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4,862 foundations that funded “T”
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Private foundation · Bloomington, IL
The Growmark Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,550 · typical grant $50 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For support of community charitable activities
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
The David William Upham Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support children with debilitating illness; To help feed the food insecure
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Private foundation · Sausalito, CA
The Isabel Allende Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $230,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $220,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Housing support for women battling substance abuse; Healthcare, education, protection from violence, and reproductive rights
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Private foundation · Sarasota, FL
The Bill & Ann Templeton Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $105,000 · typical grant $35,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General support for program activities
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Private foundation · Nutley, NJ
The Frank A & Edith Orechio Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
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Private foundation · Corbin, KY
The Jagdish and Usha Patil
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $500 · typical grant $250 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Foundation support
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Private foundation · Paola, KS
The Rail Heritage Trust
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,550 · typical grant $15,550 to $45,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Locomotive 576 eectrical components; Work on car watx 100
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Mori Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Canton, OH
The Abner and Esther Yoder Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $6,100 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Omaha, NE
The Rebensdorf Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $9,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To find cures and means of prevention for childhood catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.; To preserve railroad heritage and increase the public's awareness of...
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Private foundation · Laguna Beach, CA
The Hexberg Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Provide training, support and a safe environment for young mothers and their children; Work to teach the benefits of properly harvesting trees
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Burroughs Family Foundation Dtd 12-1-2022
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $3,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Dalton, GA
The John & Therese Church Family Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $22,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Esther A & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $350,000 · typical grant $150,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Neuroscience; Early childhood policy/advocacy
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Research- cardiac initiative; Research- newborn screening
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Private foundation · Akron, OH
The Ports Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Veteran support
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Private foundation · Winter Springs, PA
The Miles Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $310 · typical grant $100 to $210 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,500 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Five for Ten Program
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Private foundation · Charlottesville, VA
The Oak Hill Fund
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $150,000 · typical grant $75,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To cover the costs of clinic services that provide free birth control to clients, enabling clinic partners of three a step ahead affiliates to offer a range of contraceptive...
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.