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100 foundations that funded “Opera” in Shelby County
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
The Klarman Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $500,000 · typical grant $500,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Unrestricted operating support in New England
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
The Fruehauf Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $24,000 · typical grant $24,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Medical operating support
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Private foundation · Nashville
Joe C Davis Foundation
Takes applications
106 Tennessee grants totaling $6 million · typical grant $10,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
7 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capacity building & operating support; Capital support; Operating & capacity building support; Capacity building support; Operating support & capacity building
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Public charity · Nashville
Smile 180 Foundation
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47 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $21,541 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
19 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Grant for dental clinic operations; Grant for dental clinic operations, capital improvements, and dental safety net payments; Grant for dental clinic operations and capital...
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Fugitive Foundation
Takes applications
41 Tennessee grants totaling $237,950 · typical grant $1,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign & operating support
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Public charity · Cordova
Housing for the Elderly of Henderson County Inc.
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $450,000 · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: To support charitable operations in compliance with organizational charter and bylaws
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Private foundation · Jackson
James E Campbell Family Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $462,700 · typical grant $6,000 to $159,100 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign and unrestricted operations; Century Fund and Unrestricted operations
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Public charity · Memphis
Methodist Healthcare Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $110,730 to $348,600 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Various programs and operational support; Professorship, Research, & IRB Fees; Clinic Support; Endovascular Fellowship; Capital Acquisitions
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Private foundation · New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...
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Public charity · Memphis
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $6.1 million · typical grant $724,775 to $1.9 million (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: FedEx Fam House Operational; Capital Acquisitions; Operational Support and Marketing; Research Services And IRB Fees
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Public charity · Fort Lee, NJ
The Players Alliance Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial support for operations; Field improvements
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Private foundation · Camden, SC
Wateree Floodlands Memorial Forest
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the operations of the org; To promote gospel music; Alleviate poverty
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Public charity · Memphis
Housing Preservation Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $110,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation - general operating
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Hearst Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $250,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide general operating support; To support the LifeSet program for youth transitioning out of foster care
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Vf Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Memphis Rox Programs Operations; Flood Relief and Recovery in Valencia, Spain
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Private foundation · Wadsworth, OH
The Louis B & Joan M Perry Family
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Program and operational support
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, MI
Randall Dick J and Carolyn L Fdn
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $56,000 · typical grant $56,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Support for daily operation
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Private foundation · Delaware, DE
Ocean Forest Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,600 · typical grant $3,600 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Support charity operation
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Private foundation · Jacksonville, FL
Ray Sutton Mcgehee Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,443 · typical grant $3,443 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Oct 1 · next Oct 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Non-restricted operational support
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Private foundation · Alliance, OH
Sangree Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: For general operating needs of the organization
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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.