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1,274 foundations in Shelby County
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Private foundation · Bernardsville, NJ
Edward and Nancy Deutsch Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $100 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $50 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Overland Park, KS
Ash Grove Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Environmental protection; Health services
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Private foundation · Ligonier, PA
Rk Mellon Family Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Green Bay, WI
Schneider National Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $4,350 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $750 to $3,600 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Winston Salem, NC
The Presbyterian Hospital
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,040 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $8,040 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community outreach
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Public charity · El Segundo, CA
Groundswell Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General purpose / unrestricted
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Private foundation · Western Springs, IL
David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $7.5 million · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $200 to $7.5 million (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Community foundation · Fremont, CA
American Muslim Community Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General philanthropy
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Public charity · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Kingdom Fire Ministries
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,500 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $6,000 to $19,500 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · The Woodlands, TX
The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To find cures and means of prevention for childhood catastrophic diseases through research and treatment
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Public charity · San Diego, CA
Sempra Employee Giving Network
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $51,079 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,663 to $35,416 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
Jean & Lewis Wolff Family
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,100 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $100 to $10,000 (tax year 2023)
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Public charity · Utica, MS
Mississippi Center for Cultural Production
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Arts & wellness grant
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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis-Shelby County Law Enforcement Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $51,897 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $16,186 to $35,711 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Drone package; Drone range enhancer/swat
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Private foundation · Hendersonville
Carolyn Smith Foundation
Takes applications
146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2 million · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services - local community; Health - General; Medical research; Provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in Middle Tennessee; Programs...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship; The classic tee sponsor / clays...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Lawson Family Foundation
Takes applications
71 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · 1 in Shelby 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 · Nashville
T & T Family Foundation
Takes applications
70 Tennessee grants totaling $467,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General funds; Madison campus; General funds, Nashville area; Academic remediation for disadvantaged students; Helping individuals with beginning again (ged + daycare while learning)
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Boyd Foundation
Takes applications
56 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: For annual budget.; To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.; To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in East Tennessee.; To...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Regal Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Children & family; Health; Military
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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.