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430 foundations that funded “Education Foundation”

  1. United Way · Knoxville

    United Way of Loudon County Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    17 Tennessee grants totaling $233,150 · typical grant $10,000 to $16,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Program assistance

  2. 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...

  3. United Way · Athens

    United Way of Mcminn and Meigs Counties

    How to apply: not stated

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $484,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $53,400 (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Partner agency; Community grant

  4. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Network for Good

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

    101 Tennessee grants totaling $4.1 million · typical grant $9,258 to $40,514 (tax year 2024)

    16% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Public charity · Cookeville

    Putnam Education Partnership Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $13,500 · typical grant $6,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Na; Band grant; Cte/ctso support

  6. Private foundation · Cookeville

    Lpr Foundation

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $70,200 · typical grant $5,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Promote the salvation message; Prevention of child abuse; Provide food resources for children; Provide housing for disadvantaged children

  7. Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN

    Donaldson Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $54,870 · typical grant $6,870 to $28,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution provided

  8. Public charity · Irvine, CA

    Taco Bell Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide support services and programs for underprivileged children, to help them grow up; To provide financial support at the local level for boys and girls clubs throughout...

  9. Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN

    Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $800,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $700,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To pilot competency-based math course redesign models to foster more equitable pathways to success at community colleges; To build capacity to digitally engage adult learners...

  10. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $89,350 · typical grant $7,500 to $67,600 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arconic greening stem grant; Community impact project; Dod legacy award

  11. 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...

  12. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Ascend Education and Healthcare Charity Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Charitable Event

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Regal Foundation

    Takes applications

    48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Children & family; Health; Military

  14. Private foundation · Memphis

    Belz Foundation

    Invitation only

    30 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $2,000 to $158,500 (tax year 2025)

    13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Health/welfare; Arts; Community; Religious

  15. Private foundation · Memphis

    Preserverpartners Foundation

    Invitation only

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $10,998 · typical grant $500 to $3,198 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Economic opport; Scholarships

  16. Private foundation · San Francisco, CA

    Skyline Foundation

    Invitation only

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $560,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education advocacy; Choices birth center - midwifery fellowship

  17. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    Comet Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $525,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education

  18. Public charity · New York, NY

    Pwc Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $65,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education

  19. Private foundation · Sebring, FL

    Hummingbird Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $4,500 · typical grant $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education; Scholarship funds

  20. Community foundation · Detroit, MI

    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $607,465 · typical grant $10,000 to $360,715 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education; Health care

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.