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301 foundations that funded “Community Foundation Middle”
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Goad Fam Foundation
Invitation only
37 Tennessee grants totaling $155,250 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Gallatin
Goodall Family Foundation
Invitation only
32 Tennessee grants totaling $159,977 · typical grant $250 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Coraopolis, PA
Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation
Takes applications
25 Tennessee grants totaling $114,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grant for youth sports; Teammate resource group grants; 10th year anniversary grants
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Joel C and Bernice W Gordon Family Foundation
Invitation only
19 Tennessee grants totaling $193,436 · typical grant $1,000 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)
21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Bailey & Lucy Evans Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $22,879 · typical grant $1,100 to $1,900 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation
Invitation only
10 Tennessee grants totaling $392,300 · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Newark, DE
American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
571 Tennessee grants totaling $34.4 million · typical grant $7,299 to $20,213 (tax year 2025)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
M Straton Foster Charitable Foundation Rjc-2055000565
Takes applications
44 Tennessee grants totaling $290,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Apr 30 · next Apr 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Henry Laird Smith Foundation
Invitation only
33 Tennessee grants totaling $547,500 · typical grant $1,250 to $17,500 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Horatio B & Willie J Buntin Foundation
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49 Tennessee grants totaling $258,891 · typical grant $500 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)
16% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To further charitable activities
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Public charity · Jackson
West TN Healthcare Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $9,394 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)
49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: $6,000.00 women who care grant; $5,000.00 for general support; $250.00 windows of hope sponsorship; $2,093.53 for repair of ac unit; $1,500.00 steak n burger sponsorship;...
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Public charity · St Louis, MO
Saint Thomas West Hospital
How to apply: not stated
34 Tennessee grants totaling $663,167 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Support of Teeth For Life program; Support of pregnancy services for uninsured, low income women; Support of No-Cost Mental Health Counseling; Support of Community Health...
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Private foundation · Dearborn, MI
Ford Motor Company Fund
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $50,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Ford community centers; Employee volunteering; Other services; Entreprenuership; Museums and cultural inst.
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Aarp
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $144,583 · typical grant $8,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
91% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community Challenge Grant to support AARP's Livable Communities initiative; Sponsorship of event; Sponsorship of the free rides to the polls on election day event; "Sponsorship...
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Private foundation · Union City
Robert E and Jenny D Kirkland Found
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40 Tennessee grants totaling $11.1 million · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Homes for Low Income; Christian Ministry; Outreach for disadvantaged youth; Family services; Provide daycare for at risk children
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United Way · Murfreesboro
United Way of Rutherford County
How to apply: not stated
47 Tennessee grants totaling $694,125 · typical grant $2,500 to $21,500 (tax year 2024)
72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for pregnant women; Ann campbell early learning center; Project learn and triple play program; Child abuse, community ed and drug endangered children programs; Rent and...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Feeding the Future Inc.
Invitation only
14 Tennessee grants totaling $145,366 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,942 (tax year 2025)
Funded: End Childhood Hunger; Food assistance; End kids hunger; Tornado relief
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education
How to apply: not stated
31 Tennessee grants totaling $7.1 million · typical grant $100,000 to $375,000 (tax year 2024)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Award
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Public charity · Towson, MD
Players Philanthropy Fund Inc.
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $941,490 · typical grant $10,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General support to further the organization's purpose.
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.