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82 foundations that funded “Schools Fund”
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Public charity · Chattanooga
The Layman Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $205,556 · typical grant $21,429 to $125,397 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship funds; Opera/cap/sch fds
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Private foundation · Greensboro, NC
The Jonathan & Anne Smith Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual impact fund restricted for stem
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $115,211 · typical grant $8,000 to $26,260 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
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Private foundation · Raleigh, NC
The Huisking Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $76,000 · typical grant $4,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Brother joel mcgraw scholarship fund; Meals on wheels
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Private foundation · Nashville
Angel Corps
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $369,277 · typical grant $1,200 to $6,077 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community fundraising; Together campaign
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Public charity · Columbia, MO
Midway USA Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $272,693 · typical grant $9,344 to $27,049 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To fund youth shoothing sports
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Private foundation · Elizabethton
Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation Ltd
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $539,229 · typical grant $3,612 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General fund/operations; Betsy band general fund/operations; Bull dog band general fund/operations
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Private foundation · Cleveland
Allan Jones Foundation
Takes applications
21 Tennessee grants totaling $72,741 · typical grant $300 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)
81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating funds; Operating funds & memorials; Legacy fund; Swing for hope donation
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
17 Tennessee grants totaling $133,504 · typical grant $750 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual fund on behalf of kate caldwell nevin; Lindy hop; Genneral operations
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Public charity · Smyrna
The Smyrna Rotary Club Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $39,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial assistance; Scholarship funds
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Public charity · Des Moines, IA
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $44,000 · typical grant $8,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Event sponsorship Nashville '24; Grant distribution; Psalms 78:72 alumni scholarship; School sponsorship
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Public charity · Oak Ridge
Altrusa International Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
12 Tennessee grants totaling $28,360 · typical grant $1,300 to $3,500 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Operating funds
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Private foundation · Nashville
Joe C Davis Foundation
Takes applications
106 Tennessee grants totaling $6 million · typical grant $10,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
7 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capacity building & operating support; Capital support; Operating & capacity building support; Capacity building support; Operating support & capacity building
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Boyd Foundation
Takes applications
56 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: For annual budget.; To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.; To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in East Tennessee.; To...
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Private foundation · Cleveland
Mark E Smith Foundation Ua Dated 11-9-22
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $154,486 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,490 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Various athletic program donations; Football program; General operating expenses and scholastics program; Sponsorship and a/v student program; Women's basketball program
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Private foundation · Nashville
Gibson Gives
Takes applications
100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts
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Private foundation · Sebring, FL
Hummingbird Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $4,500 · typical grant $1,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education; Scholarship funds
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Powell Foundation
Takes applications
41 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Scholarship; Building fund; Hutchins legacy fund; UT genomics graduate student; Jennifer powell scholarship
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Private foundation · Syosset, NY
Les Paul Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $104,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 15, Sep 15 · next Jan 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music programs; Supporting funds for music programs; Virtual bedside performance program; Fund recording studios in boys and girls clubs
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Private foundation · Knoxville
L A M P Foundation
Takes applications
21 Tennessee grants totaling $69,430 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships; Scholarships,events; General support, collectors circle; General operating, orphanage; Reverend fund
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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.