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253 foundations that funded “Greater”
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Private foundation · Springfield
Jacqueline D Guthrie Foundation
Invitation only
10 Tennessee grants totaling $27,050 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Bishop Family Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $640,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Recovery in community campaign; Clef medical camps campaign; Stability program; Truck for project restore; South Chattanooga program
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Private foundation · Sewickley, PA
Richard & Janice Rawe Foundation
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $55,885 · typical grant $200 to $1,650 (tax year 2025)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social welfare; Religious development
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Public charity · Federal Way, WA
World Vision Inc.
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $72,319 to $199,861 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Family assistance & development; Development & disaster relief; Development; Family assistance; Christian ministry
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Private foundation · Cleveland, OH
The Austin Memorial Foundation
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $146,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational; Education
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Public charity · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Pga Tour Inc.
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · typical grant $10,000 to $142,942 (tax year 2024)
90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Homer Skelton Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $111,980 · typical grant $4,580 to $18,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable Event
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Private foundation · Dalton, GA
The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $430,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Caritas Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $131,000 · typical grant $7,000 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General support for operations
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Goodfriend Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $677,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General support for mission; Support business school at twu; Buildings/imprvt to facilities; Gen support for mission - religious; Goodfriend tennis reno
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Private foundation · Nashville
Clifton and Clara Ward Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Operating fund; Opearting fund
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Private foundation · Boynton Beach, FL
Nat R & Martha M Knaster Charitable Trust
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Unrestricted $10,000now campaign beta pi chapter $2,500; College fund for haslam business school at university of Tennessee; Haslam facility expense fund for new business...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $220,750 · typical grant $500 to $40,500 (tax year 2025)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support a public charity; To support the expansion of facing history in hamilton county, Tennessee; Educational & cultural; To support annual campaign
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
National Council of Ymcas of the USA
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $963,775 · typical grant $38,000 to $224,600 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Pya Foundation Fka Pershing Yoakley and Associates Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $30,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Sponsorship; General support/hurricane helene
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Private foundation · Nashville
Irvin & Beverly Small Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $61,210 · typical grant $1,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Met Foundation Inc.
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $69,246 · typical grant $3,000 to $20,123 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Chattanooga
Journey Health Foundation
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $505,000 (tax year 2024)
83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hart gallery and adventure trail; Support of utc healthcare data analytics partnership
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Private foundation · Sarasota, FL
Edward D and Anna Mitchell Family Foundation A Delaware Corp
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $16,250 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Kenneth E Boring Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $38,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Greatest need; Museum college daze
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.