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98 foundations that funded “Riser Foundation”

  1. Public charity · Nashville

    Riser Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $110,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

  2. Private foundation · Oxford, NY

    Tallahatchie River Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,584 · typical grant $3,584 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  3. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    Pine River Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To provide support to exempt org

  4. Private foundation · Memphis

    Preserverpartners Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $10,998 · typical grant $500 to $3,198 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Economic opport; Scholarships

  5. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Rise Opportunity Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500,000 · typical grant $500,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  6. Private foundation · Fort Lee, NJ

    Cross River Community Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $14,800 · typical grant $14,800 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  7. Community foundation · Vero Beach, FL

    Indian River Community Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $24,300 · typical grant $10,000 to $14,300 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Environment; Health

  8. Private foundation · St Petersburg, FL

    Dwayne Hawkins Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $28,100 · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: River city run (Chattanooga); Dustin ledford scholarship; General donation; Gala 2024

  9. Public charity · Portland, OR

    Bonneville Environmental Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $519,000 to $738,628 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Project services soil health work in the red river watershed project & reforestation of previously mined lands project; San luis national wildlife refuge - blue goose unit...

  10. Private foundation · Proctor, VT

    Carris Corporation Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,500 · typical grant $3,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Provides support to river view high school baseball program, the community, and to the glen fork school

  11. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Lyndhurst Foundation Inc.

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    118 Tennessee grants totaling $6.7 million · typical grant $3,239 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    11 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To match LH Associates contributions; LH Associates matching program; General Operations 2024; "My Thriving Garden" Project; Health Services and Improved Database Capacity

  12. Private foundation · Richmond, VA

    Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $52,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Ducks unlimited south carolina lowcountry program fy25; Hammock river restoration

  13. Private foundation · Yarmouth, ME

    Protein Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Work with Haiti partners with faith based organizations i.e. churches in Haiti to empower communities to rise from a culture of desperation to one of restored hope and...

  14. Private foundation · Memphis

    Formanek Foundation

    Takes applications

    15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · typical grant $40,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits; To support the provision of health care for underinsured people; To improve Memphis by the revival of...

  15. Private foundation · Signal Mountain

    Dolan Gardens Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $32,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Azalea-related research to improve the beauty versatility and popularity of these plants; Promote horticulture; Land conservation; Conservation of TN river gorge

  16. Private foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

    Takes applications

    60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative

  17. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.

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    91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General donation; Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    T & T Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    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)

  19. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Robert F Stone Foundation Aka

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    115 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    7 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Charitable Event; BSF Music Fund; BSF Local Music Fund; MAC CARES Center; To support Betterfi expansion into the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Market

  20. Private foundation · Dunn, NC

    Alphin Family Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support their various religious and evangelistic programs and services

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.