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114 foundations that funded “American”
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Private foundation · Camden, NJ
American Water Charitable Foundationinc
Takes applications
28 Tennessee grants totaling $275,925 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
American Cancer Society Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · New York, NY
American Express Foundation
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $1,505 · typical grant $24 to $222 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Washington, DC
American Chemical Society
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $352,106 · typical grant $20,535 to $74,160 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
American Diabetes Association
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $784,889 · typical grant $73,652 to $199,337 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Innovative Research to Support the Psychological and Emotional Needs of People with Diabetes; Postdoctoral Fellowship; Innovative Clinical or Translational Science Nutrition;...
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Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
American Eagle Outfitters Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $22,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Apr 10, Sep 4, Dec 4 · next Dec 4, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community charity
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Public charity · Philadelphia, PA
American Bible Society
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $46,480 · typical grant $12,871 to $18,151 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program services
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Public charity · New York, NY
American Council of Learned Societies
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $133,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stipends/fellowships
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Public charity · Silver Spring, MD
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $66,544 · typical grant $5,552 to $49,990 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Monarch butterflies; Fl broodstock managm & coral holding project; Radiated tortoise
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Public charity · Schaumburg, IL
American Veterinary Medical Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $26,240 · typical grant $8,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Student funding; Disaster relief
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Public charity · Washington, DC
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Orgs
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $225,000 · typical grant $75,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Solidarity funding grant; General contribution
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Public charity · Washington, DC
American Public Transportation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Sponsorship; Grassroots advocacy
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Public charity · Washington, DC
American Forests
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $145,000 · typical grant $34,000 to $111,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Funding and technical assistance in permanently transitioning the national register of champion trees; Career pathways program in Memphis, staff training & support
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Public charity · Rosemont, IL
American Academy of Dermatology Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $34,377 · typical grant $8,000 to $26,377 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Shade structures
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Community foundation · Fremont, CA
American Muslim Community Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General philanthropy
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Public charity · Newark, DE
American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
571 Tennessee grants totaling $34.4 million · typical grant $7,299 to $20,213 (tax year 2025)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Erlanger, KY
Disabled American Veterans (dav) Charitable Service Trust
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $310,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Rehabilitation / Therapeutic; Health
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Private foundation · Winston Salem, NC
Reynolds American Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $2,307 · typical grant $51 to $1,256 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable activtities; Scholarships
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Public charity · Chehalis, WA
Empowering American Communities
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,375 · typical grant $3,175 to $3,200 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $33,333 to $36,667 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Grassroots organizing
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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.