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487 foundations that funded “University”
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Community foundation · Jackson, MS
Community Foundation for Mississippi
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General oper support
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Columbus Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $15,000 to $93,110 (tax year 2024)
70% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social services; Education; Health; Neighborhood
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Community foundation · Naples, FL
Collier Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
7 Tennessee grants totaling $245,371 · typical grant $11,155 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Environment & animals; Public, societal benefit; Education; Health
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Public charity · San Diego, CA
The San Diego Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $658,441 · typical grant $7,000 to $14,600 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For scholarships; To support national bail out
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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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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
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: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Tennessee Health Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · typical grant $2,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024 hickey match; 2024 anderson match; 2024 reynolds match; 2024 ryans match; 2024 pow scholar
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Private foundation · Memphis
The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation
Takes applications
52 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 15, Aug 15 · next Jan 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General - operating
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Private foundation · Athens
Athens Federal Foundation
Takes applications
43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
9 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Fugitive Foundation
Takes applications
41 Tennessee grants totaling $237,950 · typical grant $1,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign & operating support
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Private foundation · Parsons
The Ayers Foundation Trust
Takes applications
36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded: General/operating
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Private foundation · Lebanon
Jim Horne & Evelyn S Hankins Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $195,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Assist children in the community; Provide programs and activities for seniors; Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment; Affordable tuition...
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Public charity · Brentwood
Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment & Retention Center Inc.
How to apply: not stated
27 Tennessee grants totaling $4.4 million · typical grant $49,384 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community incentive; Conference sponsorship; Community incentive/sponsorship
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Private foundation · Norwalk, CT
Ge Foundation
Takes applications
23 Tennessee grants totaling $60,401 · typical grant $129 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
South Arts Inc.
How to apply: not stated
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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Private foundation · Nashville
Thackston Family Foundation
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...
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Private foundation · Bristol
Clarke Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $37,720 · typical grant $200 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Volunteer rescue; Children's hospital; Public chaity; Educational; Childrens home
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Public charity · Ooltewah
Morning Pointe Foundation
How to apply: not stated
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 · Nashville
Vultee Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $897,500 · typical grant $15,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2022)
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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.