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1,011 foundations that funded “E”
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Private foundation · Fishers, IN
Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Higher education scholarships
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Private foundation · Temple, TX
J H Tappan and Winnie Converse Tappan Perpetual Charitable Trust
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $250 · typical grant $250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Oct 1 · next Oct 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Operating expenses
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Private foundation · Windcrest, TX
Ja Leppard Foundation Trust
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Christian eductation & mission work
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Private foundation · Metairie, LA
Aucoin Hart Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To empower kids to join the fight against pediatric cancer by raising money to provide local care for pediatric cancer patients and their families and to fund research to cure...
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Private foundation · Fort Wayne, IN
Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Spark expansion campaign
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $500,000 · typical grant $500,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Coastal Earthen Marsh Terracing in Louisiana to He lp Reduce Storm Surge-Induced Flooding For Communi ties
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Community foundation · Portland, OR
The Oregon Community Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $65,768 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civic Engagement; Physical Health; Environment; Higher Education
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Public charity · Johnson City
Ballad Health
How to apply: not stated
17 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $63,500 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2025 Collaborative Partner for economic development; Kids' Christmas Event Sponsorship; Provide quality musical education through academic, community and competitive...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Gibson Gives
Takes applications
100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts
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United Way · Murfreesboro
United Way of Rutherford County
How to apply: not stated
47 Tennessee grants totaling $694,125 · typical grant $2,500 to $21,500 (tax year 2024)
72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for pregnant women; Ann campbell early learning center; Project learn and triple play program; Child abuse, community ed and drug endangered children programs; Rent and...
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Public charity · Beaverton, OR
City Fund
How to apply: not stated
29 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $50,000 to $145,000 (tax year 2024)
64% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support enrollment growth for sy24-25; To support continued enrollment/seat growth through sy25/26; To support the successful launch of encompass community school; To...
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Fidelity Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $37,436 · typical grant $170 to $750 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fidelity matching gifts to education
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $8.2 million · typical grant $125,000 to $606,651 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: K-12 education; Public awareness and analysis; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis; Postsecondary education
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Private foundation · Huntingdon
Wright Charitable Trust
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $155,431 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Arts Focus; Support and prevent child abuse; To meet the educational needs; Shooting Range; To build a children's playground
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Just One More Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $86,126 · typical grant $2,024 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grant to support equal opportunity and second chances.
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Public charity · New York, NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services
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Community foundation · Asheville, NC
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $418,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Building community & economic vitality; Promoting quality health; Religion; Assisting people in need
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
The Gap Foundation
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $9,100 · typical grant $250 to $300 (tax year 2024)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For civic & community engagement; For health & nursing services
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Public charity · Memphis
Community Alliance for the Homeless
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $112,259 to $638,441 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To pass through expenditure grants to sub grantees.
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Public charity · Columbia
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $141,809 · typical grant $15,000 to $28,433 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual sponsorship for awards/events; Fb bank commissions; Annual scholarship; Annual sponsorship
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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.