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4,862 foundations that funded “T”
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Education Trust Inc.
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · The Villages, FL
The Michnal Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
7 Tennessee grants totaling $19,500 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support and operating expenses
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Private foundation · Rocky Face, GA
The Nabors to Neighbors Inc.
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating expense
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Private foundation · Sioux Falls, SD
Ransom Charitable Trust
Invitation only
7 Tennessee grants totaling $48,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To assist disabled athletes; Grace program for relatives, angel tree program; Hearing aids for 25 people; Support services for disabled senior citizens
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Brandsma Family Foundation
Invitation only
7 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · typical grant $250 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Deborah House program; Deborah House in Romania fund; Children at Risk Ministries fund; 2 days of oxygen for a St Jude Patient fund; DAF DAY Campaign
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Public charity · Columbia
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $141,809 · typical grant $15,000 to $28,433 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual sponsorship for awards/events; Fb bank commissions; Annual scholarship; Annual sponsorship
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Private foundation · Rocklin, CA
The Massie Family Foundation
Invitation only
7 Tennessee grants totaling $157,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $34,500 (tax year 2024)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General use and the betterment of the organization.
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Private foundation · Conover, NC
The Bolick Foundation
Invitation only
7 Tennessee grants totaling $272,618 · typical grant $10,000 to $74,398 (tax year 2024)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Evangelism; Discipleship; Seminary/training and equipping
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
The Fund for Theological Education Inc.
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · typical grant $12,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Discernment lab grant
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Community foundation · Independence, MO
Truman Heartland Community Foundation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $527,397 · typical grant $15,000 to $113,000 (tax year 2024)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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...
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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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Public charity · Pleasanton, CA
The Albertsons Companies Foundation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $295,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Hunger; Other
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Private foundation · Falls Church, VA
The Northrop Grumman Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $6,450 · typical grant $50 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General operating grants & matching gifts.
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $511,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for curriculum development; Support for convenings, collaboration stipends, and training; Support for curriculum development, trainings, and convening; Support for...
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Public charity · Knoxville
Prevention Alliance of Tennessee
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide assistance with capacity building in order to build and strengthen the organization.
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Justice Center Inc.
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust
Invitation only
6 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $163,405 to $330,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Expansion of pancreatlas connectivity platform and phenotyping of handel samples by cutting-edge single cell multiome technology; Defining molecular mechanisms of cell...
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Private foundation · Lenoir City
The Robert H Brethen Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $165,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2023)
No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation for recreation programs; Donation to support healthcare programs; Donations for underprivileged children; Donation to support wildlife programs; Donation to support...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
East Tennessee Cardiovascularresearch Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support innovative and interdisciplinary neuroscience research for mental health.; Support heart surgery in jimani for haitian children.; To support the mission of mental...
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.