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49 foundations that funded “Building”

Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc.

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $104,540 · typical grant $9,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: GOTV/Voter Registration; Divine 9 Voter Mobilization
Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Truist Foundation Inc.

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26 Tennessee grants totaling $715,970 · typical grant $10,000 to $31,000 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

13 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Building career pathways to; Thriving communities; Strengthening small; Presidential honors; Special programs
Community foundation · Asheville, NC
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $418,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Building community & economic vitality; Promoting quality health; Religion; Assisting people in need
Public charity · Philadelphia, PA
Abim Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Building trust - discover, decipher, demonstrate; Vivid health connect - clinical training
Private foundation · Tacoma, WA
Gary E Milgard Family Foundation - Mark

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Building the bulls
Private foundation · Nashville
Joe C Davis Foundation

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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
Public charity · Nashville
Greater Nashville Association of Realtors Inc.

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3 Tennessee grants totaling $80,061 · typical grant $5,000 to $69,061 (tax year 2025)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Home building
Public charity · Washington, DC
YWCA USA Inc.

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $67,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $47,000 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Capacity building, emergency grant; Techgyrls program implementation, emergency grant
Public charity · Tampa, FL
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $433,918 · typical grant $212,737 to $221,181 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Capacity building
Public charity · Newport News, VA
The Rosser Foundation A Pure Charitable Trust and Public Charit

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $766,031 · typical grant $155,000 to $611,031 (tax year 2025)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

2 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Church building
Public charity · New York, NY
Community Solutions International Inc.

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $200,938 · typical grant $90,000 to $110,938 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Capacity building - built for zero coordinator; Capacity building - upstream system coordinator - prevention & diversion coordinator
Private foundation · Palo Alto, CA
The Schmidt Family Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $200,000 · typical grant $100,000 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Capacity building; Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
Public charity · Denver, CO
Charter Fund Inc.

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23 Tennessee grants totaling $9.9 million · typical grant $100,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)

Funded: Charter school capacity-building; Impact and innovation; Charter school growth
Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

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6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...
Public charity · Knoxville
Prevention Alliance of Tennessee

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7 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To provide assistance with capacity building in order to build and strengthen the organization.
Private foundation · Brentwood
Powell Foundation

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41 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

4 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Scholarship; Building fund; Annual gift; Hutchins legacy fund; UT genomics graduate student
Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Ken W Davis Foundation

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3 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Restoration for self-trafficking; Building project - capital campaign
Public charity · Oakland, CA
Public Health Institute

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3 Tennessee grants totaling $84,574 · typical grant $11,500 to $45,074 (tax year 2024)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Research; Capacity Building
Public charity · Brattleboro, VT
World Learning Inc.

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $47,148 · typical grant $16,323 to $30,825 (tax year 2024)

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Participant exchanges; Capacity building
Private foundation · Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation

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30 Tennessee grants totaling $6.2 million · typical grant $120,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

2 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Project support grant to complete the final phase of the locally driven narrative efforts supported by ideas42; Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen...

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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.