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45 foundations that funded “4”
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $592,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Transportation - new vehicle; Able youth track and field program; Expansion project; Recovery in community-arch academy for girls; Increase capacity to serve local needs and...
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Private foundation · Bristol
Clarke Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $37,720 · typical grant $200 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Volunteer rescue; Children's hospital; Public chaity; Educational; Childrens home
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Public charity · La Vergne
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $249,970 · typical grant $15,000 to $158,600 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Agricultural education support; Academic support
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Private foundation · Baltimore, MD
Number Ten Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $50 · typical grant $50 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Jericho, NY
The Tulchin Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $150 · typical grant $150 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Columbia
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $141,809 · typical grant $15,000 to $28,433 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual sponsorship for awards/events; Fb bank commissions; Annual scholarship; Annual sponsorship
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Public charity · Knoxville
East Tennessee Foundation
How to apply: not stated
250 Tennessee grants totaling $12.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Disaster relief; Arts & culture; Education; Youth development
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Public charity · Falls Church, VA
International Training Institute for the Sheet Metal & Ac Industry
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $215,486 · typical grant $27,500 to $52,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: For purchase of training equipment; To subsidize full-time training coordinator position
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Public charity · Columbia
The Farm and Forest Families of Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $69,031 · typical grant $18,314 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution to hurrican relief
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Public charity · Franklin
Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $140,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $14,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Food insecurity; Counseling and mental health; Support re-entry to society; Housing support; Support programing
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Mutual of America Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $103,460 · typical grant $50 to $1,200 (tax year 2025)
89% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · St Paul, MN
Land O'lakes Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $22,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Member co-op matches; Independent retailer match
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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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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Center City Development Corporation
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $30,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)
94% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Storefront grants; Tenant improvement grant; Good neighbor grant; Special grant incentive; Pre development assistance grant
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Private foundation · Mill Neck, NY
Big Guy Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $4,500 · typical grant $500 (tax year 2025)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
Pmc Cares Foundation
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $90,783 · typical grant $7,500 to $16,526 (tax year 2023)
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Community foundation · Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
14 Tennessee grants totaling $819,037 · typical grant $10,025 to $159,601 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the national ornamental metal museum as follows: 94% of annual disbursement to be used for general operating, 6% to be used for acquiring contemporary craft of...
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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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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Scripps Howard Foundation
How to apply: not stated
37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)
54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend
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Public charity · Columbia, MO
Midway USA Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $272,693 · typical grant $9,344 to $27,049 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To fund youth shoothing sports
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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.