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626 foundations that funded “Community Foundation”

  1. Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    Highmark Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $107,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Five-year grant (2021-2025) to support traditionally under-represented minorities with dental scholarships.; To support school grants and award programs

  2. Private foundation · Boca Raton, FL

    Shakil Ahmed and Faria Abedin Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Unrestricted charitable grant

  3. Private foundation · Princeton, NJ

    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $2.6 million · typical grant $25,256 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 82000 rwjf healthy communities -- site visit grant; 82534 advancing economic inclusion and family wellbeing across Appalachia; 80655 using measuring love to train leaders in...

  4. Private foundation · Shelbyville

    Marsh Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $56,100 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)

  5. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Lift Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $13,923 · typical grant $500 to $1,423 (tax year 2025)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution to general fund; Contribution to donor advised fund

  6. Public charity · Franklin

    Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $140,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $14,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Food insecurity; Counseling and mental health; Support re-entry to society; Housing support; Support programing

  7. Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN

    Met Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $69,246 · typical grant $3,000 to $20,123 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  8. Private foundation · San Francisco, CA

    Skyline Foundation

    Invitation only

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $560,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education advocacy; Choices birth center - midwifery fellowship

  9. Private foundation · Franklin

    Beth and Preston Ingram Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $244,080 to $995,085 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · Charlotte, NC

    Duke Energy Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $32,300 · typical grant $8,500 to $23,800 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Public assistance stlf

  11. Private foundation · North Little Rock, AR

    J Samir Sulieman Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $200 · typical grant $100 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Public charity · Rancho Santa Fe, CA

    Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $110,500 · typical grant $15,500 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious; Humanitarian-global; Advocacy; Health

  13. Public charity · Nashville

    Smile 180 Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    47 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $21,541 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    19 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Grant for dental clinic operations; Grant for dental clinic operations, capital improvements, and dental safety net payments; Grant for dental clinic operations and capital...

  14. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Melrose Foundation

    Invitation only

    34 Tennessee grants totaling $32,200 · typical grant $400 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable support; Educational support; Medical support

  15. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Summers Foundation

    Invitation only

    15 Tennessee grants totaling $35,232 · typical grant $500 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Private foundation · Fort Oglethorpe, GA

    The Bbc Foundation

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $72,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Operating funds; Award

  17. Private foundation · Dickson

    Jackson Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Colquitt Foundation

    Invitation only

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $558,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Ravine renovation

  19. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Chrysalis Foundation

    Takes applications

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $101,700 · typical grant $1,200 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Operating fund

  20. Private foundation · Nashville

    Holloway Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $499,500 · typical grant $9,500 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for education; Support for victims, religious charity; Support for medical research; Support for families charity; Support for religious charity

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.