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9,572 foundations

  1. Private foundation · Old Hickory

    Bobby R Mannery Foundation Tr

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $357,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Domestic violence shelter; Living assistance; Cancer patient & fam assist; Mission/missionary assistance; Homeless shelters

  2. Private foundation · Elizabethton

    Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation Ltd

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $539,229 · typical grant $3,612 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General fund/operations; Betsy band general fund/operations; Bull dog band general fund/operations

  3. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $392,300 · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · Springfield

    Jacqueline D Guthrie Foundation

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $27,050 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Burns

    Carr Family Foundation

    Takes applications · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $9,500 · typical grant $750 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: College scholarship; Scholarship

  6. Private foundation · Clarksville

    Lpce Nicholson Leadership Foundation

    Invitation only · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $14,750 · typical grant $500 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Business development; College fund; Donation to church operating funds; Donation to non-profit organization; Education fund

  7. Private foundation · Hixson

    The Bonny Oaks Foundation

    Invitation only · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $77,000 · typical grant $6,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Scholarship

  8. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Chattanooga Orthopedic Educational & Research Foundation

    Invitation only · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $12,979 · typical grant $467 to $1,818 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Educational expenses

  9. Private foundation · Gallatin

    Oak Tree Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $11,950 · typical grant $500 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)

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

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Preservation; Protect and preserve; Proivde afforable housing; Promote sumner county tourism; Creating artistic experiences for ev

  10. Private foundation · Signal Mountain

    Bishop Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $640,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Recovery in community campaign; Clef medical camps campaign; Stability program; Truck for project restore; South Chattanooga program

  11. Public charity · Chattanooga

    The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $59,555 · typical grant $5,930 (tax year 2024)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Public charity · Galesburg, IL

    National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources I

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $105,326 · typical grant $5,413 to $14,309 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Care of ill, needy, or minor

  13. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $630,349 · typical grant $22,300 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Pubint; Tvprg

  14. Community foundation · Asheville, NC

    The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $418,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Building community & economic vitality; Promoting quality health; Religion; Assisting people in need

  15. Private foundation · Sewickley, PA

    Richard & Janice Rawe Foundation

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $55,885 · typical grant $200 to $1,650 (tax year 2025)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social welfare; Religious development

  16. Public charity · Nashville

    Family & Children's Service

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · typical grant $109,087 to $434,477 (tax year 2024)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  17. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Robertson County Hospital Trust

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $555,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2025)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted general

  18. Public charity · Federal Way, WA

    World Vision Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $72,319 to $199,861 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Family assistance & development; Development & disaster relief; Development; Family assistance; Christian ministry

  19. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    American Snuff Charitable Trust

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $65,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · Grand Haven, MI

    The Sharing of Blessings Foundation A Michigan Nonprofit Corporation

    Invitation only · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $33,022 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,250 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Contribution for research; Religious use

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.