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89 foundations that funded “Building”
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Private foundation · Canton, OH
Timken Foundation of Canton
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $194,624 · typical grant $24,624 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Playground improvement program; The love kitchen - new refrigeration unit for walk-in freezer and new sign for front of building.; Hurricane helene disaster relief
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Public charity · Nashville
Percy Priest Parent Teacher Organization
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $309,180 · typical grant $16,735 to $225,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support the faculty and students of percy priest elementary school; To fund all or part of specially trained personnel including science lab teacher and training assistants;...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $636,720 · typical grant $300,000 to $336,720 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Appalachia service project received $300,000 from the cdp truist foundation's western north carolina recovery and resiliency fund for their western north carolina helene...
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Private foundation · St Louis, MO
Edward Jones Foundation
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136 Tennessee grants totaling $99,068 · typical grant $125 to $500 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Human services - multipurpose and other; Educational institutions and related activities; Animal-related; Health - general and rehabilitative; Community improvement
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lyndhurst Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
118 Tennessee grants totaling $6.7 million · typical grant $3,239 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
11 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To match LH Associates contributions; LH Associates matching program; General Operations 2024; "My Thriving Garden" Project; Health Services and Improved Database Capacity
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Robert F Stone Foundation Aka
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115 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
7 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Charitable Event; BSF Music Fund; BSF Local Music Fund; MAC CARES Center; To support Betterfi expansion into the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Market
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Private foundation · Memphis
J R Hyde III Foundation
Takes applications
108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...
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United Way · Murfreesboro
United Way of Rutherford County
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47 Tennessee grants totaling $694,125 · typical grant $2,500 to $21,500 (tax year 2024)
72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for pregnant women; Ann campbell early learning center; Project learn and triple play program; Child abuse, community ed and drug endangered children programs; Rent and...
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Private foundation · Athens
Athens Federal Foundation
Takes applications
43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
9 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Clayton Family Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Church general fund; K-12 school; Community health services; Scholarship fund; Dance school transportation
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Private foundation · Memphis
H W Durham Foundation
Takes applications
21 Tennessee grants totaling $414,045 · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for seniors; Providing flowers to spread joy and inspire kindness; Community support services; Medical care for seniors; Legal services
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Private foundation · Baltimore, MD
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
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20 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide general operating support; Support to identify diversion programs in Memphis and conduct community conversations about the need for diversion and prevention...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $592,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Transportation - new vehicle; Able youth track and field program; Expansion project; Recovery in community-arch academy for girls; Increase capacity to serve local needs and...
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Private foundation · Huntingdon
The Jones Hertiage Foundation Inc.
IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · Invitation only
16 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $37,131 (tax year 2024)
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Religious purposes; Helping people believe, belong, trust, and come to be who god called them to be; To nurture survivor healing and strategically combat human trafficking in...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Valentine Foundation Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $77,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating funding.; Funding for the outdoor construction of a flatiron facility.; Partial funding of the painting project.; Partial funding for assistance in purchasing...
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Public charity · Nashville
Music City Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $34,444 · typical grant $6,500 to $21,444 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support the work of caring for hospitality industry workers who are in crisis. These workers are the backbone of the 2nd largest industry in Nashville.; To support the...
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Frist Foundation
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128 Tennessee grants totaling $32.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
15 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General support directed by lauren elcan ingram; Operating support for 2024; General support directed by julie and tommy frist; General support directed by jennifer and billy...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Benwood Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
109 Tennessee grants totaling $7.7 million · typical grant $5,000 to $81,000 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Periscope artist entrepreneur training; Creative entrepreneur training; Bessie smith legacy gala; Emma wheeler club & great futures; Capital support & general operating
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Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation
Takes applications
60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
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Public charity · Nashville
Nashville Predators Foundation
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58 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $6,553 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
10 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Fy24-25 donation, general purposes; Fy24-25 hfc donation: donation for pediatric rehabilitation project + general purposes; Funding for thrive studios, which empowers children...
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.