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5 foundations that funded “Sigma”

  1. Community foundation · St Louis, MO

    St Louis Community Foundation Inc.

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

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $181,450 · typical grant $8,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General support, general support specifically for missouri first responders; Sigma chi golf scholarship, college of arts and science, annual campaign; For credit to gamma chi...

  2. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Benwood Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    109 Tennessee grants totaling $7.7 million · typical grant $5,000 to $81,000 (tax year 2024)

    37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Periscope artist entrepreneur training; Creative entrepreneur training; Bessie smith legacy gala; Emma wheeler club & great futures; Capital support & general operating

  3. Private foundation · Louisville, KY

    Yum Brands Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $509 · typical grant $509 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Unrestricted Contributions to 501(c)3

  4. Private foundation · Glassboro, NJ

    The Sykora Family Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Community outreach

  5. Public charity · Brentwood

    Alpha Omicron Pi Properties Inc.

    Ask before applying

    21 Tennessee grants totaling $3.6 million · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    5% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Housing grant

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.