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104 foundations that funded “Operation”

  1. Private foundation · Brooklyn, NY

    Runnymeade Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Charitable operations

  2. Private foundation · Lima, OH

    Ar-Hale Family Foundation Inc. Fka Ar-Hale Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Fund operations

  3. Private foundation · Manahawkin, NJ

    Lucile and Maurice Pollak Fund

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: For operations

  4. Private foundation · Flowood, MS

    T H Etheridge Trust

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General operations of the organization

  5. Private foundation · Modesto, CA

    Reed Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250 · typical grant $250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Charitable operations

  6. Private foundation · Columbus, OH

    Encova Foundation of Ohio

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Annual operations

  7. Private foundation · Cincinnati, MI

    Randall Dick J and Carolyn L Fdn

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $56,000 · typical grant $56,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Support for daily operation

  8. Private foundation · Delaware, DE

    Ocean Forest Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,600 · typical grant $3,600 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Support charity operation

  9. Public charity · Nashville

    Smile 180 Foundation

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    47 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $21,541 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    19 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Grant for dental clinic operations; Grant for dental clinic operations, capital improvements, and dental safety net payments; Grant for dental clinic operations and capital...

  10. Public charity · Nashville

    Economic Club of Nashville Charities

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $379,655 · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support general operations; Support naza program; Support itop, just us & real prog.

  11. Private foundation · Elizabethton

    Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation Ltd

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $539,229 · typical grant $3,612 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General fund/operations; Betsy band general fund/operations; Bull dog band general fund/operations

  12. Public charity · Cordova

    Housing for the Elderly of Henderson County Inc.

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $450,000 · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: To support charitable operations in compliance with organizational charter and bylaws

  13. Private foundation · Jackson

    James E Campbell Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $462,700 · typical grant $6,000 to $159,100 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Capital campaign and unrestricted operations; Century Fund and Unrestricted operations

  14. Public charity · Memphis

    Methodist Healthcare Foundation

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $110,730 to $348,600 (tax year 2024)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Various programs and operational support; Professorship, Research, & IRB Fees; Clinic Support; Endovascular Fellowship; Capital Acquisitions

  15. Private foundation · New York, NY

    William Randolph Hearst Foundation

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...

  16. Private foundation · Twinsburg, OH

    The Dalton Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $15,690 · typical grant $1,020 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donation for general operations

  17. Public charity · Memphis

    Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $6.1 million · typical grant $724,775 to $1.9 million (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: FedEx Fam House Operational; Capital Acquisitions; Operational Support and Marketing; Research Services And IRB Fees

  18. Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI

    The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $611,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Feb 15, May 15, Aug 15, Nov 15 · next Nov 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support general operations; To support a legal fellowship; To support a law student program

  19. Public charity · Fort Lee, NJ

    The Players Alliance Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financial support for operations; Field improvements

  20. Private foundation · Camden, SC

    Wateree Floodlands Memorial Forest

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the operations of the org; To promote gospel music; Alleviate poverty

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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.