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184 foundations that funded “Education Foundation”
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Private foundation · Paris
Betsy Ross Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $43,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Environmental education; Support public education; Support for children with disabilities and rare diseases; Support for raptors; Support for youth programs
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Private foundation · Bristol
The Bill Gatton Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $5.9 million · typical grant $103,608 to $5.6 million (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; To support the mission of the organization
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Public charity · Davenport, IA
Rsm Us Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $116,385 · typical grant $11,766 to $61,028 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Youth education - ja and dollars for doers; Youth education - power of love and dollars for doers; Youth health - dollars for doers and holiday card constest; Youth education -...
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Private foundation · Sterling, IL
Dillon Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support education/instruction; To support health/general and relate
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Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI
The Wally and Jo Strobel Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Harold & Sara Wetherbee Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,200 · typical grant $4,200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Apr 15 · next Apr 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Raleigh, NC
C Hamilton Sloan Foundation
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $95,044 · typical grant $95,044 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education
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Community foundation · Venice, FL
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $145,033 · typical grant $10,000 to $59,033 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Human services; Health
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Private foundation · Halls
Eleanor and Warren Nunn Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $237,000 · typical grant $27,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public education donation
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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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Public charity · Arlington, VA
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $133,315 · typical grant $20,000 to $78,315 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Economic Education
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Private foundation · Dearborn, MI
The Auto Club Group Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $49,395 · typical grant $5,000 to $30,480 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Driver education; Traffic safety
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Private foundation · Rochester, NY
The Charles and Mary Crossed Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $210 · typical grant $210 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Pro-life public education; Childrens welfare
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Private foundation · Ogden, UT
Ascent Credit Union Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Purchase of education materials and classes for students at Ogden High School
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Private foundation · Traverse City, MI
Worthington Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 15 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for k-12 education effors
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Private foundation · Fishers, IN
Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Higher education scholarships
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Private foundation · Whitewater, WI
Kachel Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,250 · typical grant $7,250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support education
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation
Takes applications
34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · 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 · Seattle, WA
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $8.2 million · typical grant $125,000 to $606,651 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: K-12 education; Public awareness and analysis; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis; Postsecondary education
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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.