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41 foundations that funded “Collective”

  1. Public charity · Memphis

    The Collective Blueprint

    IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · How to apply: not stated

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $280,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Partnership in the Memphis workforce intermediary project

  2. Public charity · Austin, TX

    Legacy Collective

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $24,616 · typical grant $7,808 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Casper, WY

    Natrona Collective Health Trust

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $60,700 · typical grant $60,700 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Public charity · Nashville

    African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $33,333 to $36,667 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Grassroots organizing

  5. Private foundation · Durham

    Laughing Gull Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · typical grant $35,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: TN prison college coalition; Southern hep collective

  6. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Ford Foundation

    Takes applications

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...

  7. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Robert F Stone Foundation Aka

    Invitation only

    115 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    7 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Charitable Event; BSF Music Fund; BSF Local Music Fund; MAC CARES Center; To support Betterfi expansion into the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Market

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Joe C Davis Foundation

    Takes applications

    106 Tennessee grants totaling $6 million · typical grant $10,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    7 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Capacity building & operating support; Capital support; Operating & capacity building support; Capacity building support; Operating support & capacity building

  9. Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA

    Music Matters Fund Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $57,500 · typical grant $8,500 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Project support

  10. Private foundation · Totowa, NJ

    Capezio Ballet Makers Dance Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,857 · typical grant $1,857 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General charitable program support

  11. Public charity · Bethesda, MD

    Impactassetsinc

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    27 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...

  13. Private foundation · San Francisco, CA

    Krishnan-Shah Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Private foundation · Scottsdale, AZ

    L & S Hayward Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $175,000 · typical grant $175,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General support for programs

  15. Private foundation · Syosset, NY

    Knott Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  16. Private foundation · Beaumont, TX

    The Todd Brock Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $369,100 · typical grant $369,100 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Angel armies donation

  17. Community foundation · Fort Wayne, IN

    Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $617,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable support

  18. Public charity · Nashville

    We Are One World Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Private foundation · Chula Vista, CA

    The Chuck and Ernestina Kreutzkamp Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $50,000 to $530,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: "skilled careers coalition and big brothers big sisters san diego partnership ($80,000)skilled careers coalition ($450,000)"; Project hiu; Mangrove restoration in belize

  20. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    A H Bean Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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.