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173 foundations that funded “Area Foundation”

  1. Public charity · St Petersburg, FL

    Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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

    549 Tennessee grants totaling $20.5 million · typical grant $7,200 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hugh and Charlotte Maclellan Charitabhle Trust

    Invitation only

    44 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For outreach to youth and children.; For education of youth and children.; For restoration and rehabilitation programs.; For spiritual formation and education.; For providing...

  3. Public charity · Kingsport

    Eastman Credit Union

    How to apply: not stated

    29 Tennessee grants totaling $746,224 · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General contribution; Event sponsorship; General contribution/event sponsorship; Development contribution; Expansion project/snap relief/event sponsorship

  4. United Way · Knoxville

    United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc

    How to apply: not stated

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $675,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Specific programs

  5. 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

  6. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Network for Good

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

    101 Tennessee grants totaling $4.1 million · typical grant $9,258 to $40,514 (tax year 2024)

    16% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Public charity · Charleston Sc, SC

    The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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

    45 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $6,300 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Public charity · Boston, MA

    Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund

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

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Public charity · Cincinnati, OH

    Johnson Charitable Gift Fund

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

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $452,850 · typical grant $10,000 to $32,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Ridpath 1330; Send hope, uganda

  10. United Way · Nashville

    United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants

  11. 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

  12. Public charity · Indianapolis, IN

    Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.

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

    338 Tennessee grants totaling $21.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $37,300 (tax year 2024)

    49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted general support

  13. 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.