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86 foundations that funded “Scouts”
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Private foundation · Greeneville
Bartlett-Patterson Corporation
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $164,108 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To instill values in youth and build character.; Acquire books for the library; To provide care of young people; To assist young people in the community and to assist in the...
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Public charity · Crossville
United Fund of Cumberland County
How to apply: not stated
35 Tennessee grants totaling $358,182 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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
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Private foundation · Memphis
Belz Foundation
Invitation only
30 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $2,000 to $158,500 (tax year 2025)
13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Health/welfare; Arts; Community; Religious
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Private foundation · Nashville
Nicholson Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
20 Tennessee grants totaling $163,799 · typical grant $100 to $300 (tax year 2023)
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United Way · Bristol
United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc.
How to apply: not stated
14 Tennessee grants totaling $418,526 · typical grant $9,000 to $53,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Irvine, CA
Taco Bell Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide support services and programs for underprivileged children, to help them grow up; To provide financial support at the local level for boys and girls clubs throughout...
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United Way · Chattanooga
United Way of Greater Chattanooga
How to apply: not stated
69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $21,689 to $64,542 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Franklin
Community Health Systems Foundation
Invitation only
53 Tennessee grants totaling $366,166 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching grant or gift
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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
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Private foundation · Oak Hill
Pfeffer Foundation
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32 Tennessee grants totaling $54,590 · typical grant $250 to $2,578 (tax year 2025)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General funds
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Private foundation · Brentwood
The Houghland Foundation
Invitation only
29 Tennessee grants totaling $285,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Meals on wheels
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Private foundation · Nashville
Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust
Takes applications
28 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Franklin
Stan & Suzanne St Pierre Foundation
Invitation only
26 Tennessee grants totaling $8,900 · typical grant $150 to $300 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Donation for operations; Donation for research and activities; Donation for support of history and; Donation for operations-children; Donation for activities of boy scout
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Private foundation · Bristol, VA
The United Company Foundation
Takes applications
22 Tennessee grants totaling $653,302 · typical grant $7,075 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jul 1, Dec 1 · next Dec 1, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Education - tuition; Education - books; Support for continuation of museum's extensive educational resource project; Sequoyah council capital program - camp davy crockett;...
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Private foundation · Bristol
Frizzell Foundation
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $48,350 · typical grant $250 to $750 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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United Way · Greeneville
Greene County United Way Inc.
How to apply: not stated
14 Tennessee grants totaling $244,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $23,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Nashville
William H Frist Family Foundation
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $232,500 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To promote religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational activities.
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Private foundation · Nashville
Woosley Family Foundation Tr
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $15,618 · typical grant $300 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Satisfy requirement
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Private foundation · Nashville
Deborah and Ca Craig II Family Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $125,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign; Operating fund; Southreach program
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.