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40 foundations that funded “Lee”

  1. Public charity · Louisville, KY

    Lee Initiative Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Racial justice srrj

  2. Private foundation · Mary Esther, FL

    Lee Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · San Diego, CA

    Lee S Monroe Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $40,000 · typical grant $40,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General assistance

  4. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Robert Lee Weiss Foundation First TN Bank Plaza Tower

    Takes applications

    26 Tennessee grants totaling $159,500 · typical grant $4,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Community service projects; Scholarship funding; Capital projects; Accessible equipment for; Emergency assistance

  5. United Way · Fort Myers, FL

    The United Way of Lee County Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $571,944 · typical grant $119,188 to $452,756 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Allocation for General Support

  6. Private foundation · Chestnut Hill, MA

    The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  7. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $162,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Sep 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Curatorial research fellowship: dr. Patricia lee daigle; Program support (over 2 years); Warhol re-granting initiative

  8. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Slemp Foundation

    Takes applications

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $1,250 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jul 15, Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship Grant; Program Supplies fund, Outdoor Experiences and Volunteer Training fund and Resources fund for Sequoyah Council (Lee and Wise Counties, VA); Lee and Wise...

  9. Private foundation · Memphis

    J R Hyde III Foundation

    Takes applications

    108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    4 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...

  10. Public charity · Goodlettsville

    Dollar General Literacy Foundation

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    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

  11. Private foundation · Macon, GA

    The Ra Bowen Trust

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: May 1 · next May 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  12. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Harold & Sara Wetherbee Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,200 · typical grant $4,200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 15 · next Apr 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education

  13. Private foundation · Eagan, WI

    A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 1 · next Apr 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarships

  14. Private foundation · Chaska, MN

    The Eagle Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Tuition reduction

  15. Public charity · Nashville

    Ieba Educational Outreach Fund

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $152,500 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships; Scholarship

  16. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Alabama Power Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $95,085 · typical grant $1,000 to $7,308 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General/operating

  17. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    The Gertrude E Skelly Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Emergency fund

  18. Private foundation · Northbrook, IL

    Dr Scholl Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Oct 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area Wetland Restoration project; Urban service internships for students; Safety and biocompatibility testing for the Nasal-TEEE prototype

  19. Private foundation · Kingman, KS

    Rose Spurrier Scholarship Fund

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $4,800 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,800 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  20. Private foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

    Takes applications

    60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative

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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.