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957 foundations in Davidson County
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee County Clerks Organ Donor Awareness Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $330,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $54,000 to $216,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Organ donation procurement program and awareness
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation Tx Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,400 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $5,400 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Sports prostheses for lower leg amputee from lewisville, tx; Sports prostheses for tarrant county teen
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Private foundation · Nashville
Desmond Child Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Cooper Family Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $525,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $125,000 to $400,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Brentwood
Lbmc Cares Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide support for entreprenueurs; Provide support for recovery
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
D4c Cares Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $500 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Philadelphia, PA
Abim Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $20,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Building trust - discover, decipher, demonstrate; Vivid health connect - clinical training
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Private foundation · Burr Ridge, IL
Mcs Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,600 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $600 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational support
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Public charity · Burbank, CA
Public Media Group of Southern California
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Funding for civic engagement project
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Public charity · New York, NY
Justice Innovation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,354 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $9,147 to $9,207 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Subcontractor federal grant
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Public charity · St Louis, MO
Ascension Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $193,532 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $93,532 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Washington, DC
American Public Transportation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · 2 in Davidson County · 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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Private foundation · Wheeling, WV
Paisley Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $300,125 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $100 to $300,025 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Hiram #7 Franklin; Expansion of the store
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO
Lt Robert B Ritchie Mem Fund
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $4,550 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $2,250 to $2,300 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Mar 28 · next Mar 28, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
Dik Edward & Evelyn Fam Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · St Louis, MO
Saint Thomas Health Foundations
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $44,410 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,500 to $33,910 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Camp Bluebird Support
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Private foundation · Decatur, IL
Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $2,500 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships
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Public charity · San Diego, CA
Jack in the Box Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Louisville, KY
Dunbar Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $2,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Research- cardiac initiative; Research- newborn screening
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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.