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32 foundations that funded “Austin”

Private foundation · Boston, MA
Ta Thomas Austin Finch Foundation

Takes applications

1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,000 · typical grant $9,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Public charity · Owasso, OK
Folds of Honor Foundation

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47 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $9,040 to $32,330 (tax year 2025)

85% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarship
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
Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA
The Presser Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $3,000 (tax year 2024)

Stated deadlines: Nov 15 · next Nov 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Undergraduate scholar awards
Public charity · El Segundo, CA
Hispanic Scholarship Fund

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9 Tennessee grants totaling $375,490 · typical grant $10,316 to $67,428 (tax year 2025)

44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To provide scholarships for students
Private foundation · Niles, OH
The Wm M & A Cafaro Family Foundation

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Public charity · Billings, MT
Care Camps Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $19,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Assistance for children with cancer to attend camp
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...
Private foundation · Rocky Face, GA
The Nabors to Neighbors Inc.

Takes applications

7 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

Stated deadlines: Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Operating expense
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation

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48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unrestricted grant
Private foundation · Morristown
Wallace Foundation

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33 Tennessee grants totaling $99,875 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarship; Wallace scholarship
Private foundation · Cleveland
George R Johnson Family Foundation

Takes applications

72 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

2 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Advocate training program; Children educational program; Art education; Unity center; Harbor safe house
Private foundation · Knoxville
Lawson Family Foundation

Takes applications

71 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

76% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Sponsorship; Membership - great egret society; Life prep academy; 100knoxville; Sponsorship of concert
Public charity · New York, NY
Ernst & Young Foundation

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13 Tennessee grants totaling $275,310 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Matching gifts
Private foundation · New York, NY
American Express Foundation

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12 Tennessee grants totaling $1,505 · typical grant $24 to $222 (tax year 2024)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Elizabeth Buford Shepherd Scholarship Committee

Takes applications

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
Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Violet Hampton Tuw #2

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7 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2025)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Scholarships
Community foundation · Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Community Foundation

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $15,000 to $180,000 (tax year 2024)

45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: This award is for general support; This award is designated for general support; This award is for the vision project; This award is designated support for the north davidson...
Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle

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1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

55 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: 2024 support; To provide 1st time support for your important mission; General giving; Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and...
Public charity · Newark, DE
American Online Giving Foundation Inc.

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571 Tennessee grants totaling $34.4 million · typical grant $7,299 to $20,213 (tax year 2025)

40% 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.