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18 foundations in Hawkins County

  1. Public charity · Knoxville

    East Tennessee Foundation

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    250 Tennessee grants totaling $12.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Human services; Disaster relief; Arts & culture; Education; Youth development

  2. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Tractor Supply Company Foundation

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    135 Tennessee grants totaling $892,850 · typical grant $250 to $500 (tax year 2025)

    93% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hometown heroes donation

  3. United Way · Kingsport

    United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc.

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    37 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $16,000 to $58,097 (tax year 2025)

    3% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Public charity · Santa Barbara, CA

    Direct Relief

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    32 Tennessee grants totaling $12.2 million · typical grant $26,826 to $325,000 (tax year 2024)

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support to us clinics & health centers for low-income, uninsured patients; Hurricane helene response

  5. Public charity · Kingsport

    Eastman Credit Union

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    29 Tennessee grants totaling $746,224 · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General contribution; Event sponsorship; General contribution/event sponsorship; Development contribution; Expansion project/snap relief/event sponsorship

  6. Public charity · Stamford, CT

    Americares Foundation Inc.

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    21 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $20,000 to $61,100 (tax year 2024)

    47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Ongoing

  7. Private foundation · New York, NY

    New York Life Foundation

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    19 Tennessee grants totaling $71,500 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    95% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educ. General; Cca general

  8. Public charity · Franklin

    Tennessee Charitable Care Network

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $305,504 · typical grant $10,050 to $25,990 (tax year 2025)

    6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To improve health care services offered to low-income, underserved tennesseans.

  9. Public charity · New York, NY

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services

  10. Public charity · Arlington, VA

    Meals On Wheels America

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $150,737 · typical grant $10,000 to $31,362 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Project support

  11. Public charity · Knoxville

    Knoxville Firefighters Association

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $157,407 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education program

  12. Public charity · Chattanooga

    Southern Health Plan Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $36,649 · typical grant $5,600 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Public charity · Los Angeles, CA

    Baby2baby

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $406,508 · typical grant $14,325 to $156,558 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: In-kind donations of program supplies for needy families

  14. United Way · Rogersville

    United Way of Hawkins County Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $48,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $17,500 (tax year 2025)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Clyde W Harrell Educational Fund

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $38,927 · typical grant $500 to $37,927 (tax year 2023)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 30 · next Apr 30, 2027 (from its 2023 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded: Scholarships

  16. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Association of Conservation Districts

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $77,793 · typical grant $18,000 to $41,774 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Technical assistance

  17. Private foundation · Canonsburg, PA

    Cnx Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Public charity · Newark, DE

    American Online Giving Foundation Inc.

    Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    571 Tennessee grants totaling $34.4 million · typical grant $7,299 to $20,213 (tax year 2025)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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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.