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190 foundations that funded “Children's Fund Inc”

  1. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Usg Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $6,470 · typical grant $38 to $600 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health & Human Services; Community & Civic; Educational Institutions and Related Activities

  2. Public charity · Wilmington, DE

    American Gift Fund

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $681,580 · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Public charity · Boston, MA

    Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    1,709 Tennessee grants totaling $165.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,250 (tax year 2024)

    32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Public charity · New York, NY

    The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $125,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community outreach & enrichment programs; Scholarships & financial aid; Educational programs & other student svc; Support of environmental programs; Medical/scientific research...

  5. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Maclellan Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    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.

  6. Private foundation · Nashville

    Ezell Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    35 Tennessee grants totaling $509,800 · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Good Sparrow Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

    Funded: Partners in Hope Fund

  8. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Brandsma Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · typical grant $250 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Deborah House program; Deborah House in Romania fund; Children at Risk Ministries fund; 2 days of oxygen for a St Jude Patient fund; DAF DAY Campaign

  9. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Ford Foundation

    Takes applications

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Danner Foundation

    Takes applications

    28 Tennessee grants totaling $395,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scoutreach program; To support high school debate program; $25,000 for General Purposes and $25,000 for Dorie Bolze Fund; $10,000 for general purposes and $10,000 for the House Fund

  11. Private foundation · San Diego, CA

    Sempra Foundation

    Invitation only

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $27,442 · typical grant $83 to $1,680 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: International; Education; Health; Medical research; Animals

  12. Private foundation · Nashville

    Louisiana-Pacific Foundation

    Takes applications

    39 Tennessee grants totaling $341,773 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Public charity · San Francisco, CA

    Our Change Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $667,364 · typical grant $9,829 to $76,737 (tax year 2025)

    64% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Lucy's Children's Fund

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support and servicesto the LGBTQ+community

  15. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    The Rioco Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Support of children's fund

  16. Private foundation · Brookneal, VA

    Foster Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,400 · typical grant $900 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Disc golf sponsor; Children's fund

  17. Public charity · Birmingham, AL

    Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $36,600 · typical grant $6,600 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Maryville college adventures in studying (mast) - expanding horizons; Project support 2024: $5,000 holistic evangelism in tete province and remainder allocated to persian...

  18. Private foundation · Boston, NY

    Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $150 · typical grant $150 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: 2025 annual fund

  19. Private foundation · New Orleans, LA

    The Booth-Bricker Fund

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,520 · typical grant $2,760 to $3,760 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching trustee's gift and contribution; Matching trustee's gift

  20. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Greentree Fund

    Invitation only

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Cancer research for children

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.