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101 foundations that funded “Foundation Catholic”
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Bar Foundation
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38 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $95,000 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Administration of justice; Legal services
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Private foundation · Memphis
Day Foundation
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30 Tennessee grants totaling $11.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $335,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships; National growth plan
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Robert Lee Weiss Foundation First TN Bank Plaza Tower
Takes applications
26 Tennessee grants totaling $159,500 · typical grant $4,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Community service projects; Scholarship funding; Capital projects; Accessible equipment for; Emergency assistance
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Corinne H Dale Family Foundation
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20 Tennessee grants totaling $34,050 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted general
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Private foundation · Jacksboro
Lafollette Medical Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $562,779 · typical grant $23,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Mental health programs; Medical, psychological, & educational services for abused & neglected children in the juvenile court of campbell county; Influenza vaccination program,...
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Private foundation · Cleveland
Mark E Smith Foundation Ua Dated 11-9-22
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $154,486 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,490 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Various athletic program donations; Football program; General operating expenses and scholastics program; Sponsorship and a/v student program; Women's basketball program
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Private foundation · Nashville
Mary Elizabeth Franklin Family Foundation
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $33,795 · typical grant $500 to $3,900 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation to mother to mother; A fundraising event benefitting the Nashville symphony.; Donation to benefit oak hill school.; Donation to annual campaign; A fundraising event...
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Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
The Wildwood Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $14,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For benefit of the sisters
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Public charity · Cohoes, NY
The Ayco Charitable Foundation
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
51 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,100 (tax year 2025)
28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious institutions; Community & human services; Environment & animal protection; Colleges and universities; Arts and culture
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Community foundation · Memphis
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc.
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307 Tennessee grants totaling $40.4 million · typical grant $10,300 to $101,000 (tax year 2024)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Philanthropy; Youth devel
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Nancy & Victor S Johnson Jr Foundation Inc.
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81 Tennessee grants totaling $346,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign; School of nursing; Canby robinson society
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
80 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Technology; Program related; Capacity building; Capital campaign
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Public charity · Owasso, OK
Folds of Honor Foundation
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47 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $9,040 to $32,330 (tax year 2025)
85% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · New York, NC
The Thompson Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
39 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $13,747 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Aug 15 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Memphis
Lichterman-Loewenberg Foundation
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36 Tennessee grants totaling $276,800 · typical grant $2,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: For annual support; For annual grant; Unrestricted: for any program with the loewenberg college of nursing; For respite care and personal support for families; For teen job hub
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $101,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $16,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Charitable Event; St. Louis Choir Loft Art Project; St. Paul's Capital Campaign towards the Courtyard Stage
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Public charity · Alexandria, VA
Charities Aid Foundation America
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
222 Tennessee grants totaling $9.1 million · typical grant $7,350 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
73% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable donation
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Public charity · Phoenix
Memorial Health Care System Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $7,750 to $69,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community support
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United Way · Nashville
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
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315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants
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Private foundation · Bartlett
P K Seidman Trust
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18 Tennessee grants totaling $132,200 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General/operating; General/operating, band equipment, capital improvements
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.