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173 foundations that funded “Area Foundation”

  1. Private foundation · Kettering, OH

    The Puskar Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $13,000 · typical grant $13,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Haymarket, VA

    The Neall Family Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  3. Private foundation · Alpine, NJ

    The Kurtz Family Foundation Inc.

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Private foundation · Woburn, MA

    The Lucretia Philanthropic Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Community foundation · Norfolk, VA

    Hampton Roads Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $44,400 · typical grant $10,000 to $22,400 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Human services; Health; Other

  6. Private foundation · Lakeland

    C Scott and Muriel S Mayfield Family Foundation

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $68,250 · typical grant $5,000 to $12,250 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Charitable donation

  7. Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN

    Wells Fargo Foundation

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    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 _...

  8. Private foundation · Alpharetta, GA

    Miller Family Foundation Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Wall of the Fallen

  9. 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

  10. Private foundation · Bethesda, MD

    De Beaumont Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $125,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the new actual causes of death study: literature review & research plan development (1-year)

  11. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Lillian L Colby Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $400,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Public charity · Franklin

    Tennessee Golf Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $193,436 · typical grant $13,000 to $34,190 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Private foundation · Raleigh, NC

    Kimley-Horn Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $40,150 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,200 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Counts initiative; Volunteer grants

  14. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Chazen Family Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Nmi Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $9 million · typical grant $15,000 to $8 million (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Establishment and funding of the sharon mills sustainability fund which is aimed at ensuring the girls preparatory school achieves long term financial and environmental...

  16. Private foundation · Charlotte, NC

    The James Family Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,824 · typical grant $500 to $5,324 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support programs for those facing alzheimer's disease; Support free medical and dental services in poor rural areas of us

  17. Private foundation · Wayzata, MN

    The Carter Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,025 · typical grant $520 to $2,505 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the Organization's mission.

  18. Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA

    Dietz Family Foundation 1730-03-44

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Community foundation · Dalton, GA

    The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc.

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

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $178,822 · typical grant $8,250 to $25,800 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civic & human services; Faith & religion

  20. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Papa John's Foundation Inc.

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Foxwood Food Center; Shelter to Stability Program; Project Green Fork; Increasing Student Literacy Through Parent; Youth Empowerment Project Cabinets

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.