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27 foundations that funded “Endowment”

  1. Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN

    Lilly Endowment Inc.

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $18.9 million · typical grant $50,000 to $2 million (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Employee matching gift(s); Religion & cultural inst initiative; Youth on faith & service initiative; Capacity buildg-disaster relief orgs; Nurturing children-worship & prayer

  2. Public charity · Cordova

    Dow Endowment Fund Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $90,764 · typical grant $25,764 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Pediatric intensive; Childlife foundation; Ped ward

  3. Public charity · Galveston, TX

    Permanent Endowment Fund of the Moody Memorial First United Method

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $36,850 · typical grant $16,150 to $20,700 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Vocational Development Ministry Network; Business Accelerator

  4. 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

  5. Private foundation · Lafayette, LA

    Randon Costello Scholarship Endowment Fund A Nonprofit Corpora

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education

  6. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Tch Jennie Jones Endowment Fund

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,601 · typical grant $7,601 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  7. Private foundation · Raleigh, NC

    Jt Hobby Jr Endowment Fund

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  8. Private foundation · Sherman, TX

    Meharry Alumni Endowment Rmes

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $18,000 · typical grant $18,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  9. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Wayne and Alberta Longmire Endowment

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $28,683 · typical grant $28,683 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  10. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Dr Arthur R Porter Endowment Fund

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $42,601 · typical grant $42,601 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  11. Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN

    The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Identifying Brain Circuits that Connect Respiration and Cognitive State. Principal Investigator: Lindsey Schwarz

  12. Private foundation · Charlotte, NC

    The Duke Endowment

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $106,500 · typical grant $106,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To expand an evidence-informed program that helps people discuss divisive issues.

  13. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    The California Endowment

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250,000 · typical grant $250,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education for action - learning and capacity building for health justice

  14. Public charity · St Petersburg, FL

    Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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

    549 Tennessee grants totaling $20.5 million · typical grant $7,200 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Public charity · Southeastern, PA

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

    506 Tennessee grants totaling $32.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $37,900 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Public charity · Darien, CT

    National Charitable Endowment Inc.

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

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,000 · typical grant $7,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General charitable use

  17. Private foundation · Franklin

    Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute Endowment Trust

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,293 · typical grant $4,293 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  18. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    The Message of Life Ministries Endowment

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $35,658 · typical grant $35,658 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Support chafer theological

  19. Public charity · Smyrna

    The Smyrna Rotary Club Charitable Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $39,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financial assistance; Scholarship funds

  20. Private foundation · Tuscaloosa, AL

    Louise W and Luther W Richardson Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support the organization's mission to enhance sunday school programs

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.