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81 foundations that funded “National Foundation Centers”

  1. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Tennessee Health Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · typical grant $2,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024 hickey match; 2024 anderson match; 2024 reynolds match; 2024 ryans match; 2024 pow scholar

  2. Private foundation · Memphis

    Lichterman-Loewenberg Foundation

    Invitation only

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $276,800 · typical grant $2,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: For annual support; For annual grant; Unrestricted: for any program with the loewenberg college of nursing; For respite care and personal support for families; For teen job hub

  3. Private foundation · Nashville

    Crittenden Foundation C/o Eleanor B Currie

    Invitation only

    25 Tennessee grants totaling $134,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,200 (tax year 2024)

    16% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Haslam Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    32 Tennessee grants totaling $7.9 million · typical grant $20,000 to $324,000 (tax year 2024)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community grant - boldpath program; 2024 & 2025 evergreen ball; 2024 jazz baby!; Payment on verbal pledge & two table sponsorships; School of music gala

  5. Private foundation · Paris

    Betsy Ross Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $43,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Environmental education; Support public education; Support for children with disabilities and rare diseases; Support for raptors; Support for youth programs

  6. Community foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Cobb Community Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $62,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $37,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Substance abuse treatment and prevention; Family support

  7. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Kennedy Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To support a public charity; To provide funding for a professorship; To fund a new building for the nursing school

  8. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation

    Takes applications

    48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

    2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted grant

  9. Private foundation · Nashville

    Eden Foundation

    Invitation only

    64 Tennessee grants totaling $398,850 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

  10. Public charity · Memphis

    Memphis Bar Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $41,000 · typical grant $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Legal aid and training

  11. Community foundation · Memphis

    Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc.

    Invitation only

    417 Tennessee grants totaling $107.9 million · typical grant $12,000 to $153,077 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Nashville

    Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation

    Takes applications

    39 Tennessee grants totaling $319,150 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant for support of program mission for youth; Grant for support of program mission for education; Grant for support of program mission for community; Community grant for...

  13. Public charity · Wellesley, MA

    Givinga Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    21 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $15,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)

    52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Public charity · Memphis

    Jewish Foundation of Memphis

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    62 Tennessee grants totaling $6.3 million · typical grant $13,000 to $73,200 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious; Educational; Arts & cultural; Health / welfare; Community development

  15. Private foundation · Nashville

    Purity Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $134,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Assurant Foundation

    Invitation only

    26 Tennessee grants totaling $106,312 · typical grant $50 to $330 (tax year 2024)

    92% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financial Assistance

  17. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Roger B & Evelyn W Paddison Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    20 Tennessee grants totaling $157,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jan 31 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Mobile meals; Educational; Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    Thackston Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp

  19. Private foundation · Dickson

    Jackson Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · Montclair, NJ

    Korones Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $80,325 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Offers emergency services, homeless services, and community support services for those in need.; Engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice,...

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.