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957 foundations in Davidson County

  1. Private foundation · Winona, MN

    Slaggie Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $46,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $16,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    Highmark Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $107,500 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $7,500 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Five-year grant (2021-2025) to support traditionally under-represented minorities with dental scholarships.; To support school grants and award programs

  3. Public charity · New York, NY

    Delivering Good Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3.6 million · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $1.4 million to $2.3 million (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Poverty assistance

  4. Private foundation · Santa Fe, NM

    Frank W Yates Jr Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $3,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Wm Keck Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,000 to $1.3 million (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To understand the neural circuits that link oral sensation to feeding behavior

  6. Private foundation · Portland, OR

    The Renaissance Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships

  7. Private foundation · Ballston Lake, NY

    Christopher W Kurkjian Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To create sustainable jobs & provide relief by distributing shoes & clothing around the world.; To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases...

  8. Public charity · Vancouver, WA

    Banfield Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $37,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $27,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Preventive care clinic

  9. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Hearst Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $250,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $100,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide general operating support; To support the LifeSet program for youth transitioning out of foster care

  10. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Ira M Gambill Medical Education Trust

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  11. Community foundation · Jackson, MS

    Community Foundation for Mississippi

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $20,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General oper support

  12. Private foundation · Minden, NV

    Wayne L Prim Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To honor and support america's defenders, veterans, first responders, and their families; To advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases, with a...

  13. Private foundation · Austin, TX

    Nelson Puett Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical

  14. Public charity · New York, NY

    Community Solutions International Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $200,938 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $90,000 to $110,938 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Capacity building - built for zero coordinator; Capacity building - upstream system coordinator - prevention & diversion coordinator

  15. Private foundation · Duluth, GA

    Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,375 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $9,375 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  16. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    Walske Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  17. Public charity · Lockhart, TX

    Soundwaves Art Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $34,500 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $16,500 to $18,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General support grant

  18. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    The Vf Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Feb 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Memphis Rox Programs Operations; Flood Relief and Recovery in Valencia, Spain

  19. Public charity · Huntington, WV

    Hope in the Hills Incorporated Healing Appalachia

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support Addiction Recovery

  20. Private foundation · Peoria, IL

    Hunzeker Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $9,000 · 1 in Davidson County · typical grant $2,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

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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.