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63 foundations that funded “Black”
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Community foundation · Rapid City, SD
Black Hills Area Community Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $22,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Faith based; Youth
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Public charity · Maryville
Blackberry Farm Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $125,252 · typical grant $18,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Stow, MA
Blackey Family Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $590 · typical grant $590 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Hanover Township, PA
The Blackhorse Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $7,750 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New Port Richey, FL
Gary Blackwell Charitable
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Research and care
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Private foundation · Mcdonough, GA
The Blackburn & Copeland Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $580 · typical grant $580 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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
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Private foundation · Armonk, NY
Page & William Black Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Pawleys Island, SC
The Andy Quattlebaum and Blackwell
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $63,710 · typical grant $2,000 to $61,710 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Funding
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Private foundation · Palm Beach, FL
Louise B Blackman Family Foundation Dated March 24 1998
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $8,000 · typical grant $8,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Sj & Lb Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,850 · typical grant $2,850 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: GPS Black Alumnae Council Endowed Scholarship Fund; String Theory Fund
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Private foundation · St Augusitne, FL
Historic St Augustine Research Institute Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,000 · typical grant $7,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Research on spain's black corsairs operating out of st. Augustine & havana during the war of jenkinsear (1739-48).
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
Hopelab Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: The purpose of the Grant is to support their translational science project around Black youth mental health andwellbeing
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
The Foothills Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support the klamath basin initiative.; To support the blackhawk ducks unlimited event.
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Riverview Foundation Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $352,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Rockmont park parking lot improvements; Nickajack trailhead driveway construction project; From where i stand: the black experieince in country music; Trail building equipment...
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Public charity · Oakland, CA
Solidaire Network Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Movement support of Community Defense of East Tennessee.; Movement support of People's Advocacy Institute; General support of Black Mycelium Project; General support of...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Benwood Foundation Inc.
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109 Tennessee grants totaling $7.7 million · typical grant $5,000 to $81,000 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Periscope artist entrepreneur training; Creative entrepreneur training; Bessie smith legacy gala; Emma wheeler club & great futures; Capital support & general operating
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Private foundation · Memphis
Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $159,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Undesignated general operating support - inspiring and empowering young creatives through the transformative power of the arts; Undesignated general operating support -...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $22.6 million · typical grant $79,804 to $189,305 (tax year 2024)
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Advancing soil health in Tennessee; Restoring cumberland plateau grasslands & savannas; Restoring abandoned and legacy mine lands; Coastal habitat restoration; Remove fish...
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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...
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.