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33 foundations that funded “Fort”
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Public charity · Knoxville
Fort Sanders Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $26,674 to $371,048 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To help provide equipment, staff and patient education, rehabilitation programs and cardiopulmonary programs, CVA, brain injury and amputee support groups. Also helps provide...
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Community foundation · Fort Wayne, IN
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $617,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable support
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
H Fort Flowers Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Unrestricted donation; For school of engineering joseph and lori flowers scholarship
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Private foundation · Southlake, TX
Dallas-Fort Worth Good Fellows
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support of charitable mission
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Private foundation · Teton Village, WY
The Antonio V Glassberg Educational Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,500 · typical grant $3,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: May 1 · next May 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships for the 2025/2026 school year issued in accordance with the irs approved procedures sent forth in irs letter to this foundation dated december 10, 2014.
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Private foundation · Charlottesville, VA
The Oak Hill Fund
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $150,000 · typical grant $75,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To cover the costs of clinic services that provide free birth control to clients, enabling clinic partners of three a step ahead affiliates to offer a range of contraceptive...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.
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18 Tennessee grants totaling $592,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Transportation - new vehicle; Able youth track and field program; Expansion project; Recovery in community-arch academy for girls; Increase capacity to serve local needs and...
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Private foundation · Lenoir City
The Robert H Brethen Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $165,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2023)
No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation for recreation programs; Donation to support healthcare programs; Donations for underprivileged children; Donation to support wildlife programs; Donation to support...
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
American Cancer Society Inc.
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14 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Patient Support; Health Eq Ambassador; Extramural Research; Support/Conv Sponsor; Support/Research
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Public charity · Knoxville
The Chairman Club
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $122,000 · typical grant $12,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Regal Foundation
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48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Children & family; Health; Military
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Public charity · Nashville
Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc.
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36 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Event sponsorship; Event sponsorship and donation to the general fund; Donation to the general fund; Event sponsorship and donation to the capital campaign
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
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19 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $21,635 to $171,390 (tax year 2024)
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
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91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General donation; Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Bnsf Railway Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $59,340 · typical grant $240 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gifts 1; Civic; Health & human services; United way/red cross; Youth
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Public charity · Fort Lee, NJ
The Players Alliance Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial support for operations; Field improvements
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Private foundation · Fort Myers, FL
Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health; Special population support; Community services
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Ken W Davis Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Restoration for self-trafficking; Building project - capital campaign
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Give to Life Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,534 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Helping people live purpose-driven lives that positively influence culture
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Private foundation · Fort Wayne, IN
Mccomb Family Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,300 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,300 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Sep 30 · next Sep 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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.