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60 foundations that funded “Arts Academy Foundation”
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Private foundation · Boynton Beach, NY
The Dorothy M Gillespie Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Further the training/ education of young artists
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Public charity · Nashville
The Cma Foundation
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14 Tennessee grants totaling $807,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General support for programming to enhance youth development through music learning; Mental health support for music industry professionals; Music teachers of excellence...
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Private foundation · Vestavia, AL
The Seeds Initiative
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · typical grant $500 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $592,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Transportation - new vehicle; Able youth track and field program; Expansion project; Recovery in community-arch academy for girls; Increase capacity to serve local needs and...
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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 · Chicago, IL
James Deering Danielson Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $44,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social services; Arts and humanities; Educational; Environmental; Hospitals, health and medical
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Private foundation · Ocala, FL
Mantz Foundation Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $145,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: WWII Preservation ProgramSong Writers Showcase; Fine Arts Program; Support for Erwin TN, Police
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Dustin J Wells Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,125 · typical grant $125 to $6,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support the mission of training the homeless or incarcerated men in the culinary arts for employment; Support the mission of educating children of diverse racial and...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Elma Music Foundation (us)
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Project support for sub-grants and capacity building to three-to-four community based, music oriented youth development organizations.; Project support for stax music academy,...
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Private foundation · Greenville, SC
United Community Bank Foundation
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27 Tennessee grants totaling $63,750 · typical grant $1,250 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
59% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: This is an unrestricted donation.; This donation is designated to the organization's arts programs.; This donation is designated to the Cookeville human fund.; This donation is...
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Community foundation · Houston, TX
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
18 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $201,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational; Arts; Public benefit; Human services; Health
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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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Community foundation · Dallas, TX
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
6 Tennessee grants totaling $131,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,100 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational; Human service; Arts, culture; Medical research
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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 · Memphis
Belz Foundation
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30 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $2,000 to $158,500 (tax year 2025)
13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Health/welfare; Arts; Community; Religious
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Private foundation · Pine Bluff, AR
Simmons First Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
22 Tennessee grants totaling $161,521 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General donation for youth programming; Community services; Pcn stars program; 1 school 1 mission program; Therapy tools to support children with special needs
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Private foundation · Montgomery, AL
Doy & Margaret Mccall Family Foundation
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $14,584 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: College prep educational facility; Educational institution; Religious services; Rehab for abused, addicted women; Scholarship fund for the college of arts and sciences
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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
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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...
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Community foundation · Memphis
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc.
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307 Tennessee grants totaling $40.4 million · typical grant $10,300 to $101,000 (tax year 2024)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Philanthropy; Youth devel
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.