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5 foundations that funded “Local Initiatives Support Corporation”

  1. Public charity · New York, NY

    Local Initiatives Support Corporation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $177,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Public charity · Chapel Hill

    International Association of Lions Clubs

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $72,696 · typical grant $10,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support local high school athletics; To support hurricane disaster relief; To support sight services and other community initiatives; To support the local community

  3. Public charity · Beaverton, OR

    City Fund

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    29 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $50,000 to $145,000 (tax year 2024)

    64% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To support enrollment growth for sy24-25; To support continued enrollment/seat growth through sy25/26; To support the successful launch of encompass community school; To...

  4. Private foundation · Princeton, NJ

    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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    19 Tennessee grants totaling $2.6 million · typical grant $25,256 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 82000 rwjf healthy communities -- site visit grant; 82534 advancing economic inclusion and family wellbeing across Appalachia; 80655 using measuring love to train leaders in...

  5. Public charity · Memphis

    Baptist Memorial Hospital

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $181,017 to $10.3 million (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Sponsor event to help organization raise funds for local breast cancer screenings, diagnostics, and treatment services for uninsured and underserved individuals; Support...

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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.