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Foundations that fund Tennessee

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8,005 foundations

  1. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Maclellan Foundation Inc.

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    91 Tennessee grants totaling $5M · typical grant $1,000–$50K (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: for general operating support; for various charitable purposes including spiritual formation, building capacity; for building organizational capacity; for outreach to families;...

  2. Private foundation · Germantown

    Crews Family Foundation

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    57 Tennessee grants totaling $5M · typical grant $5,000–$30K (tax year 2024)

    9% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: general - operating

  3. Public charity · Memphis

    The Urban Child Institute

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    43 Tennessee grants totaling $5M · typical grant $10K–$100K (tax year 2024)

    37% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: program support

  4. Private foundation · Stuart, FL

    Booth Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $4.9M · typical grant $3,000–$4.9M (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: program for disadvantaged people

  5. Private foundation · Maryville

    Clayton Homes Foundation

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    80 Tennessee grants totaling $4.9M · typical grant $5,000–$60K (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

  6. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Healing Trust

    Takes applications

    145 Tennessee grants totaling $4.8M · typical grant $15K–$45K (tax year 2024)

    28% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to further the exempt purposes of the organization

  7. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Laura and John Arnold Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $4.7M · typical grant $44K–$200K (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to support grantee's states leading recovery grant program; to support bail system data collection and data democratization, with the overall goal of providing an accurate and...

  8. Public charity · Overland Park, KS

    Servant Foundation

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    128 Tennessee grants totaling $4.5M · typical grant $10K–$50K (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: community development; religious ministry; education

  9. Public charity · Brentwood

    Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment &

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    27 Tennessee grants totaling $4.4M · typical grant $49K–$80K (tax year 2024)

    81% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: community incentive; conference sponsorship; community incentive/sponsorship

  10. Private foundation · Madison

    Memorial Foundation Inc.

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    180 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3M · typical grant $8,000–$35K (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  11. Public charity · Sioux Falls, SD

    The Signatry Charitable Trust

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    105 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3M · typical grant $8,500–$30K (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: religious ministry; community development; education

  12. Private foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

    Takes applications

    60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3M · typical grant $5,000–$30K (tax year 2024)

    31% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: scholarship - evan moore; scholarship fund; relay for life; pups4patriots tennessee; general support - imagine arts education initiative

  13. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Cs Foundation Inc.

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2M · typical grant $75K–$450K (tax year 2025)

    6% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

  14. Private foundation · Hendersonville

    Carolyn Smith Foundation

    Takes applications

    146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2M · typical grant $8,000–$30K (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    45% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: human services - local community; health - general; medical research; provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in middle tennessee; programs...

  15. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Network for Good

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    101 Tennessee grants totaling $4.1M · typical grant $9,258–$41K (tax year 2024)

    16% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

  16. Public charity · Boston, MA

    The Us Charitable Gift Trust

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    111 Tennessee grants totaling $4M · typical grant $8,500–$25K (tax year 2024)

    56% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: for recipient's exempt purpose

  17. Private foundation · Villa Park, CA

    Jeffrey Carlton Charitable Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $4M · typical grant $4M–$4M (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: to support and further its exempt purpose

  18. Public charity · Hudson, OH

    The Independent Charitable Gift Fund

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    54 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9M · typical grant $7,800–$29K (tax year 2024)

    61% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

  19. Private foundation · Nashville

    Melkus Family Foundation

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    42 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9M · typical grant $10K–$100K (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  20. Private foundation · Nashville

    Milton and Denice Johnson Family Foundation

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    53 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9M · typical grant $5,000–$25K (tax year 2025)

    8% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: operational support; capital campaign; reimagining community spaces in mnps; support for the mobile program and operations

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return: Form 990-PF for private foundations (grants paid and how it takes applications), Form 990 Schedule I for community foundations, United Ways and other public charities (grants over $5,000 to organizations). Included: every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee organizations. Corporate and community-foundation programs are in the grant search.