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6 foundations that funded “Kentucky”
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Public charity · Louisville, KY
Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Frankfort, KY
Kentucky Educational Fund for
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $772,809 · typical grant $772,809 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Termination of fund and transfer of assets.
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Private foundation · Louisville, WI
Gv Kentucky Foundation Inc. Mng Agy
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $6,000 · typical grant $6,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Hazard, KY
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $257,600 · typical grant $25,000 to $201,600 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To further the exempt of purpose of the organization
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
American Electric Power Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $264,500 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: East Kentucky Disaster Recovery fund; ASP - Warmer, Safer, Drier fund; Isaiah 117 House Washington County New Build fund; Foundation support - Santa Train & Fun Fest; Second...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Commonwealth Fund
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $325,467 · typical grant $4,774 to $300,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Matching gifts for general operating support; Insights on the Distribution and Use of Opioid Abatement Funds in Tennessee; Experiences of COVID-19 in Tennessee and Kentucky;...
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.