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17 foundations that funded “Feeding”

  1. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Feeding the Future Inc.

    Invitation only

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $145,366 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,942 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: End Childhood Hunger; Food assistance; End kids hunger; Tornado relief

  2. Public charity · Chicago, IL

    Feeding America

    Ask before applying · Funds its own member network

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $119.2 million · typical grant $9 million to $24.9 million (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Fight Hunger

  3. Private foundation · Honolulu, HI

    Hawaii Loa Ohana

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Feeding less fortunate families; To support shelter and housing programs

  4. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Georgia Power Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $84,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Feeding programs for whitfield county, georgia; Veteran employment and health and wellness project

  5. Public charity · Nashville

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN

    Ask before applying

    285 Tennessee grants totaling $63.3 million · typical grant $23,119 to $215,432 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To assist in feeding those in need

  6. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Brown Whitworth Reynolds Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $120,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Whitfield/Murray Feeding Programs

  7. Public charity · Cordova

    Pakistan Association of Memphis

    Ask before applying

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2023)

    Funded: Pantry for feeding the hungry; Food pantry for the hungry

  8. Private foundation · Morristown

    Jolley Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $104,293 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: High school football program; Feeding the hungry; Hamblen co good scout award; Classroom expenses; Appreciation gifts of meal vouchers

  9. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Wm Keck Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $1,000 to $1.3 million (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To understand the neural circuits that link oral sensation to feeding behavior

  10. Private foundation · Hawthorn Woods, IL

    Jackson Kemper Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $150,000 to $1.5 million (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant to support operations; Grant to support feeding program; Grant to support wells in niger

  11. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Vulcano Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $4,750 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Animal rescue; Animal rescue transportation; Feeding the poor and hungry; Public radio

  12. Private foundation · Ft Mitchell, KY

    The Charles E and

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $165,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Advocacy for children and youth; General operations poc medical dental; It services and medical software; Feeding hungry neighbors in northeast TN

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Jane I Pettway Foundation

    Takes applications

    40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant

  14. Private foundation · Memphis

    Lichterman-Loewenberg Foundation

    Invitation only

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $276,800 · typical grant $2,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: For annual support; For annual grant; Unrestricted: for any program with the loewenberg college of nursing; For respite care and personal support for families; For teen job hub

  15. Private foundation · Memphis

    International Paper Company Foundation

    Takes applications

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $148,535 · typical grant $2,252 to $13,683 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Carter county food for kids backpack program; Donated shipping for menstrual health program; Junior achievement biz town; Habitat improvement along rivers in greater Nashville...

  16. Public charity · Denham Springs, LA

    2fish Foundation

    Ask before applying

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $43,690 · typical grant $17,476 to $26,214 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Orphan sponsorships; Children illness ministry

  17. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Onward and Upward Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

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.