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182 foundations that funded “United Way”

  1. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Haslam Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    32 Tennessee grants totaling $7.9 million · typical grant $20,000 to $324,000 (tax year 2024)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community grant - boldpath program; 2024 & 2025 evergreen ball; 2024 jazz baby!; Payment on verbal pledge & two table sponsorships; School of music gala

  2. Private foundation · Murfreesboro

    Adams Family Foundation I

    Takes applications

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $335,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Roth Idalia Charitable Trust

    Invitation only

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $87,665 · typical grant $3,981 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Private foundation · Nashville

    Morphis Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $152,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General use to support charitable mission

  5. Private foundation · Kingsport

    James and Laura Rogers Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $510,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $300,000 (tax year 2025)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Facility upgrade; Facility upgrades

  6. Private foundation · Canton, OH

    Timken Foundation of Canton

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $194,624 · typical grant $24,624 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Playground improvement program; The love kitchen - new refrigeration unit for walk-in freezer and new sign for front of building.; Hurricane helene disaster relief

  7. Private foundation · Cordova

    James H Prentiss Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $84,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Genesco Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $45,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Private foundation · Chattangooga

    Mckenzie Foundation

    Invitation only

    24 Tennessee grants totaling $380,700 · typical grant $4,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating funds; Operating fund; Opertaing funds

  10. Private foundation · Cleveland

    Mcreynolds Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    21 Tennessee grants totaling $118,375 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Assistance

  11. Private foundation · Kansas City, MO

    Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $5,600 · typical grant $250 to $1,600 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Frist Foundation

    Letter first

    128 Tennessee grants totaling $32.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    15 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General support directed by lauren elcan ingram; Operating support for 2024; General support directed by julie and tommy frist; General support directed by jennifer and billy...

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation

    Invitation only

    96 Tennessee grants totaling $13.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Missions fund; Legacy dinner; Knox county imagination library; Data capacity building support; Community circle

  14. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Maclellan Foundation Inc.

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    91 Tennessee grants totaling $5 million · typical grant $1,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: For building organizational capacity.; For outreach to families.; For education of youth and children.; For outreach to the indigent.; For holistic community outreach and development.

  15. Private foundation · Parsons

    The Ayers Foundation Trust

    Takes applications

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded: General/operating

  16. Public charity · Columbus, OH

    Battelle Memorial Institute

    How to apply: not stated

    21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match

  17. Private foundation · Elizabethton

    Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation Ltd

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $539,229 · typical grant $3,612 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General fund/operations; Betsy band general fund/operations; Bull dog band general fund/operations

  18. Private foundation · Sewickley, PA

    Richard & Janice Rawe Foundation

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $55,885 · typical grant $200 to $1,650 (tax year 2025)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social welfare; Religious development

  19. Private foundation · Dalton, GA

    The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation

    Takes applications

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $430,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · Nashville

    Caritas Foundation

    Invitation only

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $131,000 · typical grant $7,000 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General support for operations

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.