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175 foundations that funded “Men”
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Boyd Foundation
Takes applications
56 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: For annual budget.; To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.; To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in East Tennessee.; To...
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Private foundation · Dixon Springs
Beasley Family Foundation
Invitation only
13 Tennessee grants totaling $62,250 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support college preparatory school.; Support special needs education.; Support elementary and secondary education school.; Support non-denominational christian school.; Support...
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Private foundation · Old Hickory
Bobby R Mannery Foundation Tr
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $357,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Domestic violence shelter; Living assistance; Cancer patient & fam assist; Mission/missionary assistance; Homeless shelters
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Wells Fargo Foundation
Invitation only
8 Tennessee grants totaling $205,000 · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Affordable Homeownership Program; Financial Empowerment: Finance Park Meets Stock Market Challenge; Project Return Opportunities for Employment; Community Land Trust _...
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
Stoneypeak Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $50,000 to $1 million (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support children so that they can live full, healthy lives in thriving families.; To support the mission of developing boys and men though their academic, faith, and...
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Private foundation · Kewadin, MI
Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $30,000 · typical grant $30,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To win others for the lord, jesus christ, through the association of christian business and professional men for service, the personal testimony and personal work by individual...
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Public charity · St Louis, MO
Saint Thomas West Hospital
How to apply: not stated
34 Tennessee grants totaling $663,167 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Support of Teeth For Life program; Support of pregnancy services for uninsured, low income women; Support of No-Cost Mental Health Counseling; Support of Community Health...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
The Siddiqi Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
22 Tennessee grants totaling $421,025 · typical grant $5,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Academic programs; School garden program; Mental health program; Money for local community food pantr
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Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
Arconic Foundation
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $587,606 · typical grant $25,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Work-ready students through robotics and stem; 2024 sons & daughters scholarship awards for 19 recipients; Mystem (mentoring youth through stem); Youth leadership development...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $159,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Undesignated general operating support - inspiring and empowering young creatives through the transformative power of the arts; Undesignated general operating support -...
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Private foundation · Dickson
Goodlark Educational Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $227,605 · typical grant $5,000 to $14,500 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music scholarships; Educational scholarships; School supplies - needy families; Education scholarships in the five c; Mentorship-needy performing students
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Private foundation · West Conshohocken, PA
John Templeton Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $615,323 · typical grant $23,434 to $167,527 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Tokens show: public theology, human flourishing, the good life; Mental health first responders for spiritual yearning among "religious dones"; Understanding the dynamical...
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Public charity · Nashville
Country Music Association Inc.
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.3 million · typical grant $25,000 to $130,000 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Industry partnership; Supporting leadership in the music community; Hall of fame medallion ceremony donation; Crs sponsorship; Supporting music educational, mental health, and...
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Public charity · Long Island City, NY
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $341,300 · typical grant $10,000 to $176,300 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Suicide prevention; community engagement; disaster relief; survey incentive; sponsorship; Suicide prevention; survey incentive; clinical mental health; Social connection &...
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Private foundation · El Paso, TX
Michael M Peacock Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide housing accommodations for families experiencing homelessness; Provide food for those in need; Mental health and support services
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $249,418 · typical grant $25,000 to $194,418 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To help bring financial and investment literacy to diverse high school girls by providing access, support, and guidance through training, mentorship, and networking; To develop...
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Private foundation · Kenosha, WI
One Mighty Fortress Foundation Ltd
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $250,000 · typical grant $250,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support the Heal the Heroes Program. This program is dedicated to providing veterans and first responders with healing, purpose, and transformation through retreats, mental...
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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
55 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
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Private foundation · Lebanon
Jim Horne & Evelyn S Hankins Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $195,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Assist children in the community; Provide programs and activities for seniors; Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment; Affordable tuition...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Formanek Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · typical grant $40,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits; To support the provision of health care for underinsured people; To improve Memphis by the revival of...
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.