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26 foundations that funded “Paul”
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Private foundation · Akron, OH
Paul P Tell Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $11,200 · typical grant $1,200 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious
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Private foundation · Delavan, WI
Paul Joseph Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $400 · typical grant $400 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Unrestricted charitable grant
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Private foundation · Waco, TX
Paul & Jane Meyer Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Syosset, NY
Les Paul Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $104,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 15, Sep 15 · next Jan 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music programs; Supporting funds for music programs; Virtual bedside performance program; Fund recording studios in boys and girls clubs
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Private foundation · Canton, OH
The Paul and Carol David Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $21,000 · typical grant $7,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Seguin, TX
The Paul and Sally Houdayer Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Oct 15 · next Oct 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Further 501(c)(3) services
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Public charity · St Paul, MN
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $122,100 · typical grant $15,000 to $63,850 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Multiple grants for multiple purposes
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
The J Paul Getty 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: Getty research institute grants - other
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Public charity · Portland, OR
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $519,000 to $738,628 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Project services soil health work in the red river watershed project & reforestation of previously mined lands project; San luis national wildlife refuge - blue goose unit...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Jane I Pettway Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Joey and Deborah Jacobs Family Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $167,500 · typical grant $25,000 to $142,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To further religious activities
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Private foundation · Bryn Mawr, PA
Joseph P Heenan Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,250 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,250 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational
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Public charity · Overland Park, KS
Mtf Fund
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $51,356 · typical grant $10,672 to $40,684 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Training and education for pastors
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Private foundation · Gilford, NH
Student Grant Program Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $137,700 · typical grant $12,000 to $29,800 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Memphis
John Dustin Buckman Charitable Trust
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $20,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Benefit children; 2023 grant request; Grant requested; Benefit charity; Public benefit
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Public charity · Cordova
Bellevue Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $700,083 · typical grant $15,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
77% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Bartlett
Knapp Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
24 Tennessee grants totaling $141,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General/operating; Senior workshop series
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United Way · Hendersonville
United Way of Sumner County
How to apply: not stated
23 Tennessee grants totaling $458,197 · typical grant $9,078 to $27,115 (tax year 2024)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health focus; Financial stability; Youth opportunity; Rebuilding lives; Community resiliency
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Roger B & Evelyn W Paddison Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
20 Tennessee grants totaling $157,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jan 31 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Mobile meals; Educational; Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
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Public charity · Spring Hill
Legacytree Foundation
How to apply: not stated
15 Tennessee grants totaling $480,467 · typical grant $8,961 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide spiritual, physical, and humanitarian aid to those in need
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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.