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25 foundations that funded “Collective”
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Public charity · Memphis
The Collective Blueprint
IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $280,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Partnership in the Memphis workforce intermediary project
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Public charity · Austin, TX
Legacy Collective
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $24,616 · typical grant $7,808 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $33,333 to $36,667 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Grassroots organizing
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Joe C Davis Foundation
Takes applications
106 Tennessee grants totaling $6 million · typical grant $10,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
7 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capacity building & operating support; Capital support; Operating & capacity building support; Capacity building support; Operating support & capacity building
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Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA
Music Matters Fund Inc.
Takes applications
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 · Totowa, NJ
Capezio Ballet Makers Dance Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,857 · typical grant $1,857 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General charitable program support
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Public charity · Bethesda, MD
Impactassetsinc
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
27 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...
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Community foundation · Fort Wayne, IN
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $617,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable support
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Public charity · Nashville
We Are One World Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
The Poetry Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant; Special opportunities grant
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Private foundation · Santa Monica, CA
Universal Music All Together Now Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $145,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Los Altos, CA
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $310,500 · typical grant $13,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Just Societies; Environment and Science; Families and Communities
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
South Arts Inc.
How to apply: not stated
19 Tennessee grants totaling $343,478 · typical grant $5,250 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: In These Mountains - Cargill 3rd Grant; FY25 SA/NEA Regional Engagement / Arts in Community; FY24 SA/NEA Regional Engagement / Arts in Community; FY25 NEA ArtsHERE; Southern...
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Public charity · Memphis
Second Presbyterian Church Foundation
How to apply: not stated
12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $30,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Menlo Park, CA
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $25,000 to $300,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift of staff and board members; For supporting leaders and teachers in accelerating student learning; For legal technical assistance; For leaderstrust pilot planning...
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Public charity · Phoenix
Memorial Health Care System Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $7,750 to $69,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Boston, MA
Jobs for the Future Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $421,622 · typical grant $30,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support ares regional challenge; To support pwc charitable foundation; To support dol growth opportunities 5; To support wre walmart networks development & workforce...
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Private foundation · Memphis
J R Hyde III Foundation
Takes applications
108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...
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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.