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626 foundations that funded “Community Foundation”
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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
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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
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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...
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Private foundation · Shelbyville
Marsh Family Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $56,100 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Lift Foundation Inc.
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Met Foundation Inc.
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $69,246 · typical grant $3,000 to $20,123 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
Skyline Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Franklin
Beth and Preston Ingram Foundation Inc.
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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
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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
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Private foundation · North Little Rock, AR
J Samir Sulieman Charitable Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $200 · typical grant $100 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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
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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...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Melrose Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Summers Foundation
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Dickson
Jackson Foundation Inc.
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Colquitt Foundation
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Holloway Foundation Inc.
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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.