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8,188 foundations

1. Private foundation · Union City

   Gail Latimer Foundation

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   5 Tennessee grants totaling $23,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

   40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Benevolence

2. Private foundation · Memphis

   Dobbs Foundation

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   5 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $450,000 (tax year 2025)

   100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

3. Private foundation · Nashville

   Christenberrry-Anderson-Loomis Family Foundation

   Takes applications

   5 Tennessee grants totaling $147,300 · typical grant $15,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

   20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Religious

4. Private foundation · Halls

   Eleanor and Warren Nunn Foundation

   Takes applications

   5 Tennessee grants totaling $237,000 · typical grant $27,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

   No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

   20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Public education donation

5. Private foundation · Chattanooga

   Kenneth E Boring Charitable Foundation Inc.

   Takes applications

   5 Tennessee grants totaling $38,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)

   Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

   20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Greatest need; Museum college daze

6. Private foundation · Nashville

   Joe & Velma Dewitt Foundation

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   5 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)

   20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Operating funds

7. Private foundation · Memphis

   Millwood Foundation

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   5 Tennessee grants totaling $116,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)

   40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Reach out to underserved and disenfranchised people; To provide diapers to families in need; Empowers children and families to achieve a healthy, optimal, and independent...

8. Private foundation · Franklin

   Ellmma

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   5 Tennessee grants totaling $105,400 · typical grant $5,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)

   50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

9. Private foundation · Nashville

   Rollins Family Foundation

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   5 Tennessee grants totaling $7,800 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

   60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Donation for church purposes; Assist education expenses for needy individuals; For the needy for food& clothing; Hallie scruggs memorialscholarship fund

10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Hawkins Family Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $533,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community - program support; Education - program support

11. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Morris Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $51,750 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Nov 1 · next Nov 1, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

12. Private foundation · Memphis

    Preserverpartners Foundation

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    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

13. Private foundation · Elizabethton

    Tetrick Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $90,510 · typical grant $10,000 to $18,010 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide financial support that the organization may use however it best sees fit.

14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Restoration Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $33,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

15. Private foundation · Germantown

    Myron Lewis Foundation

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $31,145 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,275 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The myron lewis foundation donated monies to the Memphis jewish federation to help with operations; The myron lewis foundation donated monies to st. Mary's episcopal school to...

16. Private foundation · Salisbury, NC

    The Hedrick Family Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $13,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable use

17. Private foundation · Pleasanton, CA

    The Duffield Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,000 to $330,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community conversations - october 2024 - monthly winner; National foster survey 2024; 2024 hurricane relief grant; Aligncare's 5-year strategic plan through 2029; Open arms...

18. Private foundation · Palm Beach, FL

    The Oliver R Grace Charitable Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $27,500 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civic; Educational; Religious

19. Public charity · Chapel Hill

    International Association of Lions Clubs

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $72,696 · typical grant $10,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support local high school athletics; To support hurricane disaster relief; To support sight services and other community initiatives; To support the local community

20. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Sol & Margaret Berger Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $126,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year