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1. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

   The Hartley Foundation

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $28,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

   18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Haiti fund; Raccoon Mountain trail fund

2. Private foundation · Henderson, NC

   Dale and Clarice Wolf Foundation

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)

   100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Support organizational goals; Furthering goals of organization; Further goals of institute; Further expand organizations goals; Exonerate Innocent Victims

3. Private foundation · Battle Creek, MI

   Wk Kellogg Foundation

   Takes applications

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $17,500 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)

   No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

   10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Matching Grant; Health and Health Equity; Promise of an Equitable Future; Trustee Mini Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security

4. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

   Tch Paul Holbrook

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $58,205 · typical grant $1,617 to $6,467 (tax year 2025)

   Funded only returning groups in its latest year

5. Private foundation · New York, NY

   Mutual of America Foundation

   Takes applications

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $103,460 · typical grant $50 to $1,200 (tax year 2025)

   89% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

6. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

   Christoval Foundation

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $104,600 · typical grant $2,500 to $12,600 (tax year 2024)

   27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Business scholarship fund

7. Public charity · Washington, DC

   Aarp

   How to apply: not stated

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $144,583 · typical grant $8,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

   91% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Community Challenge Grant to support AARP's Livable Communities initiative; Sponsorship of event; Sponsorship of the free rides to the polls on election day event; "Sponsorship...

8. Public charity · Minneapolis, MN

   Educational Credit Management Corporation

   How to apply: not stated

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,199 to $120,000 (tax year 2024)

   82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Fafsa student support; Project success, fafsa student support

9. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

   The Papa John's Foundation Inc.

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)

   40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Foxwood Food Center; Shelter to Stability Program; Project Green Fork; Increasing Student Literacy Through Parent; Youth Empowerment Project Cabinets

10. Private foundation · San Diego, CA

    Sempra Foundation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $27,442 · typical grant $83 to $1,680 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: International; Education; Health; Medical research; Animals

11. Private foundation · Westlake Village, CA

    Conrad N Hilton Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $262,360 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,650 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Aug 29 · next Aug 29, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support campus youth outreach; For prenatal-3 policy impact center to lead an early childhood development governance evaluation and advance evidence-based policy progress...

12. Private foundation · Irving, TX

    Celanese Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $13,298 · typical grant $26 to $500 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

13. Public charity · Chicago, IL

    National Association of Realtors

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $483,163 · typical grant $8,503 to $68,867 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

14. Private foundation · Menlo Park, CA

    The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $25,000 to $300,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift of staff and board members; For supporting leaders and teachers in accelerating student learning; For legal technical assistance; For leaderstrust pilot planning...

15. Private foundation · Louisville, KY

    Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $32,790 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the programming, production and education outreach; To provide protection, maintenance and improvement of radnor lake; To support the conservation of Tennessee's...

16. Public charity · Knoxville

    Women's Fund of East Tennessee

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $382,610 · typical grant $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    73% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Youth development; Human services; Arts, culture; Philanthropy; Educ. Institutions

17. 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

18. Public charity · Rosemont, IL

    Genyouth Incorporated

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $80,296 · typical grant $5,591 to $7,872 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support physical activities in schools; Combat food insecurity in schools

19. Public charity · Burbank, CA

    The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $203,872 · typical grant $12,266 to $18,764 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide musical instruments to students in need.

20. 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)