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71 foundations that funded “Cares”
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Fort Myers, FL
Vineyard Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Kirtland Hills, OH
Cardinal Charitable Foundation
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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
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Feeding the Future Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Holloway Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Gallatin
Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Martha W Banker Charitable Trust
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Palo Alto, CA
The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Franklin
Community Health Systems Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Gallatin
Goodall Family Foundation
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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
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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...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Lift Foundation Inc.
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Foundation
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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
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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.