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68 foundations that funded “Schools Foundation” in Hamilton County
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Lawson Family Foundation
Takes applications
71 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · 1 in Hamilton County · 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
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Private foundation · Camden, NJ
American Water Charitable Foundationinc
Takes applications
28 Tennessee grants totaling $275,925 · 20 in Hamilton County · typical grant $1,500 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)
33% 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 · 1 in Hamilton County · 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 · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation
Takes applications
34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · 30 in Hamilton County · 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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Public charity · Chattnooga
The Young Women's Leadership Academy Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $200,000 · 2 in Hamilton County · typical grant $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: School improvements and educational materials
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Kennedy Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · 8 in Hamilton County · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support a public charity; To provide funding for a professorship; To fund a new building for the nursing school
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Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation
Takes applications
60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · 30 in Hamilton County · 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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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · 7 in Hamilton County · 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: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
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Private foundation · Lebanon
Jim Horne & Evelyn S Hankins Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $195,500 · 1 in Hamilton County · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Assist children in the community; Provide programs and activities for seniors; Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment; Affordable tuition...
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Public charity · Goodlettsville
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
How to apply: not stated
81 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · 1 in Hamilton County · typical grant $8,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2025)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: English as a second; Atoz family; Literacy support for; Bim family literacy; Literacy changes liv
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Astre Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · 1 in Hamilton County · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Contribution to scholarship fund
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Private foundation · Thomson, GA
The Knox Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · 1 in Hamilton County · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Durham, NC
Abauman Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · 1 in Hamilton County · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Tennessee Titans Foundation
Takes applications
124 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · 4 in Hamilton County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
84% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating budget
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Kenneth E Boring Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $38,000 · 4 in Hamilton County · typical grant $5,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Greatest need; Museum college daze
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Public charity · Chattanooga
The Layman Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $205,556 · 1 in Hamilton County · typical grant $21,429 to $125,397 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship funds; Opera/cap/sch fds
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Day Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · 2 in Hamilton County · typical grant $30,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Tuition assistance
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Private foundation · Fitzgerald, GA
William James Dorminy Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · 1 in Hamilton County · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Brunswick, GA
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · 1 in Hamilton County · typical grant $15,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Cleveland
Mark E Smith Foundation Ua Dated 11-9-22
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $154,486 · 2 in Hamilton County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,490 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Various athletic program donations; Football program; General operating expenses and scholastics program; Sponsorship and a/v student program; Women's basketball program
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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.