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179 foundations that funded “Memorial”

  1. Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV

    Stern Sidney Memorial Tuw

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · El Paso, TX

    Richard G Miller Memorial Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships

  3. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Old Gray Cemetery Historic & Memorial Assn

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

  4. Private foundation · Chickamauga, GA

    The Daniel Ashley and Irene Houston Jewell Memorial Foundation

    Invitation only

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $53,500 · typical grant $4,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Ih/m of jewell family women; Art, music and physical education programs; Scholarships

  5. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Orion & Emma B Hurlburt Tr Fbo Memorial Fd Hamilton Natl Bk Ttee

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $285,000 (tax year 2024)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To fund free psycho-oncology, industrial arts, family programs and occupational therapy services for children with cancer.; To provide cancer-related services to the...

  6. Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV

    Anchor and Hope Sam R Sayers Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · typical grant $4,000 (tax year 2025)

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  7. Public charity · Galveston, TX

    Permanent Endowment Fund of the Moody Memorial First United Method

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $36,850 · typical grant $16,150 to $20,700 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Vocational Development Ministry Network; Business Accelerator

  8. Private foundation · Pasadena, CA

    The Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Memorial Fund

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $110,000 · typical grant $110,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Medical research

  9. Private foundation · Terre Haute, IN

    Wanda M Hart & Willis Edward Hart Memorial Scholarship Tr

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  10. Private foundation · Brooklyn, OH

    William C & Lillye T Fischer Memorial Fund

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $17,139 · typical grant $17,139 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  11. Private foundation · Las Vegas, NV

    The David and Jennifer Hardie Memorial Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $800 · typical grant $800 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

  12. Private foundation · Cleveland

    Allan Jones Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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

  13. Private foundation · Jackson, MS

    Van Devender Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,200 · typical grant $200 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health and prevention; Memorials

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Rollins Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  15. Private foundation · St Petersburg, FL

    Global Special Operations Forces Foundation Corporation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2025 SOF Week Round Robin Winner

  16. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $133,000 to $308,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: For general scholarship support.; For nursing scholarships.; For nursing and allied health scholarships.; For general and nursing scholarships.

  17. Private foundation · Memphis

    B J Wade Tr Fbo Margaret Brown Et Al

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $319,061 · typical grant $12,112 to $181,869 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Healthcare; Religion

  18. Private foundation · St Petersburg, FL

    Dwayne Hawkins Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $28,100 · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: River city run (Chattanooga); Dustin ledford scholarship; Gala 2024

  19. Private foundation · Ridgeland, MS

    Butler Snow O'mara Stevens & Cannada

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $48,195 · typical grant $7,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Milla's house relocation/furniture; Accessibility improvements; Updated technology and equipment; Construction for trauma waiting room

  20. Community foundation · Albuquerque, NM

    Albuquerque Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $49,553 · typical grant $10,600 to $21,953 (tax year 2024)

    67% 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.