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39 foundations that funded “YWCA Foundation”

  1. Private foundation · Mt Juliet

    Deerfield Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $24,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community assistance

  2. Private foundation · Bristol

    Clarke Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $37,720 · typical grant $200 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Volunteer rescue; Children's hospital; Public chaity; Educational; Childrens home

  3. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Watkins Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $95,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Youth programs; Youth leadership programs; Elevate recovery high school; Public gardens; Art museum

  4. Private foundation · Montgomery, AL

    Doy & Margaret Mccall Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $14,584 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: College prep educational facility; Educational institution; Religious services; Rehab for abused, addicted women; Scholarship fund for the college of arts and sciences

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Bar Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    38 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $95,000 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Administration of justice; Legal services

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Marjorie A Neuhoff Private Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $245,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support arts; Youth support; Cancer support center; Serving green berets; Adoption and pet care

  9. 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;...

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundation

    Takes applications

    79 Tennessee grants totaling $363,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support charity; To support school; Underwriting support for spring outi

  11. Private foundation · Blountville

    Joe W and Frankie Mae Street Foundation

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    41 Tennessee grants totaling $171,696 · typical grant $750 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% 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. Private foundation · Nashville

    James R Meadows Jr Foundation

    Invitation only

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $952,350 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For use in the organization's exempt function

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation

    Invitation only

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $35,960 · typical grant $250 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Private foundation · Nashville

    Henry Laird Smith Foundation

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    33 Tennessee grants totaling $547,500 · typical grant $1,250 to $17,500 (tax year 2025)

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Public charity · Nashville

    Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $109,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2025)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  17. Public charity · Kingsport

    Eastman Credit Union

    How to apply: not stated

    29 Tennessee grants totaling $746,224 · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General contribution; Event sponsorship; General contribution/event sponsorship; Development contribution; Expansion project/snap relief/event sponsorship

  18. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Tch W & F Hendrix Fdn

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    18 Tennessee grants totaling $332,292 · typical grant $5,000 to $21,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  19. Community foundation · New York, NY

    The New York Community Trust

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

    44 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For program support.; For a scholarship award.

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.