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167 foundations that funded “Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle”

  1. Public charity · Nashville

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN

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    285 Tennessee grants totaling $63.3M · typical grant $23K–$215K (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to assist in feeding those in need

  2. Community foundation · Nashville

    The Community Foundation of Middle

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    1155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8M · typical grant $5,000–$25K (tax year 2024)

    46% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    55 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: 2024 support; for general support; for unrestricted support; to provide 1st time support for your important mission; for unrestricted use

  3. United Way · Murfreesboro

    United Way of Rutherford County

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    47 Tennessee grants totaling $694K · typical grant $2,500–$22K (tax year 2024)

    72% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: support for pregnant women; ann campbell early learning center; project learn and triple play program; child abuse, community ed and drug endangered children programs; rent and...

  4. Public charity · St Louis, MO

    Saint Thomas Regional Hospitals

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $42K · typical grant $12K–$30K (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: support of mental health assistance for uninsured and underinsured; support of mobile pantry mass food distributions

  5. Private foundation · Oshkosh, WI

    Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $45K · typical grant $5,000–$30K (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    50% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to provide immediate financial support to families of towing operators who lose their lives in the line of service in our industry; to support east tennessee disaster relief...

  6. Private foundation · Franklin

    Stan & Suzanne St Pierre Foundation

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    26 Tennessee grants totaling $8,900 · typical grant $150–$300 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: donation for operations; donation for research and activities; donation for support of history and; donation for operations-children; donation for activities of boy scout

  7. United Way · Hendersonville

    United Way of Sumner County

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    23 Tennessee grants totaling $458K · typical grant $9,078–$27K (tax year 2024)

    22% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: health focus; financial stability; youth opportunity; rebuilding lives; community resiliency

  8. Public charity · Big Island, VA

    The Society of St Andrew Inc.

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    20 Tennessee grants totaling $586K · typical grant $6,122–$26K (tax year 2025)

    55% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to provide nourishment to hungry neighbors

  9. Public charity · Nashville

    Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc.

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    36 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2M · typical grant $10K–$35K (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: event sponsorship; event sponsorship and donation to the general fund; donation to the general fund; event sponsorship and donation to the capital campaign; donation to endowment fund

  10. Private foundation · Gatlinburg

    John and Doris Clayton Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $12K · typical grant $3,000–$3,000 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation

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    282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4M · typical grant $1,500–$5,000 (tax year 2024)

    6% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: annual gift; annual fund; annual giving; alexis de tocqueville society; arch academy

  12. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Boyle Family Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $128K · typical grant $10K–$25K (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: food depository

  13. Private foundation · Nashville

    Judy and Noah Liff Foundation

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    17 Tennessee grants totaling $137K · typical grant $1,000–$5,000 (tax year 2025)

    82% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: to further the exempt purpose of the organization

  14. Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH

    The Scripps Howard Foundation

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    37 Tennessee grants totaling $49K · typical grant $600–$1,250 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: volunteer gift; matching gift; community market grant; ceo discretionary grant; journalism internship stipend

  15. Private foundation · Dearborn, MI

    Ford Motor Company Fund

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7M · typical grant $50K–$200K (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: ford community centers; employee volunteering; other services; entreprenuership; museums and cultural inst

  16. Community foundation · Atlanta, GA

    The Community Foundation for Greater

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    20 Tennessee grants totaling $753K · typical grant $7,025–$40K (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: religion related; diseases/disorders/medical; education; philanthropy/voluntarism; human services

  17. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

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    57 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3M · typical grant $200–$2,505 (tax year 2025)

    32% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    Funded: matching contribution (general operating support); in support of creating economic mobility and career pathways

  18. Public charity · Jackson

    West TN Healthcare Foundation Inc.

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    40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7M · typical grant $9,394–$38K (tax year 2024)

    49% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: $6,000.00 women who care grant; $5,000.00 for general support; $250.00 windows of hope sponsorship; $2,093.53 for repair of ac unit; $1,500.00 steak n burger sponsorship;...

  19. Private foundation · Omaha, NE

    Ray C Mckinley Family Foundation Agency

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $27K · typical grant $1,000–$5,000 (tax year 2025)

    18% of its latest Tennessee grantees were new to it

  20. Private foundation · Hendersonville

    John D Walker Family Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $95K · typical grant $10K–$25K (tax year 2024)

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return: Form 990-PF for private foundations (grants paid and how it takes applications), Form 990 Schedule I for community foundations, United Ways and other public charities (grants over $5,000 to organizations). Included: every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee organizations. Corporate and community-foundation programs are in the grant search.