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17 foundations that funded “Mile”
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Public charity · Brentwood
Miles for Miles Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Jobs program; Support k-12 children with disabilities in finding christ
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Private foundation · Birmingham, GA
Miles Family Foundation Inc.
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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: Religious
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Private foundation · Winter Springs, PA
The Miles Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $310 · typical grant $100 to $210 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Nashville
Nochera Fam Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To preserve, enhance, and promote shelby park and bottoms, a nearly 1300 acre park, containing miles of trails, multiple playgrounds, facilities and historic structures for...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $636,720 · typical grant $300,000 to $336,720 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Appalachia service project received $300,000 from the cdp truist foundation's western north carolina recovery and resiliency fund for their western north carolina helene...
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Private foundation · Nashville
T & T Family Foundation
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70 Tennessee grants totaling $467,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General funds; Madison campus; General funds, Nashville area; Academic remediation for disadvantaged students; Helping individuals with beginning again (ged + daycare while learning)
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Private foundation · Jonesboro, AR
The Ezell Family Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $12,000 · typical grant $12,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: ReligiousMissonaries
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United Way · Kingsport
United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc.
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37 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $16,000 to $58,097 (tax year 2025)
3% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Hendersonville
J C Garrett III Family Foundation
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24 Tennessee grants totaling $86,015 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,500 (tax year 2024)
42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support community programs; Support education programs; Support athletic programs; Support ministry programs
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Private foundation · Westfield, IN
Word & Deed Foundation of Immi Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $21,200 · typical grant $1,400 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Furthering The Spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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Public charity · Paris
Henry County Helping Hand Inc.
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18 Tennessee grants totaling $627,000 · typical grant $13,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Paris
Betsy Ross Foundation Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $43,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Environmental education; Support public education; Support for children with disabilities and rare diseases; Support for raptors; Support for youth programs
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United Way · Knoxville
United Way of Loudon County Inc.
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $233,150 · typical grant $10,000 to $16,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Program assistance
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Public charity · Clarksville
Dreamchasers
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36 Tennessee grants totaling $682,925 · typical grant $6,650 to $17,750 (tax year 2024)
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Bauchiero Family Foundation
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26 Tennessee grants totaling $78,017 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Paris
Charles P Wilson Foundation Inc.
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25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $7,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community program services; Christianity; Community program; Family planning center; Homeless shelter for women & children
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.