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1,142 foundations
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Private foundation · Nashville
Speller Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $39,840 · typical grant $500 to $9,500 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as The Jewish Temple, West End Synagogue
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $4,900 · typical grant $750 to $1,000 (tax year 2023)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as 2nd Presbyterian Church Beloved Women
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Hendersonville
John D Walker Family Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $95,010 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Redzone Ministries
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Private foundation · Memphis
The Mbm Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Church Health
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program Services
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Private foundation · Franklin
William H and Ella W Mcmahanfoundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $61,550 · typical grant $4,750 to $17,400 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Crieve Hall Church of Christ, Pegram Church of Christ, Sycamore View Church of Christ
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Assistance to needy families; Contribution to university - assistance to students
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Private foundation · Nashville
Nantz Family Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $41,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as St George's Church, Woodmont Christian Church
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Hakim Family Foundation 12172021
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $45,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Congregation, St Henry Church, St Vincent De Paul Co St Henry Church
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Memphis
Great Oaks Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $108,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Church of the Holy Communion
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Various
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Private foundation · Nashville
Mary Wester Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $51,791 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,291 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Saint Henry Church
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Memphis
David C and Pamela N Andersonprivate Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $88,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Lord of Life Lutheran Church
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General support of the church
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Private foundation · Nashville
Hostettler Family Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $175,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Jd Greer Sr Ministries
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Ann and Monroe Carell Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $50,000 to $400,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Diocese of Nashville, Diocese of Nashville - Legacy Campaign
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To further charitable activities
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Private foundation · Collierville
Fitzgerald Family Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $42,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Mosaic Memphis Ministries
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Union City
Gail Latimer Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $23,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Union City First Methodist Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Benevolence
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Private foundation · Memphis
Dobbs Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $450,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Downline Ministries
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Christenberrry-Anderson-Loomis Family Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $147,300 · typical grant $15,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as St George's Episcopal Church
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious
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Private foundation · Nashville
Joe & Velma Dewitt Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as The Church at Harpeth Heights
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating funds
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Private foundation · Memphis
Millwood Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $116,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Together Ministry Center
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Reach out to underserved and disenfranchised people; To provide diapers to families in need; Empowers children and families to achieve a healthy, optimal, and independent...
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Private foundation · Franklin
Ellmma
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $105,400 · typical grant $5,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Zeal Church
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Rollins Family Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $7,800 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Holy Rosary Church, Catholic Diocese of Nashville, St Luke Catholic Church
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation for church purposes; Assist education expenses for needy individuals; For the needy for food& clothing; Hallie scruggs memorialscholarship fund
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.