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34 foundations that funded “Historical”

  1. Private foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY

    Mabee Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,000 · typical grant $500 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Historical

  2. Private foundation · Miami, FL

    Alexander C Macintyre Charitable Trust II

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $235 · typical grant $115 to $120 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Historical Societies and Related Activities; Childrens Research Hospital

  3. Public charity · Alexandria, VA

    Donors Trust Inc.

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

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $787,850 · typical grant $10,000 to $221,950 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: For historical building preservation; To support the museum; For restoration of antique guitar; For historical education materials

  4. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Smart Family Foundation of Illinois

    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: Cultural, historical & other educational

  5. Private foundation · Loudon

    Gerald W and Mary Ann Phillips Family Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    17 Tennessee grants totaling $49,374 · typical grant $100 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Family & children services; Veterans support; Cemetary upkeep; Helping adults with special needs; Historical organization

  6. Private foundation · Omaha, NE

    The Rebensdorf Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $9,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To find cures and means of prevention for childhood catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.; To preserve railroad heritage and increase the public's awareness of...

  7. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The organization provides biblical resources through online teachings, podcasts, seminars, study trips, and videos that help people to understand the bible more thoroughly from...

  8. Public charity · Nashville

    Nashville Predators Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    58 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $6,553 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Fy24-25 donation, general purposes; Fy24-25 hfc donation: donation for pediatric rehabilitation project + general purposes; Funding for thrive studios, which empowers children...

  9. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Spunk Fund Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $13,200 · typical grant $13,200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 1 · next Apr 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support a second offering of journeys, the undergraduate course that will examine the metaphor of an individual journey and how that metaphor is understood culturally,...

  10. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Clayton Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Church general fund; K-12 school; Community health services; Scholarship fund; Dance school transportation

  11. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Laura and John Arnold Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $4.7 million · typical grant $43,867 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support grantee's states leading recovery grant program.; To support bail system data collection and data democratization, with the overall goal of providing an accurate and...

  12. Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI

    Harley-Davidson Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

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

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Private foundation · Nashville

    Ebs Foundation

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    80 Tennessee grants totaling $343,400 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    5% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Oliver & Evelyn Smith Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: A church sharing the message of jesus christ.; To preserve and promote the history of Tennessee, focusing on East Tennessee, to educate and connect the region; Education

  15. Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    Thaddeus Hurd Charit Net Inc.

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,994 · typical grant $9,994 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  16. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    The Clark-Foute Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  17. Public charity · San Francisco, CA

    Our Change Foundation

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

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $667,364 · typical grant $9,829 to $76,737 (tax year 2025)

    64% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. 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

  19. Private foundation · Knoxville

    W&h Foundation

    Invitation only

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $205,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Public charity · Monteagle

    South Cumberland Community Fund

    How to apply: not stated

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $223,939 · typical grant $7,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    56% 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.