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17 foundations that funded “Feeding”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Public charity · Cordova
Pakistan Association of Memphis
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Memphis
Lichterman-Loewenberg Foundation
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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
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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...
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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
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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.