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184 foundations that funded “Education Foundation”
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Wolftever Charitable Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Community foundation · Lexington, KY
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $535,159 · typical grant $40,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Education Trust Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education
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31 Tennessee grants totaling $7.1 million · typical grant $100,000 to $375,000 (tax year 2024)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Award
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc.
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $133,504 · typical grant $750 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual fund on behalf of kate caldwell nevin; Lindy hop; Genneral operations
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lillian L Colby Charitable Foundation
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $400,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Knoxville
Women's Fund of East Tennessee
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $382,610 · typical grant $35,000 (tax year 2024)
73% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Youth development; Human services; Arts, culture; Philanthropy; Educ. Institutions
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Public charity · Jackson
Leaders Credit Union
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $273,200 · typical grant $33,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community Outreach; Forward Jackson; Scholarships/Grants
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
National Center for Teacher Residencies
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $719,629 · typical grant $170,000 to $329,629 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Teacher residency
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Private foundation · Nashville
Gibson Gives
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100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts
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Community foundation · New York, NY
The New York Community Trust
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
44 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For program support.; For a scholarship award.
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Public charity · Minneapolis, MN
Educational Credit Management Corporation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,199 to $120,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fafsa student support; Project success, fafsa student support
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United Way · Knoxville
United Way of Loudon County Inc.
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $233,150 · typical grant $10,000 to $16,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Program assistance
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Public charity · St Louis, MO
Saint Thomas West Hospital
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34 Tennessee grants totaling $663,167 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Support of Teeth For Life program; Support of pregnancy services for uninsured, low income women; Support of No-Cost Mental Health Counseling; Support of Community Health...
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United Way · Athens
United Way of Mcminn and Meigs Counties
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $484,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $53,400 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Partner agency; Community grant
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Public charity · Cookeville
Putnam Education Partnership Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $13,500 · typical grant $6,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Na; Band grant; Cte/ctso support
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Donaldson Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $54,870 · typical grant $6,870 to $28,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution provided
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Public charity · Irvine, CA
Taco Bell Foundation Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide support services and programs for underprivileged children, to help them grow up; To provide financial support at the local level for boys and girls clubs throughout...
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $800,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $700,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To pilot competency-based math course redesign models to foster more equitable pathways to success at community colleges; To build capacity to digitally engage adult learners...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $89,350 · typical grant $7,500 to $67,600 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Arconic greening stem grant; Community impact project; Dod legacy award
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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.