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1,274 foundations in Shelby County

  1. Private foundation · Louisville, KY

    Julia & Isadore Klein Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $200 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  2. Private foundation · West Palm Beach, FL

    Puder Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contributions to duly organized charities for religious, educationalartistic and other purposes

  3. Private foundation · Terre Haute, IN

    Gregory L Gibson Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Private foundation · Sheboygan, WI

    Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Cancer research

  5. Private foundation · New Orleans, LA

    Clifford F Spanier Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General activity

  6. Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI

    Louis F and Florence H Weyand 1977

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Fayetteville, NY

    The Harris Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious, educational & medical

  8. Private foundation · Manakinsabot, VA

    The Charles M Caravati Foundation Fund

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $250 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  9. Private foundation · Wilmington, NC

    Japajag Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted contribution

  10. Private foundation · Pasadena, TX

    The Kaneka Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $47,542 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $47,542 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Sarasota, FL

    The Tillie Jennie & Harold Schwartz

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Toms River, NJ

    Oceanfirst Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $150 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $150 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Employee matching gift

  13. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Eissa A Bateh & Brothers Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $300 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $300 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The grant was made to further the recipient organizations charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes in accordance with section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

  14. Private foundation · Vernon, CT

    Mildred L Cannon Trust

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Alleviate suffering from cancer and heart disease

  15. Private foundation · Naples, FL

    The Martin Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $30,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $30,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  16. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Sharon & Lewis Korman Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: For operations

  17. Private foundation · Memphis

    William P & Marie R Lowenstein Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program Services

  18. Private foundation · Memphis

    First Horizon Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $18.6 million · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $18.6 million (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General operating funds

  19. Private foundation · Memphis

    Mcgehee Family Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Unrestricted contribution for the furtherance of the qualified charity's mission

  20. Private foundation · Memphis

    Jonathan P Formanek Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $175,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $175,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits

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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.