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647 foundations that funded “Car”

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Private foundation · Brentwood

    The Foundation for Cultural Enrichment

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $253,416 · typical grant $15,000 to $187,463 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  12. 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

  13. Private foundation · Nashville

    John U Wilson Charitable Trust

    Invitation only

    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

  14. 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

  15. 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...

  16. 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

  17. Private foundation · Cleveland, OH

    Mack Snyder Rau Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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.