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71 foundations that funded “Cares”

  1. Private foundation · Mayfield Heights, OH

    Lift A Life Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: TN flooding

  2. Private foundation · Nashville

    Louisiana-Pacific Foundation

    Takes applications

    39 Tennessee grants totaling $341,773 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Fort Myers, FL

    Vineyard Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · Kirtland Hills, OH

    Cardinal Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted operating funds

  5. Public charity · Des Moines, IA

    Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $44,000 · typical grant $8,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Event sponsorship Nashville '24; Grant distribution; Psalms 78:72 alumni scholarship; School sponsorship

  6. Private foundation · Radnor, PA

    Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    65 Tennessee grants totaling $7,784 · typical grant $50 to $104 (tax year 2025)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts

  7. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Feeding the Future Inc.

    Invitation only

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $145,366 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,942 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: End Childhood Hunger; Food assistance; End kids hunger; Tornado relief

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Holloway Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $499,500 · typical grant $9,500 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for education; Support for victims, religious charity; Support for medical research; Support for families charity; Support for religious charity

  9. Private foundation · Gallatin

    Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For Its GeneralPurposes; For Its General Purposes

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Martha W Banker Charitable Trust

    Invitation only

    29 Tennessee grants totaling $39,350 · typical grant $500 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)

    21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Thackston Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp

  12. Private foundation · Palo Alto, CA

    The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $32,138 · typical grant $2,500 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To provide support

  13. United Way · Nashville

    United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants

  14. Private foundation · Franklin

    Community Health Systems Foundation

    Invitation only

    53 Tennessee grants totaling $366,166 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching grant or gift

  15. Private foundation · Gallatin

    Goodall Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    32 Tennessee grants totaling $159,977 · typical grant $250 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. 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...

  17. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Lift Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $13,923 · typical grant $500 to $1,423 (tax year 2025)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution to general fund; Contribution to donor advised fund

  18. Community foundation · Venice, FL

    Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $145,033 · typical grant $10,000 to $59,033 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Human services; Health

  19. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    55 Tennessee grants totaling $246,450 · typical grant $250 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)

    4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · Nashville

    The West End Home Foundation

    Takes applications

    44 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $17,500 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)

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.