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430 foundations that funded “Education Foundation”
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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 · 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.