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9 foundations that funded “Wildlife Federation Inc”
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Private foundation · Lenoir City
The Robert H Brethen Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $165,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2023)
No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation for recreation programs; Donation to support healthcare programs; Donations for underprivileged children; Donation to support wildlife programs; Donation to support...
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Speer Foundation
Invitation only
29 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $25,000 to $130,000 (tax year 2024)
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Louisiana-Pacific Foundation
Takes applications
39 Tennessee grants totaling $341,773 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Edgefield, SC
National Wild Turkey Federation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $79,273 · typical grant $10,000 to $53,273 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: JAKES Event State or Local; State research; Wildlife Openings/Brood Habitat
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Private foundation · Nashville
Mccauley Lindsay Charities of Tennessee Inc.
Takes applications
26 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $39,293 to $115,000 (tax year 2024)
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Lighting, parking lot, food equip, c; Hungry program; Robertson co land purch & matching s; Forklift, scale, fan; Water heater, food warmer, cart
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Private foundation · Soddy Daisy
Sharpe Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
41 Tennessee grants totaling $454,696 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program assistance; Program assist
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Private foundation · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Germantown
Deborah Dunklin Tipton Charitable Foundation
Invitation only
24 Tennessee grants totaling $364,084 · typical grant $2,909 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
William H Frist Family Foundation
Invitation only
12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $232,500 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To promote religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational activities.
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.