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41 foundations that funded “American Educational Research”

Private foundation · Franklin
Yarbrough Family Foundation

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20 Tennessee grants totaling $6.4 million · typical grant $200 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Hudson, OH
American Endowment Foundation

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

320 Tennessee grants totaling $23 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Health, general; Arts, culture
Private foundation · St Louis, MO
Edward Jones Foundation

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136 Tennessee grants totaling $99,068 · typical grant $125 to $500 (tax year 2024)

71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Human services - multipurpose and other; Educational institutions and related activities; Animal-related; Health - general and rehabilitative; Community improvement
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
Private foundation · San Diego, CA
Sempra Foundation

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $27,442 · typical grant $83 to $1,680 (tax year 2024)

36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: International; Education; Health; Medical research; Animals
Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle

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1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

55 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: 2024 support; To provide 1st time support for your important mission; General giving; Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and...
Community foundation · New York, NY
The New York Community Trust

Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

44 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: For program support.; For a scholarship award.
Private foundation · Houston, TX
Shell USA Company Foundation

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59 Tennessee grants totaling $480,847 · typical grant $400 to $2,400 (tax year 2024)

23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: 1000; 500; 100; 50; 520
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation

Takes applications

48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unrestricted grant
Public charity · Savannah
The Darryl Worley Foundation Inc.

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17 Tennessee grants totaling $105,535 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Community Events; Veterans programs; Recognition of Veterans; Medical Research; Program for Austistic Children
Private foundation · Hendersonville
Carolyn Smith Foundation

Takes applications

146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2 million · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Human services - local community; Health - General; Medical research; Provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in Middle Tennessee; Programs...
Public charity · Spring Hill
Legacytree Foundation

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15 Tennessee grants totaling $480,467 · typical grant $8,961 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To provide spiritual, physical, and humanitarian aid to those in need
Private foundation · Basking Ridge, NJ
Verizon Foundation

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76 Tennessee grants totaling $106,304 · typical grant $135 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Other civic / community
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
Public charity · New York, NY
American Council of Learned Societies

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3 Tennessee grants totaling $133,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Stipends/fellowships
Public charity · Woodbridge, NJ
The Bessemer Giving Fund

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

21 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Capital campaign
Public charity · Baltimore, MD
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.

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

70 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $10,000 to $47,845 (tax year 2025)

36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Multiple
Public charity · Washington, DC
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.

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

20 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · typical grant $30,000 to $210,500 (tax year 2024)

55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: General operating support and project support; Project support
Community foundation · Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

4 Tennessee grants totaling $137,500 · typical grant $12,500 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Operating funds for Memphis coalition against pollution (mcap); Imagination library program - rotary club of charlottesville 22901; Education, research and support of...
Public charity · Knoxville
East Tennessee Foundation

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250 Tennessee grants totaling $12.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)

62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Human services; Disaster relief; Arts & culture; Education; Youth development

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.