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138 foundations

Private foundation · Cleveland
Allan Jones Foundation

Takes applications

21 Tennessee grants totaling $72,741 · typical grant $300 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Cleveland County Library

81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Operating funds; Operating funds & memorials; Legacy fund; Swing for hope donation
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)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Memphis Library Foundation

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
Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Burgess Family Charitable Foundation

Takes applications

19 Tennessee grants totaling $260,670 · typical grant $2,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Ruth Co Library Founda

74% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Nashville
The Joel C and Bernice W Gordon Family Foundation

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19 Tennessee grants totaling $193,436 · typical grant $1,000 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library

21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Fairfield, CT
Save the Children Federation Inc.

How to apply: not stated

19 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · typical grant $35,501 to $277,904 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Meigs Decatur Friends of the Library

21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Education activity; Multiple program activity
Private foundation · Memphis
Scheidt Family Foundation Inc.

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18 Tennessee grants totaling $551,700 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2023)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Memphis Library Foundation

17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Support for the operations of levitt shell; Support for the operations of dixon gallery and garden; Support for the operations of Memphis brooks museum; Support for operations...
Private foundation · Greeneville
Bartlett-Patterson Corporation

Takes applications

18 Tennessee grants totaling $164,108 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Greenevillegreene County Library, Mosheim Public Library

6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: To instill values in youth and build character.; Acquire books for the library; To provide care of young people; To assist young people in the community and to assist in the...
Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Tch W & F Hendrix Fdn

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18 Tennessee grants totaling $332,292 · typical grant $5,000 to $21,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

17 Tennessee grants totaling $133,504 · typical grant $750 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Ella Library

18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Annual fund on behalf of kate caldwell nevin; Lindy hop; Genneral operations
Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
Arconic Foundation

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17 Tennessee grants totaling $587,606 · typical grant $25,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Blount County Friends of the Library Inc.

41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Work-ready students through robotics and stem; 2024 sons & daughters scholarship awards for 19 recipients; Mystem (mentoring youth through stem); Youth leadership development...
Private foundation · Knoxville
The William B Stokely Jr Foundation

How to apply: not stated

16 Tennessee grants totaling $337,450 · typical grant $1,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Stokely Memorial Library

38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Community ministry; Education; Health services; Community; Art education
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)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Ella Library

56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Nashville
Thackston Family Foundation

Takes applications

16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Lebanon-Wilson County Public Library

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp
Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Brown S & S Fdn

Takes applications

15 Tennessee grants totaling $285,300 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Mr J Stokes Brown Public Library

Stated deadlines: Aug 1 · next Aug 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
United Way · Erwin
United Way of Unicoi County

How to apply: not stated

15 Tennessee grants totaling $842,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $29,500 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Col Jf Toney Memorial Library

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Memphis
The Turley Foundation

How to apply: not stated

15 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $15,000 to $125,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Memphis Library Foundation

13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Sixteen Foundation

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13 Tennessee grants totaling $495,710 · typical grant $3,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Rutherford County Library

23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Brownsville
Southwest Members Care Inc.

How to apply: not stated

13 Tennessee grants totaling $110,274 · typical grant $7,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Friends of Tipton County Library, Chester County Library

92% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Supplies; Furniture for new office; Supplies, maintenance; Mobile units expenses; New equipment
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)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Meigs - Decatur Friends of the Library

17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Partner agency; Community grant
Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Estelle Abe & Marjorie Sanders TN Fdn

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12 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Friends of the Franklin County Library

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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.