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179 foundations that funded “Memorial”
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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
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Private foundation · El Paso, TX
Richard G Miller Memorial Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Old Gray Cemetery Historic & Memorial Assn
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
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Private foundation · Chickamauga, GA
The Daniel Ashley and Irene Houston Jewell Memorial Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Orion & Emma B Hurlburt Tr Fbo Memorial Fd Hamilton Natl Bk Ttee
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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...
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Pasadena, CA
The Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Memorial Fund
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Brooklyn, OH
William C & Lillye T Fischer Memorial Fund
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $17,139 · typical grant $17,139 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Las Vegas, NV
The David and Jennifer Hardie Memorial Foundation
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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.
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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
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Private foundation · Jackson, MS
Van Devender Family Foundation
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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
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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
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Private foundation · St Petersburg, FL
Global Special Operations Forces Foundation Corporation
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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
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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.
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Private foundation · Memphis
B J Wade Tr Fbo Margaret Brown Et Al
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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
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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
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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
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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.