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448 foundations in Knox County

  1. Public charity · Agawam, MA

    The Harold Grinspoon Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $99,508 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $9,978 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Life & legacy grants; Pjl grants

  2. Public charity · Hoover, AL

    Servant Life Missions Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $220,590 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $26,155 to $118,605 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Facilitate camps and activities in foreign countries for the organization's volunteers mission trips

  3. Private foundation · Purchase, NY

    Central National Gottesman Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $23,000 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $1,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: College tuition

  4. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    O'sullivan Family Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $65,000 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Public charity · Washington, DC

    International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $215,500 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $5,500 to $185,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Programmatic support

  6. Public charity · New York, NY

    American Council of Learned Societies

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $133,000 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $8,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Stipends/fellowships

  7. Public charity · Arlington, VA

    Nami National

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $46,550 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $6,000 to $26,500 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General Support and Program Assistance

  8. Public charity · New York, NY

    Huntington's Disease Society

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $17,500 to $45,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Community services

  9. Public charity · South Bend, IN

    Lesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $695,432 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $73,342 to $360,515 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Relief

  10. Private foundation · Merrill, WI

    Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,250 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $100 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hattie's luncheon fundraiser

  11. Public charity · Tacoma, WA

    Leadership Foundations

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $109,972 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $7,229 to $60,793 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Mentoring and training

  12. Public charity · Los Angeles, CA

    Round It Up America Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,083 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $10,083 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community service programs

  13. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Executive Leadership Council

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  14. Public charity · Oakland, CA

    Public Health Institute

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $84,574 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $11,500 to $45,074 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Research; Capacity Building

  15. Public charity · Silver Spring, MD

    American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $66,544 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $5,552 to $49,990 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Monarch butterflies; Fl broodstock managm & coral holding project; Radiated tortoise

  16. United Way · Indianapolis, IN

    United Way of Central Indiana Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $27,256 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $6,792 to $13,372 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donor Choice

  17. Community foundation · Detroit, MI

    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $607,465 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $10,000 to $360,715 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education; Health care

  18. Private foundation · Altavista, VA

    The English Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $2,500 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $-1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships

  19. Private foundation · South Burlington, VT

    Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,100 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $100 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Public charity · New York, NY

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $83,500 · 1 in Knox County · typical grant $10,000 to $47,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community safety fund innovation grant; To provide funding to support domestic violence prevention work; To support the be smart evaluation project

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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.