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138 foundations

Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Mclamore Family Foundation Inc.

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

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Putnam County Library Friends

17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Renew, Replant, Restore Program for the gardens; To Fund New auditorium seating; Disaster Relief and Reconstruction of Communities; College of Business Johnson Hall Renovation
Private foundation · Chattanooga
James C & Charlotte Wardlaw Charitable Foundation Inc.

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5 Tennessee grants totaling $4,900 · typical grant $750 to $1,000 (tax year 2023)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Memphis
Preserverpartners Foundation

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5 Tennessee grants totaling $10,998 · typical grant $500 to $3,198 (tax year 2025)

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

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Education; Economic opport; Scholarships
Public charity · Nashville
The Junior League of Nashville Inc.

How to apply: not stated

5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $7,000 to $25,660 (tax year 2024)

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

40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Literacy programs; Pediatric rehab unit; Diaper bank; Educational programs
Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
Macdonald Family Foundation

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4 Tennessee grants totaling $125,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as The Colonel Jf Toney Memorial Library

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Dyersburg
Donner Foundation

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4 Tennessee grants totaling $23,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Greeneville
Calvert Family Foundation Inc.

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4 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Friends of the Greeneville-Greene County Library

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Glenn Dale, MD
Nora Roberts Foundation

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4 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Friends of the Knox County Public Library

25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Nashville
Oakpoint Foundation

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3 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

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

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: General Funds
Public charity · San Francisco, CA
The Trust for Public Land

How to apply: not stated

3 Tennessee grants totaling $242,360 · typical grant $10,000 to $182,360 (tax year 2024)

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

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Grants; Land conservation
Private foundation · New York, NY
The Wallace Foundation

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3 Tennessee grants totaling $192,404 · typical grant $6,964 to $165,440 (tax year 2024)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: To study the work of districts participating in Wallace's Principal Pipeline Learning Community.; To support a study of how principals learn on the job.; To support a...
Public charity · Smyrna
The Smyrna Rotary Club Charitable Foundation

How to apply: not stated

3 Tennessee grants totaling $39,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

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

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Financial assistance; Scholarship funds
Public charity · Sevierville
Foundation for the Sevier County Library System

How to apply: not stated

3 Tennessee grants totaling $62,601 · typical grant $5,732 to $39,575 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Friends of King Family Library, King Family Library, Sevier Co Library Kodak Branch

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Program materials and expenses; Tile wall; Rm furnishings building
Private foundation · Dyersburg
Edward H & June F Lannom Jr

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Charitable works in the community; Library funding
Private foundation · Nashville
Blum Family Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $137,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $135,000 (tax year 2025)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
Larry L Prince Family Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Dyersburg- Dyer County Public Library Foundation

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Not specified
Private foundation · Nashville
Living Stones

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $27,855 · typical grant $5,500 to $22,355 (tax year 2025)

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

Funded: Per bylaws
Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
Emnorhos

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,500 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2023)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Dolly Parton Library
Private foundation · Franklin
W H & Edgar Magness Community House & Library Trust

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $8,009 · typical grant $8,009 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Magness Community House and Library

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Tua Harry C Lichman

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $26,237 · typical grant $26,237 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (library): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Unrestricted general

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.