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265 foundations that funded “Car”

  1. Private foundation · Kansas City, MO

    The Francis Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $170,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Fellowship

  2. Private foundation · Erie, PA

    Mary Ann Walters Scholarship Funds Tr Uw

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,635 · typical grant $1,635 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship award

  3. Private foundation · Pasadena, CA

    Unihealth Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $286,275 · typical grant $286,275 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Barr (bed availability realtime report) demonstration project and tiptt (trauma-informed practices toolkit and training in la county): a nimrc proposal

  4. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Beatrice P Delany Char Tr Xxxxx7003

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Private foundation · Guerneville, CA

    The Heck Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Cancerresearch

  6. 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

  7. Private foundation · White Bluff

    Doochin Family Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $115,038 · typical grant $300 to $11,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Irving, TX

    Celanese Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $13,298 · typical grant $26 to $500 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Jc Freels Scholarship Trust

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $2,760 · typical grant $552 to $828 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 16 · next Apr 16, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  10. Public charity · Des Moines, IA

    Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $44,000 · typical grant $8,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Event sponsorship Nashville '24; Grant distribution; Psalms 78:72 alumni scholarship; School sponsorship

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    American Cancer Society Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Patient Support; Health Eq Ambassador; Extramural Research; Support/Conv Sponsor; Support/Research

  14. Public charity · Clarksville

    Clarksville Association of Realtors Spreading Our Support Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $61,250 · typical grant $6,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Public charity · New York, NY

    Studio in A School Association Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $36,570 · typical grant $5,040 to $10,080 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arts intern program

  16. Public charity · Rochester, MN

    Mayo Clinic Group Return

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $12,423 to $28,765 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support charitable programs

  17. Private foundation · Trinity, FL

    Charles and Sue Fouche Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $91,200 · typical grant $37,200 to $54,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For the prevention of cruelty to animals

  18. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $49,960 · typical grant $24,960 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Aug 14 · next Aug 14, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Community foundation · Sharon, PA

    Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $131,916 · typical grant $15,000 to $29,916 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Public charity · Goodlettsville

    Dollar General Literacy Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    81 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $8,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: English as a second; Atoz family; Literacy support for; Bim family literacy; Literacy changes liv

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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.