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94 foundations that funded “Education Foundation” in Shelby County
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Public charity · San Diego, CA
The San Diego Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $658,441 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $7,000 to $14,600 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For scholarships; To support national bail out
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Private foundation · Nashville
Tennessee Titans Foundation
Takes applications
124 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · 11 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
84% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating budget
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Scripps Howard Foundation
How to apply: not stated
37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)
54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend
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Public charity · Jacksonville, FL
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
20 Tennessee grants totaling $525,266 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $12,980 to $39,280 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Battelle Memorial Institute
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match
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Public charity · New York, NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services
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Private foundation · Providence, RI
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353
Takes applications
17 Tennessee grants totaling $51,066 · 3 in Shelby County · typical grant $370 to $3,115 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift to civic agency; Matching gift to education; Matching gift to enviornement agency; General support to civic agency; Matching gift to health & human services agency
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Public charity · Washington, DC
New Venture Fund
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · 6 in Shelby County · typical grant $20,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Arts, culture, and humanities; Civil rights, social action, advocacy; Environmental programs; Youth development and education; Technology and innovation
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Public charity · Bethesda, MD
Impactassetsinc
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
27 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · 5 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Denver, CO
Charter Fund Inc.
How to apply: not stated
23 Tennessee grants totaling $9.9 million · 9 in Shelby County · typical grant $100,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Charter school capacity-building; Impact and innovation; Charter school growth
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Public charity · Memphis
The Urban Child Institute
How to apply: not stated
43 Tennessee grants totaling $5 million · 39 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK
Feed the Children Inc.
How to apply: not stated
33 Tennessee grants totaling $5.7 million · 9 in Shelby County · typical grant $23,726 to $152,603 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Necessities for children and families experiencing hunger and hardship
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Private foundation · Windcrest, TX
Ja Leppard Foundation Trust
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Christian eductation & mission work
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Public charity · New York, NY
Save the Music Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $144,699 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $23,120 to $63,157 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music eduation
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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.