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327 foundations that funded “Hope”

  1. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hart Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $3,200 · typical grant $500 to $1,100 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hearing & speech illness & disability; Student ministry support; Church ministry; Clean water ministry

  2. Private foundation · Knoxville

    After Gods Heart Inc.

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support of ministering to families facing difficult pregnancy decisions; Support of eliminating the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children in Tennessee; Support of...

  3. Private foundation · Highland Park, IL

    Ploughshares Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $22,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Private foundation · Hawthorn Woods, IL

    Jackson Kemper Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $150,000 to $1.5 million (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant to support operations; Grant to support feeding program; Grant to support wells in niger

  5. Private foundation · Tenton Village, NJ

    The Brooks Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $8,867 · typical grant $1,034 to $5,333 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Public charity · Orlando, FL

    Westgate Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donation to operating fund

  7. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Dustin J Wells Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,125 · typical grant $125 to $6,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support the mission of training the homeless or incarcerated men in the culinary arts for employment; Support the mission of educating children of diverse racial and...

  8. Private foundation · Austintown, OH

    The Brocker Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General operating for exempt function

  9. Private foundation · Las Vegas, NV

    Deer Hollow Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $9,960 · typical grant $2,000 to $7,960 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provides wholesome uplifting christian music to the us; Help children in africa with removing jiggers from their feet and giving them shoes

  10. Private foundation · Gainsville, FL

    Mattie Esther Helen Rose Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  11. Private foundation · Plymouth, MN

    Amy's Legacy Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $27,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Community foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    California Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $25,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Animal welfare; Religion; Disaster response; Health; Arts

  13. Community foundation · Richmond, VA

    The Community Foundation Inc.

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

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $424,750 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health and wellness; University or private school

  14. Public charity · Dayton, OH

    Dayton Foundation Depository

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

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $88,068 · typical grant $5,400 to $76,668 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Dayton chapter of isaiah 117 house, montgomery county oh; Various projects

  15. Public charity · Memphis

    The Pet Compassion Centers

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $154,173 · typical grant $20,000 to $28,603 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Meals on wheels distribution; Municipal pet food pantry; Parasitic treatments

  16. United Way · Sevierville

    United Way of Sevier County

    How to apply: not stated

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $450,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support organization for charity purposes; Support organizaiotn for charity purposes; Support organization for charity purposessupport organization for charity purposes

  17. Private foundation · Murfreesboro

    Adams Family Foundation II

    Takes applications

    17 Tennessee grants totaling $186,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    59% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Brentwood

    David Foundation

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Ministry support

  19. Private foundation · Memphis

    Murray C & Jo P Murphey Fndtn Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Family services general funds; Community services general funds

  20. Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX

    Ken W Davis Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Restoration for self-trafficking; Building project - capital campaign

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.