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  1. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Equitable Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $19,828 · typical grant $208 to $2,750 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 18 · next Dec 18, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General contribution

  2. Public charity · Beverly Hills, CA

    Edward Charles Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $558,240 · typical grant $20,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable gift

  3. Private foundation · Franklin

    The Elle C Lawson Foundation

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $117,000 · typical grant $8,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational programming; Educational programs; Ministry support; Academic support; Land preservation

  4. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Estelle Abe & Marjorie Sanders TN Fdn

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Public charity · Nashville

    Economic Club of Nashville Charities

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $379,655 · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support general operations; Support naza program; Support itop, just us & real prog.

  6. Private foundation · Dewitt, AR

    Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $38,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Lacrosse program; Prissy wallace; School of applied sciences

  7. Public charity · Memphis

    Memphis Education Fund Inc.

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $31,250 to $400,000 (tax year 2025)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational support

  8. Public charity · Minneapolis, MN

    Educational Credit Management Corporation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,199 to $120,000 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Fafsa student support; Project success, fafsa student support

  9. Public charity · Knoxville

    Elgin Children's Foundation Inc.

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $289,917 · typical grant $20,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Academic; Child protection; Dental wellness; Discipleship

  10. Private foundation · Glencoe, IL

    Edward and Rose Donnell Foundation

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $39,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Williamson County STEM Program

  11. Public charity · Brentwood

    Encore Ministry Foundation

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)

  12. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Elizabeth Buford Shepherd Scholarship Committee

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $37,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jan 15, May 1 · next Jan 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships; Scholarship

  13. Public charity · Nashville

    Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $408,036 · typical grant $15,541 to $111,436 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Disaster assistance

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Eberling Charitable Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $101,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Crime victims to network and heal.; Educational opportunities; Provide food for homeless; Provide funding for green space; Provide shelter for animals

  15. Private foundation · Arlington, VA

    Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $103,465 · typical grant $150 to $49,015 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jul 15 · next Jul 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Employee matching gift; Peer empowerment network for employment: peer mentorship between employed and unemployed adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to...

  16. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    First Eagle Investments Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $7,924 · typical grant $100 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hurricane Helene

  17. Private foundation · Jackson, MS

    Ergon Foundation Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $338,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Stacy adams center

  18. Private foundation · College Grove

    Elizabeth and Eric Ward Family Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $648,955 · typical grant $5,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  19. Private foundation · Knoxville

    East Tennessee Cardiovascularresearch Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support innovative and interdisciplinary neuroscience research for mental health.; Support heart surgery in jimani for haitian children.; To support the mission of mental...

  20. Private foundation · Sarasota, FL

    Edward D and Anna Mitchell Family Foundation A Delaware Corp

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $16,250 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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.