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440 foundations that funded “Center”
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Public charity · Clarksville
Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $20,000 to $102,860 (tax year 2024)
47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social services; Greenway development; Speech & swallowing; Food pantry; Med management
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Private foundation · Memphis
H W Durham Foundation
Takes applications
21 Tennessee grants totaling $414,045 · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for seniors; Providing flowers to spread joy and inspire kindness; Community support services; Medical care for seniors; Legal services
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Children's Alliance Inc.
How to apply: not stated
19 Tennessee grants totaling $926,981 · typical grant $19,319 to $46,808 (tax year 2024)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Core services; Program improvement; Equipment grant; Dtvf service provision/training; Chapter core services
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lillian L Colby Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $400,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation
Takes applications
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...
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
The Powell Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $53,750 · typical grant $500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Designated Grant: General operating and support
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Public charity · New York, NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services
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Public charity · Memphis
The Canale Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $126,500 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Elonged note receivable
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Kennedy Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support a public charity; To provide funding for a professorship; To fund a new building for the nursing school
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
White Oak Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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 · Crump
Pete H and Mildred F Brown Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical Research; Christmas for disadvantaged; Child Abuse Counseling; Assistance to disabled; Assistance to cancer patients
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Private foundation · South Sioux City, NE
Great West Casualty Company Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $20,660 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable Donation
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Public charity · Phoenix, AZ
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $66,450 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Aventura community school - school garden program; Currey ingram academy - school garden program; Journey to wellness; 579-never hungry community gardens; 585-thomas a. Edison...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Delta Boule
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General program support
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Public charity · Chattanooga
Journey Health Foundation
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $505,000 (tax year 2024)
83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hart gallery and adventure trail; Support of utc healthcare data analytics partnership
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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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Public charity · New York, NY
Neo Philanthropy Inc.
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $342,000 · typical grant $12,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program Grant
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Public charity · Beaverton, OR
Campaign for Great Public Schools
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $425,000 · typical grant $75,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide general support; To support its non-political and social welfare activities around community leadership development and training; To support general operating...
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Private foundation · Lynchburg, VA
Scott Cares Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $6,750 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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.