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75 foundations that funded “University” in Hamilton County
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV
The Elmer R Deaver Foundation Idt
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $31,800 · typical grant $31,800 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Apr 5, Jun 1 · next Apr 5, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Evansville, IN
Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Olympia, WA
Peakcu Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
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91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General donation; Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship
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Private foundation · Franklin
Richard Siegel Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $198,830 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,210 (tax year 2025)
35% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship; Richard siegel foundation grant; Richard seigel foundation grant
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Private foundation · The Woodlands, TX
Chesmar Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Public charity · Brunswick, GA
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc.
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation
Takes applications
60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
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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...
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Private foundation · West Conshohocken, PA
John Templeton Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $615,323 · typical grant $23,434 to $167,527 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Tokens show: public theology, human flourishing, the good life; Mental health first responders for spiritual yearning among "religious dones"; Understanding the dynamical...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $330,422 · typical grant $75,000 to $174,257 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Policy; Matching Gift
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
Georgia Power Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $84,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Feeding programs for whitfield county, georgia; Veteran employment and health and wellness project
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation
Takes applications
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
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation
Takes applications
34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and education.
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Private foundation · Morristown
Wallace Foundation
Takes applications
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
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Public charity · Oakland, CA
New Schools Fund
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $115,000 to $215,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Innovative schools; Learning differences
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Public charity · New York, NY
Huntington's Disease Society
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $17,500 to $45,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community services
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Sir Philip Sidney Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $17,900 · typical grant $900 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Scholarship; To support a program for special needs student and scholarship
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Community foundation · Jackson, MS
Community Foundation for Mississippi
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General oper support
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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...
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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.