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266 foundations in Hamilton County
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
National Association of Realtors
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $483,163 · typical grant $8,503 to $68,867 (tax year 2024)
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Rosemont, IL
Genyouth Incorporated
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $80,296 · typical grant $5,591 to $7,872 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support physical activities in schools; Combat food insecurity in schools
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Private foundation · Knoxville
The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc.
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $10.4 million · typical grant $75,000 to $1 million (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Develop christian leaders; Support student education; Education access; Manage and preserve lakeshore park; Scholarships and programs
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Bishop Family Foundation
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $640,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Recovery in community campaign; Clef medical camps campaign; Stability program; Truck for project restore; South Chattanooga program
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Public charity · Chattanooga
The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc.
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $59,555 · typical grant $5,930 (tax year 2024)
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Galesburg, IL
National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources I
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $105,326 · typical grant $5,413 to $14,309 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Care of ill, needy, or minor
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $630,349 · typical grant $22,300 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Pubint; Tvprg
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Public charity · Nashville
Civic TN
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $501,525 · typical grant $20,000 to $83,550 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civic engagement; Regrant; Kregse; Redistricting; Election protection
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc.
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $104,540 · typical grant $9,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: GOTV/Voter Registration; Divine 9 Voter Mobilization
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Private foundation · Dalton, GA
The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $430,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Kennedy Foundation Inc.
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support a public charity; To provide funding for a professorship; To fund a new building for the nursing school
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Chrysalis Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $101,700 · typical grant $1,200 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Operating fund
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Public charity · Seattle, WA
Greater Good Charities
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $3.3 million · typical grant $11,239 to $392,142 (tax year 2024)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for rescued animals; Support for hunger & poverty, rescued animals; Support for hunger & poverty
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Public charity · Silver Spring, MD
Cwi Works Inc.
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $3.4 million · typical grant $234,411 to $519,331 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Recruitment, training, and job placement of seniors
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $22.6 million · typical grant $79,804 to $189,305 (tax year 2024)
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Advancing soil health in Tennessee; Restoring cumberland plateau grasslands & savannas; Restoring abandoned and legacy mine lands; Coastal habitat restoration; Remove fish...
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Public charity · Nashville
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $617,756 · typical grant $16,336 to $84,318 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Columbia, MD
Asi Missions Inc.
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $992,201 · typical grant $18,000 to $130,300 (tax year 2024)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support sda projects; Support sda project; Supports sda project
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Gail C@link Education Trust
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Student higher education scholarships
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Public charity · Phoenix
Memorial Health Care System Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $7,750 to $69,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community support
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Elizabeth Buford Shepherd Scholarship Committee
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $37,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jan 15, May 1 · next Jan 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships; Scholarship
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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.