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76 foundations in Marion County

  1. United Way · Chicago, IL

    United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $22,592 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $10,092 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    The Spencer Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $158,300 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $48,422 to $109,878 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Can mentoring improve adolescent girls' educational outcomes?; Bilingual book clubs

  3. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Frank J B & Emma S Varallo Foundation Tr

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $900,000 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $900,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 1 · next Dec 1, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Operating funds

  4. Private foundation · Eclectic, AL

    The John Russell Thomas Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Private foundation · Greensboro, NC

    The Jonathan & Anne Smith Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Annual impact fund restricted for stem

  6. Private foundation · New Orleans, LA

    Ashley Lykes Geary Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating expense

  7. Private foundation · Ridgeland, MS

    C Spire Wireless Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: TechX Awards Competition

  8. Private foundation · Zionsville, IN

    Baumgardt Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $50 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  9. Private foundation · Boca Raton, FL

    The Marcy & Alan S Honig Charitable Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General welfare

  10. Private foundation · Portola Valley, CA

    Girls Rights Project

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To localize global development and invest in adolescent girls.

  11. Private foundation · Austin, TX

    Shield-Ayres Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Public charity · Newark, DE

    American Online Giving Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

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

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Community foundation · Little Rock, AR

    Arkansas Community Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $819,037 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $10,025 to $159,601 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the national ornamental metal museum as follows: 94% of annual disbursement to be used for general operating, 6% to be used for acquiring contemporary craft of...

  14. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $148,056 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $10,000 to $27,556 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Community foundation · Athens, GA

    Athens Area Community Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $107,000 · 1 in Marion County · typical grant $10,000 to $27,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Public charity · Alexandria, VA

    Good360

    How to apply: not stated · Donates products, not cash

    67 Tennessee grants totaling $244 million · 2 in Marion County · typical grant $11,461 to $146,998 (tax year 2024)

    68% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To assist those in need

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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.