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77 foundations that funded “Public Health Founda”
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Private foundation · Riverdale, NY
The Page & Otto Marx Jr Foundation
Invitation only
4 Tennessee grants totaling $23,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public zoo; For research; Health
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Private foundation · West Conshohocken, PA
John Templeton Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $615,323 · typical grant $23,434 to $167,527 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Tokens show: public theology, human flourishing, the good life; Mental health first responders for spiritual yearning among "religious dones"; Understanding the dynamical...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $337,500 · typical grant $62,500 to $275,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Using implementation science to reduce health disparities in youth & families: a university-federally qualified health center partnership; To support the project "disrupting...
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Community foundation · Mountain View, CA
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $25,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health; Education; Civic Participation; General Nonprofit Support; Environment
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Public charity · Minneapolis, MN
The Minneapolis Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
6 Tennessee grants totaling $207,631 · typical grant $12,000 to $44,951 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donor advised, health; Donor advised, animals; Donor advised, public affairs/society benefit
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $8.2 million · typical grant $125,000 to $606,651 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: K-12 education; Public awareness and analysis; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis; Postsecondary education
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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...
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Community foundation · Naples, FL
Collier Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
7 Tennessee grants totaling $245,371 · typical grant $11,155 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Environment & animals; Public, societal benefit; Education; Health
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Clayton Family Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Church general fund; K-12 school; Community health services; Scholarship fund; Dance school transportation
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Staley Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
13 Tennessee grants totaling $32,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: School for grades k - 8; Preserve the national park preserve the national park east TN largest hunger relief charity; Mental health early intervention program for middle and...
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Private foundation · San Diego, CA
Sempra Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $27,442 · typical grant $83 to $1,680 (tax year 2024)
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: International; Education; Health; Medical research; Animals
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Community foundation · Kansas City, MO
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
20 Tennessee grants totaling $777,781 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human Services; Education; Religion-Related; Public, Societal Benefit; Health, Medicine & Science
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Community foundation · Houston, TX
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
18 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $201,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational; Arts; Public benefit; Human services; Health
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Public charity · Hudson, OH
American Endowment Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
320 Tennessee grants totaling $23 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Health, general; Arts, culture
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Community foundation · Atlanta, GA
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
20 Tennessee grants totaling $752,631 · typical grant $7,025 to $39,906 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion related; Diseases/disorders/medical; Education; Philanthropy/voluntarism; Human services
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Community foundation · Memphis
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc.
How to apply: not stated
307 Tennessee grants totaling $40.4 million · typical grant $10,300 to $101,000 (tax year 2024)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Philanthropy; Youth devel
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Private foundation · St Louis, MO
Edward Jones Foundation
Invitation only
136 Tennessee grants totaling $99,068 · typical grant $125 to $500 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Human services - multipurpose and other; Educational institutions and related activities; Animal-related; Health - general and rehabilitative; Community improvement
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Private foundation · Athens
Athens Federal Foundation
Takes applications
43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
9 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Jane I Pettway Foundation
Takes applications
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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Private foundation · New York, NY
William T Grant Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $438,348 · typical grant $25,000 to $151,616 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Applying a critical lens to the use of research evidence in state policymaking; Using implementation science to reduce health disparities in youth & families: a...
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.