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334 foundations that funded “Fund”
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Private foundation · Des Moines, IA
Emc Insurance Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $312 · typical grant $312 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: For general support or for a capital fund drive of the respective organization
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Private foundation · Long Beach, CA
The Rudolph J & Daphne A Munzer Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Nov 4 · next Nov 4, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Neighbor to neighbor disaster relief fund
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Public charity · Memphis
Baptist Memorial Hospital
How to apply: not stated
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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Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation
Takes applications
60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Powell Foundation
Takes applications
41 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Scholarship; Building fund; Hutchins legacy fund; UT genomics graduate student; Jennifer powell scholarship
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Private foundation · Memphis
Hohenberg Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: No Specific Designation; Fund Tuition Scholarships; Operating Support Towards Work on Behalf of Unhoused People in Memphis; Capital Campaign to Fund Rust Hall Expansion; Fund...
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Private foundation · Syosset, NY
Les Paul Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $104,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 15, Sep 15 · next Jan 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music programs; Supporting funds for music programs; Virtual bedside performance program; Fund recording studios in boys and girls clubs
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Community foundation · Shreveport, LA
Community Foundation of North Louisiana
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $32,568 · typical grant $12,000 to $20,568 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For the minden, la fundraiser; general support; For the annual fund - general support, for william ralston listening room
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Valentine Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $77,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating funding.; Funding for the outdoor construction of a flatiron facility.; Partial funding of the painting project.; Partial funding for assistance in purchasing...
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Private foundation · Sebring, FL
Hummingbird Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $4,500 · typical grant $1,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education; Scholarship funds
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Private foundation · Jackson
James E Campbell Family Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $462,700 · typical grant $6,000 to $159,100 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign and unrestricted operations; Century Fund and Unrestricted operations
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Public charity · Nashville
Music City Prep Clinic
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $420,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $310,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: End spread of hiv; Grant program fund
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Private foundation · Brookneal, VA
Foster Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,400 · typical grant $900 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Disc golf sponsor; Children's fund
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Public charity · Berea, KY
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $97,000 to $523,086 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Grant for participation in several health/wellness working groups and also travel funds
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Public charity · Durham, NC
Southern Vision Alliance
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Qmf grant - southern intermediaries project; Frontline funds solidarity grant
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Public charity · Nashville
Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
36 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Event sponsorship; Event sponsorship and donation to the general fund; Donation to the general fund; Event sponsorship and donation to the capital campaign
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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
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Private foundation · Oklahoma City, OK
Fred Jones Family Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $31,580 · typical grant $750 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Claws for paws and sunset safari benefactor; Claws for paws and jaws annual fund; 2024-2025 gridiron club; Western heritage awards - 2025; Even split b/w vanderbilt club sports...
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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...
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Private foundation · Ft Lauderdale, FL
The Amaturo Family Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $15,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Cancer research; Moss support; Sewanee annual fund
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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.