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81 foundations in Sevier County

  1. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Kickin Cancer

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $7,000 (tax year 2022)

    Funded: To provide assitance with the cost of cancer treatments and other medical expenses; To aide in research, education, and treatment of those battling cancer

  2. United Way · Baltimore, MD

    The United Way of Central Maryland Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $49,780 · typical grant $6,834 to $28,746 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Designated and or granted in support of agency programs

  3. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Park Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $321,738 · typical grant $73,000 to $111,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Connect; Protect

  4. Public charity · Louisville, KY

    Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Alexandria, IN

    Gaither Charitable Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $505,500 · typical grant $500 to $500,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Golf benefit

  6. Public charity · Nashville

    Christmas Village

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $766,000 · typical grant $76,600 to $536,200 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To fund education; To fund research and patient care

  7. Public charity · Alexandria, VA

    National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $120,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide financial assistance with healthcare to uninsured and underinsured

  8. Public charity · Orlando, FL

    Westgate Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donation to operating fund

  9. Public charity · Sevierville

    Foundation for the Sevier County Library System

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $62,601 · typical grant $5,732 to $39,575 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Program materials and expenses; Tile wall; Rm furnishings building

  10. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Gannett Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,500 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Falconwood Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $3,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General support, unrestricted

  12. Public charity · Wilkesbarre, PA

    The Luzerne Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $40,600 · typical grant $8,600 to $32,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health & wellness; Educational

  13. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Circle of Service Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,600 · typical grant $1,600 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Match/discretionary; Community services

  14. United Way · New Orleans, LA

    United Way of Southeast Louisiana

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,032 · typical grant $25,936 to $74,096 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant funding and designated gifts; Designated gifts

  15. Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO

    Enterprise Bank & Trust Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $200 · typical grant $100 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable Work

  16. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Webster Bank Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,200 · typical grant $100 to $1,100 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  17. Public charity · Greeneville

    Missionary Companion Ministries Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $19,161 · typical grant $8,000 to $11,161 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Logan, KS

    Dane G Hansen Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Funds to replenish the imaginiation library program

  19. Private foundation · Bargersville, IN

    The Moody Family Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Support the general charitable operations of the organization

  20. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Medwed Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,530 · typical grant $2,530 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Unrestricted general

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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.