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15 foundations that funded “Lions”
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Public charity · Oak Brook, IL
Lions Clubs International Foundation
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $247,777 · typical grant $12,140 to $99,500 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: All Inclusive Playground; Purchase Retina and Cataract Surgery Machine; Tornado Relief; Hurricane Relief; Support Fairfield Food Packaging Event
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Public charity · Chapel Hill
International Association of Lions Clubs
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $72,696 · typical grant $10,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support local high school athletics; To support hurricane disaster relief; To support sight services and other community initiatives; To support the local community
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Public charity · Bartlett
Lakeland Lions Foundation
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $264,275 · typical grant $22,385 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Lions Charities Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2024)
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Private foundation · Cerritos, CA
Uptown Long Beach Lions Club
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,040 · typical grant $1,040 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support veterans first responders and their families
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Estelle Abe & Marjorie Sanders TN Fdn
Invitation only
12 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Memphis
930 Friends
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $48,690 · typical grant $20,000 to $28,690 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Various support
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Private foundation · Collierville
Mueller Brass Foundation
Invitation only
9 Tennessee grants totaling $20,100 · typical grant $2,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2023)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable donation
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United Way · Cleveland
United Way of the Ocoee Region
How to apply: not stated
25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,000 to $68,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community health; Partner agency; Community health/parnter agency
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Steve and Lisa Frost Family Foundation
Invitation only
15 Tennessee grants totaling $728,700 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)
13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Omaha, NE
Ray C Mckinley Family Foundation Agency
Invitation only
11 Tennessee grants totaling $27,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Community foundation · Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
14 Tennessee grants totaling $819,037 · typical grant $10,025 to $159,601 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the national ornamental metal museum as follows: 94% of annual disbursement to be used for general operating, 6% to be used for acquiring contemporary craft of...
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation
Takes applications
41 Tennessee grants totaling $183,549 · typical grant $4,139 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Education
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Melrose Foundation
Invitation only
34 Tennessee grants totaling $32,200 · typical grant $400 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable support; Educational support; Medical support
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Public charity · New York, NY
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
93 Tennessee grants totaling $48.5 million · typical grant $14,500 to $95,833 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious; Community & human services; Education; Medical / public services; Environment & animal protection
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.