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18 foundations that funded “Committee”
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Elizabeth Buford Shepherd Scholarship Committee
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $37,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jan 15, May 1 · next Jan 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships; Scholarship
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Private foundation · Raleigh, NC
Elizabeth City Foundation Committee
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,200 · typical grant $2,300 to $2,900 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Mar 15, Sep 15 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational
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Private foundation · Lebanon
Community Progress Committee Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,390 · typical grant $5,390 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded: Ignite the vision campaign
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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...
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Public charity · Minneapolis, MN
Borealis Philanthropy
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $926,400 · typical grant $50,000 to $220,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the work of fiscal projects; To support the work of decarcerate Memphis; To support the work of Nashville community bail fund; To support the work of my sistah's...
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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
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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
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
Elks National Veterans Service Commission
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $21,568 · typical grant $8,543 to $13,025 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Welcome home; Voluntary service program
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United Way · Knoxville
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $675,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Specific programs
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
80 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Technology; Program related; Capacity building; Capital campaign
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Private foundation · Nashville
The West End Home Foundation
Takes applications
44 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $17,500 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
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Public charity · Santa Barbara, CA
Direct Relief
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32 Tennessee grants totaling $12.2 million · typical grant $26,826 to $325,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support to us clinics & health centers for low-income, uninsured patients; Hurricane helene response
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Thackston Family Foundation
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp
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Private foundation · Washington, DC
Public Welfare Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for gideon's trumpet redux-continued; Support for justice, not just surviving; Support for mississippi prison reform coalition; Support for towards a people's justice;...
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Public charity · Silver Spring, MD
Cwi Works Inc.
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $3.4 million · typical grant $234,411 to $519,331 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Recruitment, training, and job placement of seniors
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Public charity · Cohoes, NY
The Ayco Charitable Foundation
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
51 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,100 (tax year 2025)
28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious institutions; Community & human services; Environment & animal protection; Colleges and universities; Arts and culture
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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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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.