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  1. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $22.6 million · typical grant $79,804 to $189,305 (tax year 2024)

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Advancing soil health in Tennessee; Restoring cumberland plateau grasslands & savannas; Restoring abandoned and legacy mine lands; Coastal habitat restoration; Remove fish...

  2. Private foundation · Kohler, WI

    Kohler Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $72,195 · typical grant $5,000 to $40,195 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Sep 15 · next Sep 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Stella waitzkin 2021; Individual scholarship paid directly to the educatioinal institution; Barbara rossi collection

  3. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.

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    91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General donation; Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship

  4. Public charity · Nashville

    Music City Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $34,444 · typical grant $6,500 to $21,444 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To support the work of caring for hospitality industry workers who are in crisis. These workers are the backbone of the 2nd largest industry in Nashville.; To support the...

  5. Private foundation · Wakefield, MA

    Knopf Family Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $110,000 · typical grant $35,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To help provide exceptional care for children battling medulloblastoma, brain tumor cancer and to help researchers, who are working on it to better understand what causes it;...

  6. 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...

  7. Private foundation · Bartlett

    Knapp Foundation Inc.

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    24 Tennessee grants totaling $141,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General/operating; Senior workshop series

  8. Private foundation · Murfreesboro

    Burgess Family Charitable Foundation

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    19 Tennessee grants totaling $260,670 · typical grant $2,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2025)

    74% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Private foundation · Bartlett

    Midsouth Christian Care

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $197,000 · typical grant $36,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Benevolence

  10. Private foundation · Memphis

    Julie & Marty Belz Charitable Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $5,557 · typical grant $40 to $3,692 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Micah Charitable Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,475 · typical grant $275 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Poor children camp; Homeless relief; Homeless shelter

  12. Public charity · Houston, TX

    Lewis Family Charitable Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $32,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Youth development-youth development programs; Mental health & crisis intervention-counseling; Health care-alliances & advocacy

  13. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Schlumberger Foundation Inc.

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Educational/research grant

  14. Private foundation · New York, NY

    New York Life Foundation

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    19 Tennessee grants totaling $71,500 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    95% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educ. General; Cca general

  15. Private foundation · Memphis

    The Bernard Lapides and Shirley W Lapides Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $35,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Gift-cathy l weil

  16. Private foundation · Nashville

    Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundation

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    79 Tennessee grants totaling $363,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support charity; To support school; Underwriting support for spring outi

  17. Private foundation · Nashville

    M Straton Foster Charitable Foundation Rjc-2055000565

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    44 Tennessee grants totaling $290,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 30 · next Apr 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Public charity · Clarksville

    Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation Inc.

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    22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $20,000 to $102,860 (tax year 2024)

    47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social services; Greenway development; Speech & swallowing; Food pantry; Med management

  19. Public charity · Rosemont, IL

    Genyouth Incorporated

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $80,296 · typical grant $5,591 to $7,872 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support physical activities in schools; Combat food insecurity in schools

  20. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $75,250 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General contribution

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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.