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203 foundations that funded “Society”
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Public charity · Nashville
Society of Leaders in Development (solid)
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $86,153 · typical grant $9,230 to $9,231 (tax year 2024)
83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Denver, CO
Society of Family Planning
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Emerging scholars
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Public charity · Big Island, VA
The Society of St Andrew Inc.
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20 Tennessee grants totaling $585,584 · typical grant $6,122 to $26,199 (tax year 2025)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide nourishment to hungry neighbors
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Open Society Institute
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $540 · typical grant $540 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift program
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
American Cancer Society Inc.
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14 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Patient Support; Health Eq Ambassador; Extramural Research; Support/Conv Sponsor; Support/Research
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Public charity · Washington, DC
American Chemical Society
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $352,106 · typical grant $20,535 to $74,160 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Foundation for A Just Society
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $625,100 · typical grant $100,000 to $275,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide emergency support for hurricane helene relief work; To provide general operating support; To provide philanthropic advocacy support to grantmakers for southern...
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Public charity · Philadelphia, PA
American Bible Society
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $46,480 · typical grant $12,871 to $18,151 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program services
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Public charity · New York, NY
Huntington's Disease Society
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $17,500 to $45,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community services
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Private foundation · Mt Juliet
Initiative for A Better Society
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
Christina Publishing Society
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To fund research for diseases
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Private foundation · Albany, NY
St Andrews Society of the City of Alban
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $700 · typical grant $700 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Foundation to Promote Open Society
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $750,000 · typical grant $750,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To provide general support
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
John and Trish Foy Charitable Tr Ua Dtd 8-13-2021
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $584,388 · typical grant $4,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the mission of the organization.; To support the mission of the church.; To support the Chattanooga humane educational society; To support the mission of the university.
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Private foundation · Tulsa, OK
Kleemeier Family Fund
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Engineering honor society support
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Lawson Family Foundation
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71 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
76% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Sponsorship; Membership - great egret society; Life prep academy; 100knoxville; Sponsorship of concert
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation
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282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Annual gift.; Annual giving.; Alexis de tocqueville society.; Arch academy.; Annual giving fund.
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Nancy & Victor S Johnson Jr Foundation Inc.
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81 Tennessee grants totaling $346,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign; School of nursing; Canby robinson society
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
The Good Shepherd Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,500 · typical grant $7,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Ministry to provide moral and spiritual healing to assist veterans and their families in acclimating into society following deployments
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Chris and Carrie Shumway Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Is a center for scholarly research informed and creative teaching and service to the community and society at large
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.