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47 foundations that funded “Change Foundation”
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Private foundation · Grosse Pointe, MI
Pam Lewis Foundation
Invitation only
20 Tennessee grants totaling $56,400 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,400 (tax year 2025)
70% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Xcel Energy Foundation
Invitation only
12 Tennessee grants totaling $10,455 · typical grant $65 to $870 (tax year 2024)
64% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Match a previous donation (501(c)3) grant; Match payroll deduction (501(c)3) grant; Match a previous donation (501(c)3) grant, match credit card donation (501(c)3) grant, match...
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Private foundation · Hendersonville
Carolyn Smith Foundation
Takes applications
146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2 million · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services - local community; Health - General; Medical research; Provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in Middle Tennessee; Programs...
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Private foundation · Nashville
James R Meadows Jr Foundation
Invitation only
36 Tennessee grants totaling $952,350 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For use in the organization's exempt function
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Steven and Laurie Eskind Family Foundation
Invitation only
116 Tennessee grants totaling $413,783 · typical grant $250 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
3% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · San Antonio, TX
Petco Love
Ask before applying
31 Tennessee grants totaling $670,083 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,678 (tax year 2024)
81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Alpharetta, GA
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
584 Tennessee grants totaling $63.7 million · typical grant $10,600 to $70,692 (tax year 2024)
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Evangelism and missions; Spiritual development; Education; Children's and youth ministry; Community development
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.