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Private foundation · Nashville
Nochera Fam Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To preserve, enhance, and promote shelby park and bottoms, a nearly 1300 acre park, containing miles of trails, multiple playgrounds, facilities and historic structures for...
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Private foundation · Austin, TX
The Rosendin Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $42,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 15 · next Aug 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To deliver comprehensive, coordinated, child-focused services to victims of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and witnesses to violent crimes.; To develop and standardize...
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Pritzker Family Foundation
Invitation only
3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $200,000 to $1 million (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Building awareness and education on importance of early childhood development; Research and education on early childhood education; Research and education on family economic stability
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Private foundation · Eden Prairie, MN
United Health Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $25,000 to $990,635 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: From clinic to home: enhancing rx access and chronic disease management for older adults in under-resourced communities; Integrating medical care and behavioral health services...
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Private foundation · Germantown
John Winn Davis Fund for Autism
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $19,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support the work and mission of the organization and assist children/patients of the organization who have an autism diagnosis.; To support the work and mission of the...
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Private foundation · Shelbyville
Gary Cooper Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To further the purposes of charitable organization.; Personal hardship distribution - the recipient's husband john harrison, age 45, an employee of cooper's steel fabricators,...
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Weaver and Tidwell Private Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,750 · typical grant $750 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Supports families of children battling pediatric brain tumors and funds related medical research.; Provides mentoring and support to new and expectant parents to strengthen...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Institute for Public Health Innovation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $99,483 · typical grant $40,000 to $59,483 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To facilitate employment and effective integration of community health workers to help communities respond to and recover from covid-19.; To grant on behalf of common health...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Elma Music Foundation (us)
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Project support for sub-grants and capacity building to three-to-four community based, music oriented youth development organizations.; Project support for stax music academy,...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
American Forests
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $145,000 · typical grant $34,000 to $111,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Funding and technical assistance in permanently transitioning the national register of champion trees; Career pathways program in Memphis, staff training & support
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Russell Sage Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $121,703 · typical grant $46,903 to $74,800 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Legal representation in eviction court; Creating a nuisance? Housing nuisance ordinances and their impacts on stu...
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Private foundation · Radnor, PA
E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $120,000 · typical grant $35,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 31, Jul 15 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To help with the cost of the exhibition, "suchitra mattai: phala,its related programming.; Fund scholarships and stipends for three students completing a three-year master of...
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Private foundation · Bend, OR
Pinetops Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To enable africa's leaders to cultivate and equip the next generation to lead and build thriving communities so that the beauty, transofrmation, and hope of the gospel can be...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Bchb Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $83,334 · typical grant $83,334 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Funding to create, renovate or enhance space for educational programming; purchase equipment for educational programming and provide for professional development of educational...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Clrc Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $83,333 · typical grant $83,333 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Funding to create, renovate or enhance space for educational programming; purchase equipment for educational programming and provide for professional development of educational...
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Private foundation · Greenwich, CT
The Common Sense Fund Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To transform lives by using collaborative songwriting to build creativity, connections, and strengths.
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Jane I Pettway Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Ann M Duffer Family Foundation
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23 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: North Carolina and Tennessee Hurricane Relief Efforts; Building Hope for Women & Children Campaign; Just Us program; Rheumatoid Arthritis Research; VUMC Pediatric rehabilitation program
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Private foundation · Baltimore, MD
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
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20 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide general operating support; Support to identify diversion programs in Memphis and conduct community conversations about the need for diversion and prevention...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Bailey Family Foundation
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...
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.