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4,862 foundations that funded “T”

  1. Private foundation · Bloomington, IL

    The Growmark Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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)

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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...

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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.