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90 foundations that funded “Leadership Foundations”

  1. Private foundation · Madison, NJ

    Healey Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  2. Private foundation · Lavergne

    1944 Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    17 Tennessee grants totaling $348,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Promote scientific, educational, and other charitable activities

  3. Private foundation · Bend, OR

    Pinetops Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To enable africa's leaders to cultivate and equip the next generation to lead and build thriving communities so that the beauty, transofrmation, and hope of the gospel can be...

  4. Private foundation · Florence, SC

    Daniel Madison Floyd Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $12,000 · typical grant $12,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Private foundation · Prairie Vlg, KS

    Stephanie F Beeder and John W Beeder Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support Youth and Childrens ministry training

  6. Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    Campbell Estelle S Char Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $30,000 · typical grant $30,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Livestock empowerment for

  7. Private foundation · Nashville

    Sowell Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $63,510 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Wasserman Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $136,480 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024 Annual Gala; Music Maker Guaranteed Income and Mentorship Progr; Class of 2025; 25th Anniversary Event; 15th Annual Evening of Stories Event

  9. Public charity · Denison, TX

    Texoma Health Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program/project support; Annual campaign

  10. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Harnisch Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $172,750 · typical grant $11,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  11. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hand Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $26,000 · typical grant $750 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted grant

  12. Private foundation · Kennesaw, GA

    Beacon Foundation Charitable Trust

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $310,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Fund "imagine! Initiative" to help provide hamilton county, TN elementary students free art and cultural experiences presented by leading arts organizations and fund community...

  13. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    A H Bean Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. 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

  15. Private foundation · Brentwood

    David Foundation

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Ministry support

  16. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Surdna Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $730,000 · typical grant $75,000 to $180,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  17. Community foundation · Chattanooga

    Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    263 Tennessee grants totaling $20.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)

    32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Organizational support

  18. Community foundation · Memphis

    Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    307 Tennessee grants totaling $40.4 million · typical grant $10,300 to $101,000 (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Philanthropy; Youth devel

  19. Private foundation · Oak Hill

    Pfeffer Foundation

    Invitation only

    32 Tennessee grants totaling $54,590 · typical grant $250 to $2,578 (tax year 2025)

    78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General funds

  20. Private foundation · Signal Mountain

    Steve and Lisa Frost Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    15 Tennessee grants totaling $728,700 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)

    13% 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.