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114 foundations that funded “Just”

  1. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Southern Partners Fund Inc.

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    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

  2. Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA

    Doing His Time Prison Ministry

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,256 · typical grant $256 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Promote restorative justice and disciple people affected by incareration; Ukrainian assistance

  3. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Freedom Together Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250,000 · typical grant $250,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Youth ej (environmental justice) griot program (phase 2)

  4. Private foundation · Nashville

    Carpenter Family Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $300,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Park conservation; Advancement of econ. And racial just

  5. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $239,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Signature; Social justice; Community enrichment

  6. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated)

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,640 · typical grant $10,640 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support continued participation as a site in the safety and justice challenge network; To support a conversation between macarthur fellows, jazz cellist and composer tomeka...

  7. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    The California Endowment

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250,000 · typical grant $250,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education for action - learning and capacity building for health justice

  8. Private foundation · Washington, DC

    Public Welfare Foundation Inc.

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for gideon's trumpet redux-continued; Support for justice, not just surviving; Support for mississippi prison reform coalition; Support for towards a people's justice;...

  9. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    Mckinstry Charitable Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $5,300 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Youth & Family Services; Childrens Health; Economic Justice; Human & Civil Rights

  10. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Spray Foundation Inc.

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Helps to give power back to individuals and communities, promoting justice and equity for all

  11. 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

  12. Private foundation · Memphis

    Formanek Foundation

    Takes applications

    15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · typical grant $40,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits; To support the provision of health care for underinsured people; To improve Memphis by the revival of...

  13. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Laura and John Arnold Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $4.7 million · typical grant $43,867 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support grantee's states leading recovery grant program.; To support bail system data collection and data democratization, with the overall goal of providing an accurate and...

  14. Public charity · Nashville

    Economic Club of Nashville Charities

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $379,655 · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support general operations; Support naza program; Support itop, just us & real prog.

  15. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Adair Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $349,502 · typical grant $50,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Funding to purchase gift items for care packages for women who are suffering, grieving, sick, etc.; Funding to support adoption aid grants.; Funding to support a dedicated...

  16. Private foundation · Baltimore, MD

    Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.

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    20 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide general operating support; Support to identify diversion programs in Memphis and conduct community conversations about the need for diversion and prevention...

  17. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Kendeda Fund

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $50,000 to $1 million (tax year 2023)

    Funded: Operating Reserve Fund; For participation in Kendeda Fund's sustainability cohort; Grantmakers for Southern Progress for General Operating Support with a focus on the...

  18. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Jane I Pettway Foundation

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    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

  19. Community foundation · Nashville

    The Community Foundation of Middle

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    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: 2024 support; To provide 1st time support for your important mission; General giving; Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and...

  20. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Ford Foundation

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    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...

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.