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64 foundations that funded “Lipscomb”
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $18.9 million · typical grant $50,000 to $2 million (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Employee matching gift(s); Religion & cultural inst initiative; Youth on faith & service initiative; Capacity buildg-disaster relief orgs; Nurturing children-worship & prayer
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Private foundation · Nashville
Don R Elliott Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $58,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Omaha, NE
Backer Family Charitable Trust
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Foglia Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $175,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Gallatin
Susan G Nokes Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $225,000 · typical grant $75,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Support of college with trustee scholarship; Support church missions
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Private foundation · Salem, OR
Anderson Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $17,465 · typical grant $4,500 to $12,965 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational; Medical
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Private foundation · Decatur, IL
Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Lubbock, TX
Lubbock Young Women's Leader
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,600 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,100 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Leadership scholarship
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
The Lanier Theological Library Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $435,147 · typical grant $10,000 to $425,147 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Kelley Family Christian Charitable Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $32,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $30,000 (tax year 2023)
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Community foundation · Greenville, NC
The Community Foundation of Nc East Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Universal Music Group Lew Wasserman
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship - grace geeslin
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Private foundation · Louisville, KY
Ruth T Frey Charitable Tua
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $190,015 · typical grant $190,015 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Madison, MS
Billy and Rebecca Long Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Promotion of charitable works
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Private foundation · Smyrna, GA
Paul Millsap Foundation Corporation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To provide scholarship fund for students with financial need.
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Private foundation · Artesia, NM
Chase Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $6,250 · typical grant $6,250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Apr 25 · next Apr 25, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Palm Beach, FL
The Oliver R Grace Charitable Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $27,500 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civic; Educational; Religious
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Council of Independent Colleges
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $226,342 · typical grant $20,000 to $51,551 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grants to colleges
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Violet Hampton Tuw #2
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · West Conshohocken, PA
John Templeton Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $615,323 · typical grant $23,434 to $167,527 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Tokens show: public theology, human flourishing, the good life; Mental health first responders for spiritual yearning among "religious dones"; Understanding the dynamical...
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.