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105 foundations that funded “Museum Art Foundation”
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Terra Foundation for American Art
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Arts education
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Private foundation · Rockland, DE
Wyeth Foundation for American Art
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 15, Dec 15 · next Dec 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grant in support of remembering the Memphis college of art, 1936-2020 exhibition
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Private foundation · Miami, FL
John S and James L Knight Foundation
Takes applications
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: To support the mission of the Memphis brooks museum of art to enrich the lives of the community through the museum's expanding collection, varied exhibitions, and dynamic programs.
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Private foundation · New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Watkins Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
11 Tennessee grants totaling $95,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Youth programs; Youth leadership programs; Elevate recovery high school; Public gardens; Art museum
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Clayton Family Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Church general fund; K-12 school; Community health services; Scholarship fund; Dance school transportation
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Private foundation · Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation
Takes applications
30 Tennessee grants totaling $6.2 million · typical grant $120,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Project support grant to complete the final phase of the locally driven narrative efforts supported by ideas42; Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Bailey Family Foundation
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...
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Private foundation · Little Rock, AR
Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
12 Tennessee grants totaling $9.1 million · typical grant $30,000 to $2.5 million (tax year 2025)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Art & culture; Art education improvement
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Private foundation · Tolland, CT
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
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: Visual art - project/program
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $511,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for curriculum development; Support for convenings, collaboration stipends, and training; Support for curriculum development, trainings, and convening; Support for...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation
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96 Tennessee grants totaling $13.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Missions fund; Legacy dinner; Knox county imagination library; Data capacity building support; Community circle
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $74,210 · typical grant $25,000 to $49,210 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fci 2024 scoping; Fci 2024 tech assistance
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Private foundation · East Quogue, NY
William F Harnisch Foundation Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Kohler, WI
Kohler Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $72,195 · typical grant $5,000 to $40,195 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Sep 15 · next Sep 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stella waitzkin 2021; Individual scholarship paid directly to the educatioinal institution; Barbara rossi collection
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support charitable organization
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Robert Lehman Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Mclamore Family Foundation Inc.
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $10,500 · typical grant $500 to $3,500 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Renew, Replant, Restore Program for the gardens; To Fund New auditorium seating; Disaster Relief and Reconstruction of Communities; College of Business Johnson Hall Renovation
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.