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269 foundations that funded “Way”
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Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation
Takes applications
60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
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Private foundation · Parsons
The Ayers Foundation Trust
Takes applications
36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded: General/operating
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Private foundation · Chattangooga
Mckenzie Foundation
Invitation only
24 Tennessee grants totaling $380,700 · typical grant $4,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating funds; Operating fund; Opertaing funds
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Battelle Memorial Institute
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Fort Foundation Tch
Invitation only
15 Tennessee grants totaling $278,100 · typical grant $15,450 to $18,540 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Elizabethton
Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation Ltd
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $539,229 · typical grant $3,612 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General fund/operations; Betsy band general fund/operations; Bull dog band general fund/operations
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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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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
Invitation only
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 · Minneapolis, MN
Wells Fargo Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $205,000 · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Affordable Homeownership Program; Financial Empowerment: Finance Park Meets Stock Market Challenge; Project Return Opportunities for Employment; Community Land Trust _...
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Regions Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $340,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
88% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Econ & community dev; Education & wr; Econ @ community dev
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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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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
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Private foundation · Westfield, OH
The Westfield Insurance Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $36,670 · typical grant $390 to $9,500 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Pya Foundation Fka Pershing Yoakley and Associates Foundation
Invitation only
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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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 · Pittsburgh, PA
Howmet Aerospace Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $225,080 · typical grant $15,000 to $59,600 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024 sons & daughters scholarship awards for 19 recipients; Project learn; Digital media studio; Hola4kids and the newly launched hola on the move stream program; Precision...
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Private foundation · Jackson
Farris Family Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $49,800 · typical grant $3,000 to $16,400 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital Campaign
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Private foundation · Collierville
Fitzgerald Family Foundation
Invitation only
5 Tennessee grants totaling $42,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2025)
20% 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.