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31 foundations that funded “Black”

  1. Community foundation · Rapid City, SD

    Black Hills Area Community Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $22,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Faith based; Youth

  2. Public charity · Maryville

    Blackberry Farm Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $125,252 · typical grant $18,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · St Augusitne, FL

    Historic St Augustine Research Institute Inc.

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,000 · typical grant $7,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Research on spain's black corsairs operating out of st. Augustine & havana during the war of jenkinsear (1739-48).

  4. Public charity · Oakland, CA

    Solidaire Network Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Movement support of Community Defense of East Tennessee.; Movement support of People's Advocacy Institute; General support of Black Mycelium Project; General support of...

  5. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $22.6 million · typical grant $79,804 to $189,305 (tax year 2024)

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Advancing soil health in Tennessee; Restoring cumberland plateau grasslands & savannas; Restoring abandoned and legacy mine lands; Coastal habitat restoration; Remove fish...

  6. Community foundation · Nashville

    The Community Foundation of Middle

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    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: 2024 support; To provide 1st time support for your important mission; General giving; Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and...

  7. Private foundation · Nashville

    Martin Foundation

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $115,500 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Justice Center Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy

  9. Private foundation · Lakeland, FL

    Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.

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    214 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $475 to $9,377 (tax year 2024)

    19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Healing Trust

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    145 Tennessee grants totaling $4.8 million · typical grant $15,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Pine Bluff, AR

    Simmons First Foundation Inc.

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    22 Tennessee grants totaling $161,521 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General donation for youth programming; Community services; Pcn stars program; 1 school 1 mission program; Therapy tools to support children with special needs

  12. Private foundation · Cleveland

    The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $70,050 · typical grant $500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Operating funds

  13. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $517,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Historic preservation

  14. Public charity · New York, NY

    Echoing Green Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $200,000 · typical grant $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Fellowship

  15. Public charity · San Francisco, CA

    Tides Center

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $202,050 · typical grant $10,000 to $17,050 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Equity, human rights, and economic empowerment; Quality education; Sustainable environment

  16. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Low Income Housing Coalition and Low Income Housing

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024 - sli southeastern tenant protections cohort grant; 2024 - osah state partner regrants

  17. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Henry Luce Foundation Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $511,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for curriculum development; Support for convenings, collaboration stipends, and training; Support for curriculum development, trainings, and convening; Support for...

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    Joe C Davis Foundation

    Takes applications

    106 Tennessee grants totaling $6 million · typical grant $10,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    7 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Capacity building & operating support; Capital support; Operating & capacity building support; Capacity building support; Operating support & capacity building

  19. Public charity · Washington, DC

    New Venture Fund

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arts, culture, and humanities; Civil rights, social action, advocacy; Environmental programs; Youth development and education; Technology and innovation

  20. Public charity · Durham, NC

    Southern Coalition for Social Justice

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Solve spark grant

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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.