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8 foundations that funded “Lions”
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Public charity · Oak Brook, IL
Lions Clubs International Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $247,777 · typical grant $12,140 to $99,500 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: All Inclusive Playground; Purchase Retina and Cataract Surgery Machine; Tornado Relief; Hurricane Relief; Support Fairfield Food Packaging Event
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Public charity · Chapel Hill
International Association of Lions Clubs
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $72,696 · typical grant $10,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support local high school athletics; To support hurricane disaster relief; To support sight services and other community initiatives; To support the local community
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Public charity · Bartlett
Lakeland Lions Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $264,275 · typical grant $22,385 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Lions Charities Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2024)
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Public charity · Memphis
930 Friends
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $48,690 · typical grant $20,000 to $28,690 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Various support
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United Way · Cleveland
United Way of the Ocoee Region
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25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,000 to $68,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community health; Partner agency; Community health/parnter agency
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Community foundation · Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc.
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
14 Tennessee grants totaling $819,037 · typical grant $10,025 to $159,601 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the national ornamental metal museum as follows: 94% of annual disbursement to be used for general operating, 6% to be used for acquiring contemporary craft of...
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation
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41 Tennessee grants totaling $183,549 · typical grant $4,139 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; 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.