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234 foundations that funded “Operation”
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Private foundation · Nashville
Alice W Jew Foundation
Invitation only
3 Tennessee grants totaling $29,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $14,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Church ministries; To be used for funding of grants paid and operations of foundation
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Private foundation · Collierville
The Partnership Foundation
Invitation only
2 Tennessee grants totaling $47,183 · typical grant $12,183 to $35,000 (tax year 2023)
Funded: To use for charitable contributions in the future; To fund animal rescue operations for welfare of abused and neglected animals
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Private foundation · Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc.
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $29,416 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Key Club Scholarship; Annual Community Awards Grant; Key Leader North Scholarship; District Grant Operation Park Bench; Community Service Grant
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Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI
Baird Foundation Inc.
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133 Tennessee grants totaling $196,451 · typical grant $250 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health and human services; Ethnic and religious; Education; Youth organizations; Charitable operations expenses
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Private foundation · Nashville
Milton and Denice Johnson Family Foundation
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53 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign; Reimagining community spaces in mnps; Support for the mobile program and operations
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Private foundation · Knoxville
9th Avenue Foundation
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24 Tennessee grants totaling $246,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Global missions and general fund; Percy & edwim warner parks in Nashville; Anderson shore support; Nashville operations; General operations, Knoxville, TN
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
17 Tennessee grants totaling $133,504 · typical grant $750 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual fund on behalf of kate caldwell nevin; Lindy hop; Genneral operations
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Private foundation · Nashville
Thackston Family Foundation
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp
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Private foundation · Kennesaw, GA
Beacon Foundation Charitable Trust
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $310,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Fund "imagine! Initiative" to help provide hamilton county, TN elementary students free art and cultural experiences presented by leading arts organizations and fund community...
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
Landen Family Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $295,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Wrap around services for Metro Nashville Students; Land Acquisition for Harris Trail Boundary Protection; Operations Grant; Job Training, Affordable Housing & Supportive...
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United Way · Alexandria, VA
United Way Worldwide
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
7 Tennessee grants totaling $261,139 · typical grant $12,000 to $55,107 (tax year 2024)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Disaster relief & recovery, community development; Community development; Disaster relief & recovery; Education; General charitable operations
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Public charity · Memphis
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
How to apply: not stated
27 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Sponsorship; Sponsorship of new christian mobile dental clinic servicing the homeless; Annual lecture platinum sponsorship; Donation; support for bridge builders; Support...
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Private foundation · Baltimore, MD
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
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20 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide general operating support; Support to identify diversion programs in Memphis and conduct community conversations about the need for diversion and prevention...
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Private foundation · Memphis
J R Hyde III Foundation
Takes applications
108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation
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96 Tennessee grants totaling $13.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Missions fund; Legacy dinner; Knox county imagination library; Data capacity building support; Community circle
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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 · Athens
Athens Federal Foundation
Takes applications
43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
9 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Footprint Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
42 Tennessee grants totaling $644,525 · typical grant $1,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: The 'Notes in Nature' event in collaboration with reflection riding; African American Cemetery Fund; Sankofa Fund; Langston and Malcolm Carter Scholarship fund; Center for...
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Public charity · St Louis, MO
Saint Thomas West Hospital
How to apply: not stated
34 Tennessee grants totaling $663,167 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Support of Teeth For Life program; Support of pregnancy services for uninsured, low income women; Support of No-Cost Mental Health Counseling; Support of Community Health...
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Private foundation · Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation
Takes applications
30 Tennessee grants totaling $6.2 million · typical grant $120,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Project support grant to complete the final phase of the locally driven narrative efforts supported by ideas42; Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen...
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.