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9 foundations that funded “Denver Foundation”
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Public charity · Denver, CO
The Denver Foundation
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $287,500 · typical grant $87,500 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Water resources, wetlands conservation & management; Specialty hospitals
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Private foundation · Denver, CO
Gill Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $228 · typical grant $228 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Denver, CO
Mb Glassman Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $16,500 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Denver, CO
Louis Calder Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $950,000 · typical grant $150,000 to $500,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Growth of charter schools; Science of reading
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Private foundation · Denver, CO
The Galena Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Program development
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Private foundation · Denver, CO
Gates Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $40,000 · typical grant $40,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Mar 15, Sep 1 · next Mar 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships/fellowships
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Private foundation · Denver, CO
The Ensign-Bickford Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,350 · typical grant $100 to $3,150 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: May 30 · next May 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Medical research; Animal rescue assistance
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Public charity · Denver, CO
Charter Fund Inc.
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23 Tennessee grants totaling $9.9 million · typical grant $100,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Charter school capacity-building; Impact and innovation; Charter school growth
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV
The Elmer R Deaver Foundation Idt
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $31,800 · typical grant $31,800 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Apr 5, Jun 1 · next Apr 5, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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.