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84 foundations that funded “Second Harvest Food Bank East”
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Public charity · Phoenix, AZ
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $66,450 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Aventura community school - school garden program; Currey ingram academy - school garden program; Journey to wellness; 579-never hungry community gardens; 585-thomas a. Edison...
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Private foundation · Greensboro, NC
Hillsdale Fund
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $147,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)
67% 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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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · 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 · Radnor, PA
Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
65 Tennessee grants totaling $7,784 · typical grant $50 to $104 (tax year 2025)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gifts
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Private foundation · New York, NC
The Thompson Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
39 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $13,747 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Aug 15 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Murfreesboro
Charity Circle of Murfreesboro
How to apply: not stated
38 Tennessee grants totaling $697,650 · typical grant $8,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution to donor advised fund to be used as general support for charities
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Public charity · Crossville
United Fund of Cumberland County
How to apply: not stated
35 Tennessee grants totaling $358,182 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Mary G K Fox Foundation
Takes applications
27 Tennessee grants totaling $181,310 · typical grant $1,000 to $9,210 (tax year 2025)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: 2022 grant request; 2024 grant request; Assistance to indigent; Web site domain and hosting; Educational audio/video
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United Way · Hendersonville
United Way of Sumner County
How to apply: not stated
23 Tennessee grants totaling $458,197 · typical grant $9,078 to $27,115 (tax year 2024)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health focus; Financial stability; Youth opportunity; Rebuilding lives; Community resiliency
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Public charity · Wellesley, MA
Givinga Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $15,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)
52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Roger B & Evelyn W Paddison Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
20 Tennessee grants totaling $157,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jan 31 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Mobile meals; Educational; Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
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Public charity · Big Island, VA
The Society of St Andrew Inc.
How to apply: not stated
20 Tennessee grants totaling $585,584 · typical grant $6,122 to $26,199 (tax year 2025)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide nourishment to hungry neighbors
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Public charity · Nashville
Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
How to apply: not stated
20 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $9,513 to $174,153 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General program support
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Private foundation · Providence, RI
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353
Takes applications
17 Tennessee grants totaling $51,066 · typical grant $370 to $3,115 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift to civic agency; Matching gift to education; Matching gift to enviornement agency; General support to civic agency; Matching gift to health & human services agency
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Public charity · Nashville
Mission Possible
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $285,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hurricane relief
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Private foundation · Nashville
Angel Corps
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $369,277 · typical grant $1,200 to $6,077 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community fundraising; Together campaign
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Public charity · Brownsville
Southwest Members Care Inc.
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $110,274 · typical grant $7,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
92% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Supplies; Furniture for new office; Supplies, maintenance; Mobile units expenses; New equipment
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Public charity · Nashville
Family & Children's Service
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · typical grant $109,087 to $434,477 (tax year 2024)
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Cordova
Housing for the Elderly of Henderson County Inc.
How to apply: not stated
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
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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.