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360 foundations that funded “Ministries”
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Public charity · Montgomery, AL
Respite for All Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Candler, NC
Freedom in Christ Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $181,189 · typical grant $54,111 to $127,078 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Christian missions
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Private foundation · Bryn Mawr, PA
Joseph P Heenan Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,250 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,250 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational
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Public charity · Los Angeles, CA
Farmlink Project
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $44,180 · typical grant $9,288 to $34,892 (tax year 2024)
Funded: To provide healthy fresh produce to families in need
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Public charity · Landover, MD
Homefree USA Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $42,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $27,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To assist with Housing Counseling and acquisition services in the local community.; Housing Counseling Assistance
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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 · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation
Takes applications
34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and education.
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Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK
Feed the Children Inc.
How to apply: not stated
33 Tennessee grants totaling $5.7 million · typical grant $23,726 to $152,603 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Necessities for children and families experiencing hunger and hardship
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
17 Tennessee grants totaling $133,504 · typical grant $750 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Annual fund on behalf of kate caldwell nevin; Lindy hop; Genneral operations
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Public charity · Nashville
Mission Possible
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $285,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hurricane relief
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Private foundation · Westlake Village, CA
Conrad N Hilton Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $262,360 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,650 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 29 · next Aug 29, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support campus youth outreach; For prenatal-3 policy impact center to lead an early childhood development governance evaluation and advance evidence-based policy progress...
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Public charity · Jacksonville, FL
Tim Tebow Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $3.6 million · typical grant $6,500 to $396,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Night to shine; Anti human trafficking, victim identification; Adoption aid; Shine on
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Public charity · Memphis
Champions for Literacy
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $79,929 · typical grant $11,480 to $23,077 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Literacy intervention and resources
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Private foundation · St Petersburg, FL
Dwayne Hawkins Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $28,100 · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: River city run (Chattanooga); Dustin ledford scholarship; Gala 2024
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Private foundation · Landrum, SC
Kellett Family Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · typical grant $2,650 to $2,700 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Charitable - general purpose
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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
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Private foundation · Dyersburg
Brayton Foundation
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $5,100 · typical grant $100 to $900 (tax year 2025)
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted use donation; Scholarship
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Private foundation · Jackson
Charles and Debby Campbell Family Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $349,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2025)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Growing a Legacy III; Org # 10754100; Brazil mission trip; Women's Soccer; Support for Leon Willis
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Public charity · Germantown
Breast Cancer Eradication Initiative Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $176,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Breast cancer research/educ/treatment
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Private foundation · New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...
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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.