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61 foundations that funded “Bar”
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Private foundation · Sparta
Christian Scholarships Missions and Projects Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $20,165 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,165 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Missions; 127 MinistryMissions
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Public charity · Louisville, KY
Lee Initiative Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Racial justice srrj
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Public charity · Memphis
Jewish Foundation of Memphis
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
62 Tennessee grants totaling $6.3 million · typical grant $13,000 to $73,200 (tax year 2024)
23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious; Educational; Arts & cultural; Health / welfare; Community development
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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc.
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19 Tennessee grants totaling $398,600 · typical grant $9,600 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Organizational development; Summer music programming; Memphis slim house collaboratory building maintenance
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Public charity · Memphis
Mdcdc Inc.
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $73,336 · typical grant $7,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)
90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community Development
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Community foundation · Memphis
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc.
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307 Tennessee grants totaling $40.4 million · typical grant $10,300 to $101,000 (tax year 2024)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Philanthropy; Youth devel
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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 · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Louisiana-Pacific Foundation
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39 Tennessee grants totaling $341,773 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Adams Family Foundation I
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23 Tennessee grants totaling $335,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Jewish Federation
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13 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $26,700 to $135,298 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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United Way · Nashville
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
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315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants
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Private foundation · Lakeland, FL
Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
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214 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $475 to $9,377 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Fugitive Foundation
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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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Public charity · Murfreesboro
Charity Circle of Murfreesboro
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38 Tennessee grants totaling $697,650 · typical grant $8,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution to donor advised fund to be used as general support for charities
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Public charity · Bartlett
Lakeland Lions Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $264,275 · typical grant $22,385 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Bargersville, IN
The Moody Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Support the general charitable operations of the organization
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Public charity · Santa Barbara, CA
Direct Relief
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32 Tennessee grants totaling $12.2 million · typical grant $26,826 to $325,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support to us clinics & health centers for low-income, uninsured patients; Hurricane helene response
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Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA
Music Matters Fund Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $57,500 · typical grant $8,500 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Project support
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Private foundation · Lake Barrington, IL
Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,800 · typical grant $1,800 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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.