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138 foundations

Public charity · Nashville
Economic Club of Nashville Charities

How to apply: not stated

12 Tennessee grants totaling $379,655 · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nv Public Library Fdn-Naza

58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Support general operations; Support naza program; Support itop, just us & real prog.
Private foundation · Cleveland
The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation

Takes applications

12 Tennessee grants totaling $70,050 · typical grant $500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Foundation for Clevelandbradley County Public Library

Funded: Operating funds
Private foundation · Nashville
Bryant Family Foundation

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $75,630 · typical grant $550 to $6,500 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Franklin
Nissan Foundation

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $385,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Celebrate chinese new year in Nashville; Kids first; Maria magdalena campos-pons: behold exhibition programming; Passport to understanding; Conversations @npl
Private foundation · Louisville, KY
Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable

Takes applications

11 Tennessee grants totaling $32,790 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library

9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To support the programming, production and education outreach; To provide protection, maintenance and improvement of radnor lake; To support the conservation of Tennessee's...
Private foundation · Dyersburg
Brayton Foundation

How to apply: not stated

10 Tennessee grants totaling $5,100 · typical grant $100 to $900 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Mcivers Grant Public Library

10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unrestricted use donation; Scholarship
Private foundation · Nashville
The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $392,300 · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Sewickley, PA
Richard & Janice Rawe Foundation

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

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Knox County Public Library

30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Social welfare; Religious development
Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Louis R Draughon Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $240,000 · typical grant $7,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Stokes Brown Public Library

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: General support grant
Private foundation · Nashville
Caritas Foundation

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

Has funded groups like yours (library): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: General support for operations
Private foundation · Loudon
Diersch Family Foundation

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8 Tennessee grants totaling $46,020 · typical grant $5,000 to $5,270 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Tellico Village Library

12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To support the charity's mission
Private foundation · Nashville
M A@rikard Charitable Trust

Takes applications

8 Tennessee grants totaling $69,300 · typical grant $4,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Community foundation · Lexington, KY
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc.

How to apply: not stated

8 Tennessee grants totaling $535,159 · typical grant $40,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Phoenix
Memorial Health Care System Inc.

How to apply: not stated

8 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $7,750 to $69,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Ella Library

62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Bedford Hills, NY
Weeden Foundation

Takes applications

8 Tennessee grants totaling $6,500 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Grants
Private foundation · Memphis
Flora Belle Moss & Bessie Abigail Moss Foundation

Takes applications

7 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Memphis Library Foundation

Stated deadlines: Sep 30 · next Sep 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: "; Budget
Private foundation · Waverly
Ali Foundation Inc.

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7 Tennessee grants totaling $2,625 · typical grant $75 to $750 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Humphreys County Library

29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Detroit, MI
Crain Family Foundation

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7 Tennessee grants totaling $26,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation

71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unerstricted
Private foundation · Nashville
Lemon-Aide Fund

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7 Tennessee grants totaling $441,824 · typical grant $16,100 to $49,005 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library

Funded: To support organizational activities
Private foundation · Nashville
Irvin & Beverly Small Foundation

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6 Tennessee grants totaling $61,210 · typical grant $1,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library

100% 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.