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237 foundations that funded “Childrens”
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Chorus America Association
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $42,500 · typical grant $20,000 to $22,500 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music grant
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Public charity · El Segundo, CA
Groundswell Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General purpose / unrestricted
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Public charity · San Diego, CA
Sempra Employee Giving Network
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $51,079 · typical grant $15,663 to $35,416 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Mutual of America Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $103,460 · typical grant $50 to $1,200 (tax year 2025)
89% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Madison, AL
North Alabama Trail Riders Association Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $68,371 · typical grant $8,272 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operation
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Public charity · Houston, TX
Donatestock Charitable Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $866,319 · typical grant $9,834 to $832,021 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Arcus Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $106,654 · typical grant $504 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: 2024 grantmakers for southern progress membership support
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Trucking Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $43,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Ike Nizam Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $6,600 · typical grant $850 to $3,500 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To promote and support function as public charities and/or exempt operating foundations
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Public charity · Oakland, CA
Public Health Institute
How to apply: not stated
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
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Public charity · Chehalis, WA
Empowering American Communities
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,375 · typical grant $3,175 to $3,200 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · St Paul, MN
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $122,100 · typical grant $15,000 to $63,850 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Multiple grants for multiple purposes
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship; The classic tee sponsor / clays...
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Public charity · Concord, NC
Speedway Children's Charities
How to apply: not stated
58 Tennessee grants totaling $745,475 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Murfreesboro
Charity Circle of Murfreesboro
How to apply: not stated
38 Tennessee grants totaling $697,650 · typical grant $8,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution to donor advised fund to be used as general support for charities
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Private foundation · Coraopolis, PA
Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation
Takes applications
25 Tennessee grants totaling $114,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grant for youth sports; Teammate resource group grants; 10th year anniversary grants
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Battelle Memorial Institute
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match
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Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Burgess Family Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $260,670 · typical grant $2,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2025)
74% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · White Bluff
Doochin Family Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $115,038 · typical grant $300 to $11,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Battle Creek, MI
Wk Kellogg Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $17,500 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching Grant; Health and Health Equity; Promise of an Equitable Future; Trustee Mini Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security
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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.