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35 foundations that funded “Valor”
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Private foundation · Parsons
The Ayers Foundation Trust
Takes applications
36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded: General/operating
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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 · Nashville
Hunt Family Foundation of Nashville Tennessee
Invitation only
31 Tennessee grants totaling $133,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $4,500 (tax year 2025)
23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Lebanon
Jim Horne & Evelyn S Hankins Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $195,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Assist children in the community; Provide programs and activities for seniors; Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment; Affordable tuition...
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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 · Chattangooga
Mckenzie Foundation
Invitation only
24 Tennessee grants totaling $380,700 · typical grant $4,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating funds; Operating fund; Opertaing funds
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Public charity · Brentwood
Corecivic Foundation the
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24 Tennessee grants totaling $475,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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
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Private foundation · Franklin
Ty 2 Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
14 Tennessee grants totaling $259,500 · typical grant $7,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social service funding; Community and youth development funding; Family wellness funding; Historic preservation funding; Medical service funding
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Public charity · Sioux Falls, SD
The Signatry Charitable Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
105 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $8,500 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious ministry; Community development; Education
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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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Private foundation · Nashville
Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation
Invitation only
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 gift.; Annual giving.; Alexis de tocqueville society.; Arch academy.; Annual giving fund.
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Private foundation · Nashville
Washington Foundation
Invitation only
81 Tennessee grants totaling $799,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $14,500 (tax year 2025)
2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Hudson, OH
The Independent Charitable Gift Fund
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
54 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9 million · typical grant $7,800 to $29,250 (tax year 2024)
61% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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.