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  1. Private foundation · Bethesda, MD

    De Beaumont Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $125,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the new actual causes of death study: literature review & research plan development (1-year)

  2. Public charity · Knoxville

    Canaan Baptist Housing Corporation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $5,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support urban youth thru christian ministry opportunities.; Support the mission to enable african americans and other minority groups secure economic self-reliance, partiy,...

  3. Public charity · Nashville

    Music City Prep Clinic

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $420,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $310,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: End spread of hiv; Grant program fund

  4. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Papa John's Foundation Inc.

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Foxwood Food Center; Shelter to Stability Program; Project Green Fork; Increasing Student Literacy Through Parent; Youth Empowerment Project Cabinets

  5. 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

  6. Public charity · Franklin

    Tennessee Golf Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $193,436 · typical grant $13,000 to $34,190 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Raleigh, NC

    Kimley-Horn Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $40,150 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,200 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Counts initiative; Volunteer grants

  8. Public charity · New York, NY

    National Urban League Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $790,513 · typical grant $121,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Direct grants to small businesses

  9. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Chazen Family Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Public charity · Chattanooga

    The Howard Fund

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $115,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Townsend

    Ronald A and Charlotte V Graham Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $10,551 · typical grant $51 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  12. Private foundation · Deerfield, IL

    Cole-Crone Family Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $45,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  13. Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA

    Dietz Family Foundation 1730-03-44

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Community foundation · Dalton, GA

    The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc.

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

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $178,822 · typical grant $8,250 to $25,800 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civic & human services; Faith & religion

  15. Public charity · Americus, GA

    Habitat for Humanity International Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    22 Tennessee grants totaling $3.3 million · typical grant $14,678 to $124,558 (tax year 2024)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Affordable housing

  16. Public charity · Nashville

    Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee

    How to apply: not stated

    20 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $9,513 to $174,153 (tax year 2024)

    65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General program support

  17. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Frank P Pierce Foundation Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $360,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable distribution for 2025 medal of honor celebration; Charitable distribution; Charitable distribution for 75th anniversary campaign; Charitable distribution, abc event...

  18. Private foundation · Chapel Hill, NC

    Carlson Family Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $77,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Major grant; Discretionary grant

  19. Public charity · Chicago, IL

    Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $115,211 · typical grant $8,000 to $26,260 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grants from donor advised funds- operating support

  20. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    A Family Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $65,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support family services; Support community through arts; Eliminate hunger; Expand access to local grown food; Support latino population

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.