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647 foundations that funded “Car”
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Private foundation · Nashville
Thackston Family Foundation
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp
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Private foundation · Memphis
Mary Galloway Home
Invitation only
12 Tennessee grants totaling $741,700 · typical grant $35,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Palo Alto, CA
The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation
Invitation only
10 Tennessee grants totaling $32,138 · typical grant $2,500 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To provide support
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Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA
The Presser Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $3,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Nov 15 · next Nov 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Undergraduate scholar awards
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Private foundation · Nashville
M A@rikard Charitable Trust
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $69,300 · typical grant $4,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Council of Independent Colleges
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $226,342 · typical grant $20,000 to $51,551 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grants to colleges
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Private foundation · Crump
Pete H and Mildred F Brown Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical Research; Christmas for disadvantaged; Child Abuse Counseling; Assistance to disabled; Assistance to cancer patients
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Private foundation · Columbia
The Hermoine and Glen Nelson Foundation
Invitation only
7 Tennessee grants totaling $710,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Columbia
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $141,809 · typical grant $15,000 to $28,433 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual sponsorship for awards/events; Fb bank commissions; Annual scholarship; Annual sponsorship
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Private foundation · Nashville
Williams Family Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $12,600 · typical grant $500 to $6,600 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating fund
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Private foundation · Brentwood
The Foundation for Cultural Enrichment
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $253,416 · typical grant $15,000 to $187,463 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Nashville
Micah Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,475 · typical grant $275 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Poor children camp; Homeless relief; Homeless shelter
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Private foundation · Nashville
John U Wilson Charitable Trust
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $92,165 · typical grant $15,363 to $46,077 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support religious activities
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Public charity · Kingsport
Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $133,062 to $1.3 million (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Head start; Food assistance
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Public charity · Birmingham, AL
Reel Life International Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $211,345 · typical grant $24,800 to $117,050 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Various monthly grants: rincon family & church ministries, emmanuel house school, and pasitos de jesus girls orphanage, joel cotes translator in dr.; Guatemala baptist camp...
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Public charity · Franklin
Pagliara Family Charities
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Cleveland, OH
Mack Snyder Rau Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community Programs
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Public charity · Lancaster, PA
Faithful Journey Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $41,050 · typical grant $12,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the mission of the charity
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Mary G K Fox Foundation
Takes applications
27 Tennessee grants totaling $181,310 · typical grant $1,000 to $9,210 (tax year 2025)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: 2022 grant request; 2024 grant request; Assistance to indigent; Web site domain and hosting; Educational audio/video
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United Way · Nashville
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants
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.