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431 foundations that funded “Charities”

  1. Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA

    The Saramar Charitable Fund

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Ivoryton, CT

    Eagan Family Charitable Foundation Trust

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 15 · next May 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  3. Private foundation · Pompton Plains, NJ

    Arthur & Hilda Wenig Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Advance cures & prevention ofpediatric diseases thruresearch & treatment

  4. Private foundation · Holmdel, NJ

    Robert F & Valerie Wright Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Wichita, KS

    The Toon Family Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI

    William E Mcelroy Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,125 · typical grant $9,125 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  7. Private foundation · Falmouth, ME

    The Bopp Family Charitable Trust

    How to apply: not stated

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $200 · typical grant $200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  8. Private foundation · Mobile, AL

    Nan H Altmayer Charitable Trust

    How to apply: not stated

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $24,400 · typical grant $24,400 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Private foundation · Pella, IA

    Sam & Lisa Van Maanen Charitable

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

    Funded: For foundation

  10. Private foundation · New Lexington, OH

    Bpoe 509 Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

  11. Public charity · Cohoes, NY

    The Ayco Charitable Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    51 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,100 (tax year 2025)

    28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious institutions; Community & human services; Environment & animal protection; Colleges and universities; Arts and culture

  12. Public charity · Concord, NH

    New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $72,600 · typical grant $5,900 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For general support and designated distribution

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Roger B & Evelyn W Paddison Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    20 Tennessee grants totaling $157,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jan 31 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Mobile meals; Educational; Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship

  14. Private foundation · Louisville, KY

    Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $32,790 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the programming, production and education outreach; To provide protection, maintenance and improvement of radnor lake; To support the conservation of Tennessee's...

  15. Private foundation · Boynton Beach, FL

    Nat R & Martha M Knaster Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Unrestricted $10,000now campaign beta pi chapter $2,500; College fund for haslam business school at university of Tennessee; Haslam facility expense fund for new business...

  16. Public charity · Alexandria, VA

    National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $120,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide financial assistance with healthcare to uninsured and underinsured

  17. Public charity · Short Hills, NJ

    Christopher Reeve Foundation A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,517 · typical grant $6,609 to $18,908 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Therapeutic horseback riding; Adaptive sports

  18. Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    Calvin P & Irma B Bentley Charitable Fnd Pnc

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,350 · typical grant $1,850 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  19. Private foundation · Dundalk, MD

    The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Public charity · Newport News, VA

    The Rosser Foundation A Pure Charitable Trust and Public Charit

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $766,031 · typical grant $155,000 to $611,031 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Church building

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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.