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27 foundations that funded “Foundation Library System”

  1. Public charity · Sevierville

    Foundation for the Sevier County Library System

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $62,601 · typical grant $5,732 to $39,575 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Program materials and expenses; Tile wall; Rm furnishings building

  2. Private foundation · Lebanon

    Jim Horne & Evelyn S Hankins Foundation

    Takes applications

    29 Tennessee grants totaling $195,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Assist children in the community; Provide programs and activities for seniors; Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment; Affordable tuition...

  3. Community foundation · Nashville

    The Community Foundation of Middle

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    1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    55 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: 2024 support; To provide 1st time support for your important mission; General giving; Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and...

  4. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Frist Foundation

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    128 Tennessee grants totaling $32.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    15 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General support directed by lauren elcan ingram; Operating support for 2024; General support directed by julie and tommy frist; General support directed by jennifer and billy...

  5. Private foundation · Athens

    Athens Federal Foundation

    Takes applications

    43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    9 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...

  6. Public charity · Phoenix

    Memorial Health Care System Inc.

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $7,750 to $69,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community support

  7. Private foundation · Greeneville

    Bartlett-Patterson Corporation

    Takes applications

    18 Tennessee grants totaling $164,108 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To instill values in youth and build character.; Acquire books for the library; To provide care of young people; To assist young people in the community and to assist in the...

  8. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    The Lanier Theological Library Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $435,147 · typical grant $10,000 to $425,147 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  9. Private foundation · Nashville

    James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    26 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    4 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern Tennessee from hurricane helene; Recovery in community capital campaign; Capital fund support - new building; Fall bash -...

  10. Private foundation · Memphis

    H W Durham Foundation

    Takes applications

    21 Tennessee grants totaling $414,045 · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for seniors; Providing flowers to spread joy and inspire kindness; Community support services; Medical care for seniors; Legal services

  11. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Gannett Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,500 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Bedford Hills, NY

    Weeden Foundation

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $6,500 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grants

  13. 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

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation

    Takes applications

    39 Tennessee grants totaling $319,150 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grant for support of program mission for youth; Grant for support of program mission for education; Grant for support of program mission for community; Community grant for...

  15. Private foundation · Nashville

    Scarlett Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    250 Tennessee grants totaling $8.6 million · typical grant $7,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 15 · next Dec 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Tuition; Support for operations; Support for operations and capacity building; Support for director of operations and director of student support; Student support in memorium...

  16. Private foundation · Nashville

    The West End Home Foundation

    Takes applications

    44 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $17,500 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)

  17. 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...

  18. Public charity · Nashville

    The Junior League of Nashville Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $7,000 to $25,660 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Literacy programs; Pediatric rehab unit; Diaper bank; Educational programs

  19. Private foundation · Nashville

    M A@rikard Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $69,300 · typical grant $4,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  20. 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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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.