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86 foundations that funded “Lee”
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Private foundation · Salt Lake City, UT
James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Medical research
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Private foundation · Eggleston, VA
The Leet Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Highland, IN
Nicholas Leep & Hilda Leep Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)
Funded: Bible distribution
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United Way · Fort Myers, FL
The United Way of Lee County Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $571,944 · typical grant $119,188 to $452,756 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Allocation for General Support
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Private foundation · Audubon, PA
Pasquale & Susan Lee Mascaro Charitable Tr
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Pascagoula, MS
Jerry and Polly Lee Family Foundation Trust
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · York, PA
The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To help fund the operations of the various 501(c)(3) charitable organizations.
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Charles & Esther Lee Kimerling Charitable Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Chestnut Hill, MA
The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
John M & Janie R Lee Charitable Tr
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $312,055 · typical grant $312,055 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Madison, WI
Patrick and Lee Baxter Family Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Las Vegas, NV
Capelli Sandra Lee Char Fdn
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $31,250 · typical grant $31,250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Patient care and research
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Arthur D Dana Foundation Inc. Co Lee and
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $23,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General support grant
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $162,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Sep 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Curatorial research fellowship: dr. Patricia lee daigle; Program support (over 2 years); Warhol re-granting initiative
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation
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282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Annual giving.; Alexis de tocqueville society.; Arch academy.; Annual giving fund.; "let's grow together" capital campaign.
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Private foundation · Memphis
J R Hyde III Foundation
Takes applications
108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...
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Public charity · Goodlettsville
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
How to apply: not stated
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
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Private foundation · Macon, GA
The Ra Bowen Trust
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: May 1 · next May 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Bill Kent Family Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship award
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Hoy W Hamilton and Clara M Hamilton Scholarship Fund
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,183 · typical grant $7,183 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships
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.