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1,637 foundations that funded “T”

  1. Private foundation · Escondido, CA

    Tsuha Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To assist in recruiting, training and supporting effective teachers in a christian context.

  2. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    The Klarman Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500,000 · typical grant $500,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Unrestricted operating support in New England

  3. Private foundation · Wilson, NC

    Turner B Bunn Jr and Catherine E Bunn

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Health care

  4. Private foundation · Rye Beach, NH

    The Schleyer Foundation Under Declaration of Tr 12022002

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Private foundation · Kiawah Island, SC

    The Berkley Green Fund

    Takes applications

    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: Their mission is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

  6. Private foundation · Carpinteria, CA

    The Armand Hammer Foundation Michael A Hammer

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2022)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2022 IRS filing

    Funded: General funds

  7. Private foundation · Monroe, MI

    The Philbeck Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Public support

  8. Private foundation · Irvine, CA

    The David Chow Humanitarian Award Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

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

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Public charities

  9. Private foundation · Pass Christian, MS

    The Burdette Family Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Medical care/research kids cancer

  10. Private foundation · Metairie, LA

    Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the mission of the organization

  11. Private foundation · Towson, MD

    The John J Leidy Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Disaster Relief

  12. Private foundation · Livonia, MI

    The Bixby Foundation

    Takes applications

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

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Further chartable function of org

  13. Private foundation · St Paul, MN

    The Bush Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $787,500 · typical grant $787,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To implement an innovative model for regional conservation of grasslands that is designed to benefit farmers and ranchers across south dakota

  14. Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA

    The William Penn Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $8,000 · typical grant $8,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hurricane helene support

  15. Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN

    The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Identifying Brain Circuits that Connect Respiration and Cognitive State. Principal Investigator: Lindsey Schwarz

  16. Private foundation · Sterling, VA

    The Flow A Living Water Foundation

    IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Sep 16 · next Sep 16, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Mission work.

  17. Private foundation · Marietta, GA

    True Vine Experience Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $75,000 · typical grant $75,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Charlotte, NC

    The Duke Endowment

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $106,500 · typical grant $106,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To expand an evidence-informed program that helps people discuss divisive issues.

  19. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    The Adi and Jerry Greenberg 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

  20. Private foundation · Greensboro, NC

    The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $12,500 · typical grant $12,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

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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.