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2,917 foundations

  1. 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

  2. Private foundation · Murfreesboro

    Rucker-Donnell Foundation

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $266,100 · typical grant $1,500 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable gift

  3. Private foundation · Elizabethton

    Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation Ltd

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $539,229 · typical grant $3,612 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General fund/operations; Betsy band general fund/operations; Bull dog band general fund/operations

  4. Private foundation · Burns

    Carr Family Foundation

    Takes applications · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $9,500 · typical grant $750 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: College scholarship; Scholarship

  5. Private foundation · Gallatin

    Oak Tree Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $11,950 · typical grant $500 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Sep 30 · next Sep 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Preservation; Protect and preserve; Proivde afforable housing; Promote sumner county tourism; Creating artistic experiences for ev

  6. Private foundation · Signal Mountain

    Bishop Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $640,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2025)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Recovery in community campaign; Clef medical camps campaign; Stability program; Truck for project restore; South Chattanooga program

  7. Public charity · Chattanooga

    The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $59,555 · typical grant $5,930 (tax year 2024)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Public charity · Galesburg, IL

    National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources I

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $105,326 · typical grant $5,413 to $14,309 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Care of ill, needy, or minor

  9. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $630,349 · typical grant $22,300 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Pubint; Tvprg

  10. Community foundation · Asheville, NC

    The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $418,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Building community & economic vitality; Promoting quality health; Religion; Assisting people in need

  11. Public charity · Nashville

    Family & Children's Service

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · typical grant $109,087 to $434,477 (tax year 2024)

    10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Public charity · Federal Way, WA

    World Vision Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $72,319 to $199,861 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Family assistance & development; Development & disaster relief; Development; Family assistance; Christian ministry

  13. Public charity · Canton, MA

    Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $117,950 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support Sick and Hungry Kids

  14. Private foundation · Washington, DC

    Public Welfare Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for gideon's trumpet redux-continued; Support for justice, not just surviving; Support for mississippi prison reform coalition; Support for towards a people's justice;...

  15. Public charity · Knoxville

    Elgin Children's Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $289,917 · typical grant $20,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Academic; Child protection; Dental wellness; Discipleship

  16. Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH

    The Kroger Co Foundation

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $192,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  17. 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

  18. Public charity · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

    Pga Tour Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · typical grant $10,000 to $142,942 (tax year 2024)

    90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Homer Skelton Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $111,980 · typical grant $4,580 to $18,000 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable Event

  20. Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA

    The Presser Foundation

    Takes applications

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

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

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Undergraduate scholar awards

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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.