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182 foundations that funded “Second Harvest Food Bank East”

  1. Private foundation · Cookeville

    Nazareth Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $235,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Assist those in need; To assist children; Provide clean water and hiv medical treatment; For fellowships; To assist homeless

  2. Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH

    Al Neyer Community Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $56,325 · typical grant $200 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    The Rust Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $35,500 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · Bristol

    Massengill-Defriece Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $137,295 · typical grant $3,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Children's programs; New concession space; Ex director salary; Covid; Books for preschool

  5. Private foundation · Stamford, CT

    Garden Homes Fund

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $211,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Public charity · Phoenix, AZ

    The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $66,450 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Aventura community school - school garden program; Currey ingram academy - school garden program; Journey to wellness; 579-never hungry community gardens; 585-thomas a. Edison...

  7. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Lkq Community Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $481,900 · typical grant $10,000 to $58,400 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Cleveland, OH

    The Jochum-Moll Foundation

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $246,298 · typical grant $2,500 to $41,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General, unrestricted; Support for construction of new home

  9. Private foundation · Greensboro, NC

    Hillsdale Fund

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $147,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · Knoxville

    The Lane Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $22,200 · typical grant $1,200 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Riverton, NJ

    The Thomas P Waters Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hurricane helene relief efforts

  12. Private foundation · Ft Mitchell, KY

    The Charles E and Mary Eleizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $165,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Advocacy for children and youth; General operations poc medical dental; It services and medical software; Feeding hungry neighbors in northeast TN

  13. Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH

    The Scripps Howard Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)

    54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend

  14. Community foundation · Nashville

    The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    55 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...

  15. Private foundation · Nashville

    Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation

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    282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Annual giving.; Alexis de tocqueville society.; Arch academy.; Annual giving fund.; "let's grow together" capital campaign.

  16. Private foundation · Radnor, PA

    Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    65 Tennessee grants totaling $7,784 · typical grant $50 to $104 (tax year 2025)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts

  17. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Shell USA Company Foundation

    Invitation only

    59 Tennessee grants totaling $480,847 · typical grant $400 to $2,400 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 1000; 500; 100; 50; 520

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    Melkus Family Foundation

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    42 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Private foundation · New York, NC

    The Thompson Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    39 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $13,747 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Aug 15 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Public charity · Murfreesboro

    Charity Circle of Murfreesboro

    How to apply: not stated

    38 Tennessee grants totaling $697,650 · typical grant $8,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution to donor advised fund to be used as general support for charities

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.