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261 foundations in Hamilton County
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
80 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · 66 in Hamilton County · typical grant $5,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Technology; Program related; Capacity building; Capital campaign
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United Way · Chattanooga
United Way of Greater Chattanooga
How to apply: not stated
69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · 58 in Hamilton County · typical grant $21,689 to $64,542 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · 36 in Hamilton County · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)
2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted grant
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Private foundation · Cleveland
George R Johnson Family Foundation
Takes applications
72 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · 30 in Hamilton County · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Advocate training program; Children educational program; Art education; Unity center; Harbor safe house
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Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation
Takes applications
60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · 30 in Hamilton County · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation
Takes applications
34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · 30 in Hamilton County · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and education.
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Private foundation · Lakeland, FL
Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
Takes applications
214 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · 25 in Hamilton County · typical grant $475 to $9,377 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Camden, NJ
American Water Charitable Foundationinc
Takes applications
28 Tennessee grants totaling $275,925 · 20 in Hamilton County · typical grant $1,500 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Chattanooga
Artsbuild
How to apply: not stated
24 Tennessee grants totaling $601,400 · 20 in Hamilton County · typical grant $9,050 to $19,000 (tax year 2024)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
In Him Resources Foundation
Takes applications
21 Tennessee grants totaling $139,800 · 16 in Hamilton County · typical grant $2,400 to $8,200 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Tennessee Health Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · 15 in Hamilton County · typical grant $2,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024 hickey match; 2024 anderson match; 2024 reynolds match; 2024 ryans match; 2024 pow scholar
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lillian L Colby Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $400,000 · 15 in Hamilton County · typical grant $15,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hand Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $26,000 · 14 in Hamilton County · typical grant $750 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted grant
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Texas Instruments Foundation
Takes applications
70 Tennessee grants totaling $151,310 · 13 in Hamilton County · typical grant $200 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."
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Public charity · Abingdon, VA
Food City Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
49 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · 12 in Hamilton County · typical grant $10,000 to $28,000 (tax year 2025)
61% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support the mission
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
17 Tennessee grants totaling $133,504 · 11 in Hamilton County · typical grant $750 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual fund on behalf of kate caldwell nevin; Lindy hop; Genneral operations
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Private foundation · Dalton, GA
The Dixie Group Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $8,700 · 9 in Hamilton County · typical grant $250 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Kennedy Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · 8 in Hamilton County · 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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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · 7 in Hamilton County · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
55 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Bishop Family Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $640,000 · 7 in Hamilton County · 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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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.