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1,026 foundations that funded “E”

1. Public charity · Memphis

   Memphis Education Fund Inc.

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $31,250 to $400,000 (tax year 2025)

   82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Educational support

2. Public charity · Minneapolis, MN

   Educational Credit Management Corporation

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   11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,199 to $120,000 (tax year 2024)

   82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Fafsa student support; Project success, fafsa student support

3. Public charity · Knoxville

   Elgin Children's Foundation Inc.

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   10 Tennessee grants totaling $289,917 · typical grant $20,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2025)

   Funded only returning groups in its latest year

   Funded: Academic; Child protection; Dental wellness; Discipleship

4. Public charity · Brentwood

   Encore Ministry Foundation

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   9 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)

5. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

   Elizabeth Buford Shepherd Scholarship Committee

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   8 Tennessee grants totaling $37,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2025)

   Stated deadlines: Jan 15, May 1 · next Jan 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

   12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Scholarships; Scholarship

6. Public charity · Nashville

   Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort Inc.

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   8 Tennessee grants totaling $408,036 · typical grant $15,541 to $111,436 (tax year 2024)

   62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Disaster assistance

7. Private foundation · Arlington, VA

   Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

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   7 Tennessee grants totaling $103,465 · typical grant $150 to $49,015 (tax year 2024)

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

   50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Employee matching gift; Peer empowerment network for employment: peer mentorship between employed and unemployed adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to...

8. Private foundation · Knoxville

   East Tennessee Cardiovascularresearch Foundation

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   6 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

   Funded only returning groups in its latest year

   Funded: To support innovative and interdisciplinary neuroscience research for mental health.; Support heart surgery in jimani for haitian children.; To support the mission of mental...

9. Private foundation · Halls

   Eleanor and Warren Nunn Foundation

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   5 Tennessee grants totaling $237,000 · typical grant $27,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

   No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

   20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Public education donation

10. Public charity · Lancaster, PA

    Eden Bridge Foundation

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $218,104 · typical grant $10,000 to $23,200 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donation to ministry

11. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Oliver & Evelyn Smith Foundation Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: A church sharing the message of jesus christ.; To preserve and promote the history of Tennessee, focusing on East Tennessee, to educate and connect the region; Education

12. Private foundation · Deerfield, IL

    Essendant Charitable Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $17,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

13. Public charity · Germantown

    Germantown Education Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,366 · typical grant $8,557 to $14,535 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education

14. Public charity · Signal Mountain

    Mountain Education Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $617,733 · typical grant $125,388 to $324,237 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education

15. Private foundation · Kingsport

    Eastman Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $109,250 · typical grant $1,750 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jul 31 · next Jul 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Mountain mission scholarship; Hurricane helene relief

16. Private foundation · Franklin

    Elevare Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,246 · typical grant $5,800 to $29,149 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted contr to public charity

17. Public charity · Arlington, VA

    Atlas Economic Research Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $133,315 · typical grant $20,000 to $78,315 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Economic Education

18. Public charity · Washington, DC

    International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $215,500 · typical grant $5,500 to $185,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Programmatic support

19. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Equal Justice Works

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $154,350 · typical grant $7,000 to $88,350 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Fellowship support

20. Public charity · Columbia, MD

    Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $132,985 · typical grant $26,918 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Upward mobility - cross sector partnerships; Community partner capacity; Resilience - general

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