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157 foundations that funded “Mountain”

  1. Public charity · Sumner, WA

    Rei Cooperative Action Fund

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $185,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Louisville, KY

    V V Cooke Foundation Corporation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  3. Private foundation · Saint Marys, OH

    Heinrich Family Foundation

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

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships

  4. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    The Lisa and Victor Nemeroff Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250 · typical grant $250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Irs approved charity

  5. Private foundation · Abingdon, VA

    Olin & Muriel Prather Charitable Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,500 · typical grant $500 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  6. Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO

    Enterprise Bank & Trust Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $200 · typical grant $100 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable Work

  7. Private foundation · Chelsea, AL

    Lyndonwood Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Keystone campaign (second campus)

  8. Public charity · Oak Ridge

    Y12 Fcu Gives Foundation Inc.

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    22 Tennessee grants totaling $202,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating funds

  9. Private foundation · St Augustine, FL

    Dlp Positive Returns Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $13,439 · typical grant $13,439 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · Loudon

    Diersch Family Foundation

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $46,020 · typical grant $5,000 to $5,270 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the charity's mission

  11. Private foundation · Thomson, GA

    D T Mcneill Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $17,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $3,250 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Benevolence; Relogious

  12. Public charity · Orlando, FL

    Westgate Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donation to operating fund

  13. Private foundation · Butler

    Rbest4him Trust

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $6,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Philanthropy

  14. Public charity · Fairfax, VA

    The Bowlers to Veterans Link

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,331 · typical grant $5,163 to $9,168 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Recreation therapy

  15. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Chorus America Association

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $42,500 · typical grant $20,000 to $22,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Music grant

  16. Community foundation · Oakland, CA

    East Bay Community Foundation

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

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Freedom2vote project, general support - the organizations initiative as currently led by for freedom2vote.; General support, kingdom builders

  17. United Way · Sevierville

    United Way of Sevier County

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    19 Tennessee grants totaling $450,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support organization for charity purposes; Support organizaiotn for charity purposes; Support organization for charity purposessupport organization for charity purposes

  18. Private foundation · Covington, LA

    Fidelis Foundation

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $68,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Religious; Educational; Assist with character building program; General donation; Assist their mission to provide for the homeless, hungry, and hurting neighbors in the Knoxville area

  19. Private foundation · Riverton, NJ

    The Thomas P Waters Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hurricane helene relief efforts

  20. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Haegele-Blount Animal Shelters

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $80,240 · typical grant $13,440 to $40,560 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Support for animal shelter; Equipment and supplies

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.