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195 foundations that funded “North”
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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)
23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Federal Way, WA
World Vision Inc.
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $72,319 to $199,861 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Family assistance & development; Development & disaster relief; Development; Family assistance; Christian ministry
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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...
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Altecstyslinger Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $178,325 · typical grant $500 to $25,125 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships funding
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Public charity · Beverly Hills, CA
Edward Charles Foundation
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $558,240 · typical grant $20,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable gift
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Public charity · Zionsville, IN
Aes Restaurant Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
12 Tennessee grants totaling $195,726 · typical grant $10,000 to $19,054 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Various
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
Meals On Wheels America
How to apply: not stated
9 Tennessee grants totaling $150,737 · typical grant $10,000 to $31,362 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Project support
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Private foundation · Spartanburg, SC
J M Smith Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $32,800 · typical grant $1,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted charitable contribution
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Private foundation · The Villages, FL
The Michnal Foundation Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $19,500 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support and operating expenses
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Justice Center Inc.
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Coker Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $132,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Gift for the charger fund
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Private foundation · Riverton, NJ
The Thomas P Waters Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $7,500 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hurricane helene relief efforts
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Public charity · Cincinnati, OH
The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Jenkintown, PA
National Philanthropic Trust
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
338 Tennessee grants totaling $59.5 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Human services; Education; Health; Public, societal benefit
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Public charity · Overland Park, KS
Servant Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
128 Tennessee grants totaling $4.5 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community development; Religious ministry; Education
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
Feeding America
How to apply: not stated · Funds its own member network
6 Tennessee grants totaling $119.2 million · typical grant $9 million to $24.9 million (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fight Hunger
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Private foundation · Monroe, MI
La-Z-Boy Foundation
Takes applications
45 Tennessee grants totaling $259,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public benefit; Education-libraries; Human services; Health care; Education-libraies
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Private foundation · Soddy Daisy
Sharpe Family Foundation Inc.
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41 Tennessee grants totaling $454,696 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program assistance; Program assist
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Private foundation · Rolling Meadows, IL
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation
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40 Tennessee grants totaling $41,608 · typical grant $100 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
68% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Santa Barbara, CA
Direct Relief
How to apply: not stated
32 Tennessee grants totaling $12.2 million · typical grant $26,826 to $325,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support to us clinics & health centers for low-income, uninsured patients; Hurricane helene response
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.