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98 foundations that funded “Justice”
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Public charity · Knoxville
Justice Frank F Drowota Trust
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $8,975 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide legal assistance to low-income individuals
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Public charity · New York, NY
Justice Innovation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,354 · typical grant $9,147 to $9,207 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Subcontractor federal grant
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Justice Center Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Equal Justice Works
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $154,350 · typical grant $7,000 to $88,350 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Fellowship support
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Jobs With Justice Education Fund
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $284,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $32,400 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Durham, NC
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Solve spark grant
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Public charity · Nashville
Center for Contemplative Justice
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $88,627 · typical grant $7,000 to $71,627 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Outreach travel; Community support; Recovery housing
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Private foundation · Nashville
Axis of Justice Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General use of donee
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Private foundation · San Diego, CA
Conti Foundation for Justice and Peace
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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
Funded: Ministry support
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Public charity · Louisville, KY
Lee Initiative Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Racial justice srrj
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Bar Foundation
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38 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $95,000 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Administration of justice; Legal services
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $150,000 to $476,500 (tax year 2023)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Advancing racial justice; Advancing girls' agency and education; Advancing racial justice and women's rights
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Southern Partners Fund Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social,Economic & Environm Justice
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Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA
Doing His Time Prison Ministry
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,256 · typical grant $256 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Promote restorative justice and disciple people affected by incareration; Ukrainian assistance
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Freedom Together Foundation
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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: Youth ej (environmental justice) griot program (phase 2)
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $239,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Signature; Social justice; Community enrichment
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated)
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,640 · typical grant $10,640 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support continued participation as a site in the safety and justice challenge network; To support a conversation between macarthur fellows, jazz cellist and composer tomeka...
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
The California Endowment
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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
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Private foundation · Washington, DC
Public Welfare Foundation Inc.
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for gideon's trumpet redux-continued; Support for justice, not just surviving; Support for mississippi prison reform coalition; Support for towards a people's justice;...
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Mckinstry Charitable Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $5,300 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Youth & Family Services; Childrens Health; Economic Justice; Human & Civil Rights
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.