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62 foundations that funded “Legacy”

  1. Private foundation · Charlotte, NC

    North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $525,000 · typical grant $525,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant donation

  2. Private foundation · Harlingen, TX

    Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $11,707 · typical grant $11,707 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 1, Nov 1 · next Nov 1, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Triumph over trauma; supplies, training, misc

  3. Private foundation · Ottumwa, IA

    Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  4. Private foundation · Forest Hills, NY

    Sustainable Charitable Legacy Inc.

    Invitation only

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

    Funded: Health

  5. Private foundation · Franklin

    The Shepherds Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9 million · typical grant $20,000 to $3.1 million (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Legacy campaign; Operating fund; Medical costs

  6. Public charity · Agawam, MA

    The Harold Grinspoon Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $99,508 · typical grant $9,978 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Life & legacy grants; Pjl grants

  7. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    The Goizueta Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $339,411 · typical grant $1,161 to $308,250 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Goizueta legacy scholarships

  8. Private foundation · Jackson

    Charles and Debby Campbell Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $349,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2025)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Growing a Legacy III; Org # 10754100; Brazil mission trip; Women's Soccer; Support for Leon Willis

  9. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation

    Invitation only

    96 Tennessee grants totaling $13.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Missions fund; Legacy dinner; Knox county imagination library; Data capacity building support; Community circle

  10. Public charity · New York, NY

    Harper House Music Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $67,750 · typical grant $17,750 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Artist development grant; Legacy & inspiration grant

  11. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    The Norcliffe Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $650,500 · typical grant $500 to $500,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2025 our wetlands matching challenge; Conservation legacy match challenge

  12. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Benwood Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    109 Tennessee grants totaling $7.7 million · typical grant $5,000 to $81,000 (tax year 2024)

    37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Periscope artist entrepreneur training; Creative entrepreneur training; Bessie smith legacy gala; Emma wheeler club & great futures; Capital support & general operating

  13. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Powell Foundation

    Takes applications

    41 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    4 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Scholarship; Building fund; Hutchins legacy fund; UT genomics graduate student; Jennifer powell scholarship

  14. 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

  15. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $89,350 · typical grant $7,500 to $67,600 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arconic greening stem grant; Community impact project; Dod legacy award

  16. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $22.6 million · typical grant $79,804 to $189,305 (tax year 2024)

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Advancing soil health in Tennessee; Restoring cumberland plateau grasslands & savannas; Restoring abandoned and legacy mine lands; Coastal habitat restoration; Remove fish...

  17. 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...

  18. 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

  19. Private foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

    Takes applications

    60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative

  20. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Jerome S and Grace H Murray Foundation

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $11,600 · typical grant $700 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Emergency Shelter for Youth fund

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.