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237 foundations that funded “Childrens”

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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...

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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.