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114 foundations that funded “Just”
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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;...
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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
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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
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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 · Memphis
Formanek Foundation
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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.