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27 foundations in Roane County
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Public charity · Knoxville
East Tennessee Foundation
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250 Tennessee grants totaling $12.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Disaster relief; Arts & culture; Education; Youth development
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Tractor Supply Company Foundation
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135 Tennessee grants totaling $892,850 · typical grant $250 to $500 (tax year 2025)
93% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hometown heroes donation
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Boyd Foundation
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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 · Knoxville
Jane I Pettway Foundation
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40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Truist Foundation Inc.
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26 Tennessee grants totaling $715,970 · typical grant $10,000 to $31,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
13 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Building career pathways to; Thriving communities; Strengthening small; Presidential honors; Special programs
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Battelle Memorial Institute
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21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match
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Public charity · Jacksonville, FL
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc.
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20 Tennessee grants totaling $525,266 · typical grant $12,980 to $39,280 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Gatlinburg
Mountain Ways Inc.
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $3.3 million · typical grant $25,000 to $233,853 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
6 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To provide support for the rescue of flood victims, replacement of equipment; To provide support for opening the bread basket food pantry for flood victims and lease payments...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Willayne E Towe Foundation
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13 Tennessee grants totaling $97,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Ooltewah
Morning Pointe Foundation
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13 Tennessee grants totaling $33,800 · typical grant $1,500 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships; Cna practice tests
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Public charity · Oak Ridge
Altrusa International Foundation Inc.
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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 · New York, NY
American Express Foundation
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $1,505 · typical grant $24 to $222 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
Meals On Wheels America
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $150,737 · typical grant $10,000 to $31,362 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Project support
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United Way · Harriman
Roane County United Way Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $113,750 · typical grant $10,000 to $21,875 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Program assistance
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Public charity · Danville, IL
Operation Honor Guard Nfp
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $87,758 · typical grant $5,825 to $17,085 (tax year 2025)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide funding to chartaible organization
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Private foundation · Winchester, KY
Hereturns
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $30,281 · typical grant $2,162 to $7,510 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Equipment for religious publishing; Health ministry
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
The Columbus Phipps Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $124,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $44,500 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: May 15, Jun 15 · next May 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational grants
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Public charity · Nashville
Oasis Center Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $76,465 · typical grant $10,000 to $17,798 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Teen outreach program
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Public charity · Summit, NJ
Family Promise Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $108,500 · typical grant $21,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Affiliate programming support
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Private foundation · St Louis, MO
Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $8,600 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide support for horses; To provide support for dogs in need for veterans; To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research...
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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.