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9,572 foundations

1. Private foundation · Omaha, NE

   Ray C Mckinley Family Foundation Agency

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $27,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

   18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

2. Private foundation · Chickamauga, GA

   The Daniel Ashley and Irene Houston Jewell Memorial Foundation

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $53,500 · typical grant $4,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

   18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Ih/m of jewell family women; Art, music and physical education programs; Scholarships

3. Public charity · Memphis

   Memphis Education Fund Inc.

   How to apply: not stated

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $31,250 to $400,000 (tax year 2025)

   82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Educational support

4. Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX

   Bnsf Railway Foundation

   Takes applications

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $59,340 · typical grant $240 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

   29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Matching gifts 1; Civic; Health & human services; United way/red cross; Youth

5. Private foundation · Houston, TX

   The Powell Foundation

   Takes applications

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $53,750 · typical grant $500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

   45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Designated Grant: General operating and support

6. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

   The Hartley Foundation

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $28,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

   18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Haiti fund; Raccoon Mountain trail fund

7. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

   Addo Foundation Inc.

   Takes applications · Mostly scholarships for individuals

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $4,250 · typical grant $250 to $500 (tax year 2025)

   Stated deadlines: Jan 30, Feb 27 · next Jan 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

   Funded: Education support

8. Private foundation · Henderson, NC

   Dale and Clarice Wolf Foundation

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)

   100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Support organizational goals; Furthering goals of organization; Further goals of institute; Further expand organizations goals; Exonerate Innocent Victims

9. Private foundation · Battle Creek, MI

   Wk Kellogg Foundation

   Takes applications

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $17,500 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)

   No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

   10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Matching Grant; Health and Health Equity; Promise of an Equitable Future; Trustee Mini Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security

10. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Tch Paul Holbrook

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $58,205 · typical grant $1,617 to $6,467 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

11. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Mutual of America Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $103,460 · typical grant $50 to $1,200 (tax year 2025)

    89% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

12. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Christoval Foundation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $104,600 · typical grant $2,500 to $12,600 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Business scholarship fund

13. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Aarp

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $144,583 · typical grant $8,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    91% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community Challenge Grant to support AARP's Livable Communities initiative; Sponsorship of event; Sponsorship of the free rides to the polls on election day event; "Sponsorship...

14. Public charity · Minneapolis, MN

    Educational Credit Management Corporation

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,199 to $120,000 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Fafsa student support; Project success, fafsa student support

15. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Papa John's Foundation Inc.

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Foxwood Food Center; Shelter to Stability Program; Project Green Fork; Increasing Student Literacy Through Parent; Youth Empowerment Project Cabinets

16. Private foundation · San Diego, CA

    Sempra Foundation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $27,442 · typical grant $83 to $1,680 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: International; Education; Health; Medical research; Animals

17. Private foundation · Westlake Village, CA

    Conrad N Hilton Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $262,360 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,650 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Aug 29 · next Aug 29, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support campus youth outreach; For prenatal-3 policy impact center to lead an early childhood development governance evaluation and advance evidence-based policy progress...

18. Private foundation · Irving, TX

    Celanese Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $13,298 · typical grant $26 to $500 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

19. Public charity · Chicago, IL

    National Association of Realtors

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $483,163 · typical grant $8,503 to $68,867 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

20. Private foundation · Menlo Park, CA

    The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $25,000 to $300,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift of staff and board members; For supporting leaders and teachers in accelerating student learning; For legal technical assistance; For leaderstrust pilot planning...