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430 foundations that funded “Education Foundation”
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...
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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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Public charity · New York, NY
Grapevine Giving Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
30 Tennessee grants totaling $288,988 · typical grant $6,897 to $12,200 (tax year 2025)
87% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating fund and general assistance.
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
20 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · typical grant $30,000 to $210,500 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General operating support and project support; Project support
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Public charity · San Diego, CA
The San Diego Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $658,441 · typical grant $7,000 to $14,600 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For scholarships; To support national bail out
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Private foundation · Nashville
Tennessee Titans Foundation
Takes applications
124 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
84% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating budget
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Private foundation · Franklin
Richard Siegel Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $198,830 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,210 (tax year 2025)
35% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship; Richard siegel foundation grant; Richard seigel foundation grant
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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
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Bauchiero Family Foundation
Invitation only
26 Tennessee grants totaling $78,017 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Patricia & Louis Todd Family Foundation Trust
Invitation only
19 Tennessee grants totaling $518,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
53% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Savannah
The Darryl Worley Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
17 Tennessee grants totaling $105,535 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community Events; Veterans programs; Recognition of Veterans; Medical Research; Program for Austistic Children
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Private foundation · Nashville
Toby S Wilt Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $155,550 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Scripps Howard Foundation
How to apply: not stated
37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)
54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend
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Public charity · Jacksonville, FL
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
20 Tennessee grants totaling $525,266 · typical grant $12,980 to $39,280 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National 4-H Council
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $328,844 · typical grant $23,060 to $241,033 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Battelle Memorial Institute
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
The William Stamps Farish Fund
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $405,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education program support; 2025 show; Security upgrades; The women's fund - girls give fund; Paid internship program
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Private foundation · Dearborn, MI
Ford Motor Company Fund
Invitation only
12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $50,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Ford community centers; Employee volunteering; Other services; Entreprenuership; Museums and cultural inst.
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Public charity · New York, NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services
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Public charity · Jenkintown, PA
National Philanthropic Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
338 Tennessee grants totaling $59.5 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Human services; Education; Health; Public, societal benefit
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.