-Wood Foundation Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support Educational artist residencies and youth engagement activities in 2026 and 2027; Imagination Series; Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley - Knox County; Cleft...
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Private foundation · Hopkinsville, KY
Hunt Family Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To find a cure for childhood cancer; Changing Clarksville with love; Provide hope to hungry, homeless etc; Supporting missionaries in india
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Private foundation · Bend, OR
Pinetops Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To enable africa's leaders to cultivate and equip the next generation to lead and build thriving communities so that the beauty, transofrmation, and hope of the gospel can be...
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.