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52 foundations that funded “Southern”
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Public charity · Chattanooga
Southern Health Plan Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $36,649 · typical grant $5,600 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Durham, NC
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Solve spark grant
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Southern Partners Fund Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social,Economic & Environm Justice
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Public charity · Durham, NC
Southern Vision Alliance
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Qmf grant - southern intermediaries project; Frontline funds solidarity grant
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Southern Fruit Distributors Fund Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Contributionto generaloperating fund
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Private foundation · Mount Olive, NC
Southern Bank Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,500 · typical grant $7,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Public Benefit
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Public charity · Burbank, CA
Public Media Group of Southern California
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Funding for civic engagement project
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024-2025 grantmakers for southern progress annual membership; Directors cancer innovation fund (general fund)
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Arcus Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $106,654 · typical grant $504 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: 2024 grantmakers for southern progress membership support
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
South Arts Inc.
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19 Tennessee grants totaling $343,478 · typical grant $5,250 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: In These Mountains - Cargill 3rd Grant; FY25 SA/NEA Regional Engagement / Arts in Community; FY24 SA/NEA Regional Engagement / Arts in Community; FY25 NEA ArtsHERE; Southern...
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Public charity · Minneapolis, MN
Borealis Philanthropy
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $926,400 · typical grant $50,000 to $220,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the work of fiscal projects; To support the work of decarcerate Memphis; To support the work of Nashville community bail fund; To support the work of my sistah's...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Clayton Family Foundation
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40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Church general fund; K-12 school; Community health services; Scholarship fund; Dance school transportation
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Private foundation · Princeton, NJ
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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19 Tennessee grants totaling $2.6 million · typical grant $25,256 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 82000 rwjf healthy communities -- site visit grant; 82534 advancing economic inclusion and family wellbeing across Appalachia; 80655 using measuring love to train leaders in...
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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle
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1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
55 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: 2024 support; To provide 1st time support for your important mission; General giving; Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Partnership Project Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV
The Elmer R Deaver Foundation Idt
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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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Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
John M Hopwood Irr
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Purchase land and easements
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Private foundation · Evansville, IN
Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Olympia, WA
Peakcu Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Merck Family Fund
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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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.