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45 foundations that funded “4”
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Private foundation · Paris
Adams Family Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $43,550 · typical grant $2,225 to $3,225 (tax year 2025)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support program; Education; Education and assistance; Support after school programs; Support food distribution
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United Way · Nashville
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Hees Family Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 31 · next Aug 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
53% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General fund/community support; Tuition support; General fund/tuition support; Youth foster care support; Disaster relief
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Public charity · Alexandria, VA
Good360
How to apply: not stated · Donates products, not cash
67 Tennessee grants totaling $244 million · typical grant $11,461 to $146,998 (tax year 2024)
68% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To assist those in need
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Public charity · Crossville
United Fund of Cumberland County
How to apply: not stated
35 Tennessee grants totaling $358,182 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
20% 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.