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2,530 foundations

  1. Public charity · Memphis

    Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $6.1 million · typical grant $29,729 to $715,828 (tax year 2024)

    7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Various medical and community programs; Various research studies; Scholarships & tuition deferral; Various community programs; Hospice house and bereavement center

  2. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    American Cancer Society Inc.

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Patient Support; Health Eq Ambassador; Extramural Research; Support/Conv Sponsor; Support/Research

  3. 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...

  4. United Way · Bristol

    United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc.

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $418,526 · typical grant $9,000 to $53,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Public charity · Nashville

    The Cma Foundation

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $807,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General support for programming to enhance youth development through music learning; Mental health support for music industry professionals; Music teachers of excellence...

  6. Public charity · Dyersburg

    Workforce Innovations

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $3.4 million · typical grant $30,522 to $419,818 (tax year 2024)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support 'workforce innovation and opportunity act of 2014' activities

  7. United Way · Greeneville

    Greene County United Way Inc.

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    14 Tennessee grants totaling $244,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $23,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Toby S Wilt Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $155,550 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Private foundation · Bristol

    Clarke Charitable Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $37,720 · typical grant $200 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Volunteer rescue; Children's hospital; Public chaity; Educational; Childrens home

  10. Private foundation · Germantown

    Irvin Lansky Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $575,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)

    8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Jobs for life; Pcn program education; Teach reading skills to elementary children; Personal and career development; Jewish family services

  11. Private foundation · Memphis

    International Paper Company Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $148,535 · typical grant $2,252 to $13,683 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Carter county food for kids backpack program; Donated shipping for menstrual health program; Junior achievement biz town; Habitat improvement along rivers in greater Nashville...

  12. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Willayne E Towe Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $97,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Private foundation · Irvine, CA

    Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $84,050 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Research, general support & education

  14. Public charity · Brownsville

    Southwest Members Care Inc.

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $110,274 · typical grant $7,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    92% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Supplies; Furniture for new office; Supplies, maintenance; Mobile units expenses; New equipment

  15. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Share Our Strength

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $208,095 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: School Meals

  16. Public charity · Johnson City

    Mountain States Health Alliance

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $924,073 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    73% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program support for children in the court system; Substandard Housing Program; Pediatrics Conference; Program Support-Center for Nursing Excellence; Program Support-College of Pharmacy

  17. Public charity · Memphis

    Memphis Jewish Federation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $26,700 to $135,298 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Public charity · New York, NY

    Ernst & Young Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $275,310 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts

  19. Public charity · Indianapolis, IN

    National Collegiate Athletic Association

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $9.9 million · typical grant $15,478 to $30,478 (tax year 2024)

    8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grants; Grants/Scholarships

  20. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Slemp Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $1,250 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jul 15, Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship Grant; Program Supplies fund, Outdoor Experiences and Volunteer Training fund and Resources fund for Sequoyah Council (Lee and Wise Counties, VA); Lee and Wise...

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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.