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48 foundations that funded “Justice”

  1. Public charity · Knoxville

    Justice Frank F Drowota Trust

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $8,975 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide legal assistance to low-income individuals

  2. Public charity · New York, NY

    Justice Innovation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,354 · typical grant $9,147 to $9,207 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Subcontractor federal grant

  3. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Justice Center Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy

  4. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Equal Justice Works

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $154,350 · typical grant $7,000 to $88,350 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Fellowship support

  5. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Jobs With Justice Education Fund

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $284,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $32,400 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Public charity · Durham, NC

    Southern Coalition for Social Justice

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Solve spark grant

  7. Public charity · Nashville

    Center for Contemplative Justice

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $88,627 · typical grant $7,000 to $71,627 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Outreach travel; Community support; Recovery housing

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Axis of Justice Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General use of donee

  9. Public charity · Louisville, KY

    Lee Initiative Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Racial justice srrj

  10. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Bar Foundation

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    38 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $95,000 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Administration of justice; Legal services

  11. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Southern Partners Fund Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social,Economic & Environm Justice

  12. Private foundation · Washington, DC

    Public Welfare Foundation Inc.

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for gideon's trumpet redux-continued; Support for justice, not just surviving; Support for mississippi prison reform coalition; Support for towards a people's justice;...

  13. Private foundation · Memphis

    Formanek Foundation

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    15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · typical grant $40,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits; To support the provision of health care for underinsured people; To improve Memphis by the revival of...

  14. 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...

  15. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Ford Foundation

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...

  16. 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...

  17. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Jane I Pettway Foundation

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    40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant

  18. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Bailey Family Foundation

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    19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...

  19. Private foundation · Northfield, VT

    The Sid and Cecelia Lance Family Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,500 · typical grant $5,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Serve and study international program

  20. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Windward Fund

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $510,000 · typical grant $90,000 to $220,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Environmental programs

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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.