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1,637 foundations that funded “T”
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · typical grant $1.4 million to $2.4 million (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Legal support for Tennessee residents
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Private foundation · Wheaton, IL
The William and Mary Davis Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $14,100 · typical grant $3,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operational funding
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Public charity · Chattanooga
The Howard Fund
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $115,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Chattanooga
The Layman Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $205,556 · typical grant $21,429 to $125,397 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship funds; Opera/cap/sch fds
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Public charity · Fort Lee, NJ
The Players Alliance Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial support for operations; Field improvements
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Trucking Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $43,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Columbia
The Farm and Forest Families of Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $69,031 · typical grant $18,314 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution to hurrican relief
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Public charity · Crossville
Threads of Hope Thrift Store Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $141,037 · typical grant $141,037 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To provide clothing for families in need; Benefit Organization
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Private foundation · Canton, OH
Timken Foundation of Canton
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $194,624 · typical grant $24,624 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Playground improvement program; The love kitchen - new refrigeration unit for walk-in freezer and new sign for front of building.; Hurricane helene disaster relief
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Public charity · Nashville
The Well Coffeehouse
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $73,265 · typical grant $15,000 to $37,265 (tax year 2024)
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $162,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Sep 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Curatorial research fellowship: dr. Patricia lee daigle; Program support (over 2 years); Warhol re-granting initiative
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
National Center for Teacher Residencies
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $719,629 · typical grant $170,000 to $329,629 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Teacher residency
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Public charity · Harrisburg, PA
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $116,000 · typical grant $6,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community development; Religion
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Private foundation · Loveland, OH
The John and Shirley Davies Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $4,377 · typical grant $777 to $2,600 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
The Gertrude E Skelly Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Emergency fund
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Public charity · New York, NY
Breakthrough T1d
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $972,755 · typical grant $147,312 to $550,473 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: T1d research
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Public charity · Loudon
The Kind Charities of Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $34,793 · typical grant $7,000 to $19,793 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide assistance to individuals with intellectual disabilities
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Public charity · Cleveland
Trousdale Living Communities Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $310,576 to $829,940 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General Support Services
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
The Nature Conservancy
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $406,982 · typical grant $36,000 to $213,982 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Conservation activities
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Public charity · Agawam, MA
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $99,508 · typical grant $9,978 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Life & legacy grants; Pjl grants
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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.