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2,530 foundations

  1. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    Analog Devices Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $9,248 · typical grant $103 to $1,030 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Public charity · Washington, DC

    The Education Trust Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    William D Wagner Tuw

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $20,500 · typical grant $3,000 (tax year 2025)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  4. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Violet Hampton Tuw #2

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarships

  5. Private foundation · Evansville, IN

    William E Schmidt Foundation Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $74,250 · typical grant $500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  6. Public charity · Sumner, WA

    Rei Cooperative Action Fund

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $185,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Public charity · Danville, IL

    Operation Honor Guard Nfp

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $87,758 · typical grant $5,825 to $17,085 (tax year 2025)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide funding to chartaible organization

  8. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Alliant Credit Union Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $25,759 · typical grant $100 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Employee/team philanthropy

  9. Public charity · Knoxville

    Knoxville Firefighters Association

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $157,407 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education program

  10. Private foundation · Rocky Face, GA

    The Nabors to Neighbors Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating expense

  11. Public charity · Nashville

    United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $99,631 · typical grant $7,665 to $18,920 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Wheelchair ramps; Home modification

  12. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Wollman Scholarship Fund

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships; Scholarship

  13. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Prometheus Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $81,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $14,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  14. Public charity · Columbia

    Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $141,809 · typical grant $15,000 to $28,433 (tax year 2024)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Annual sponsorship for awards/events; Annual donation; Fb bank commissions; Annual scholarship; Annual sponsorship

  15. Private foundation · Arlington, VA

    Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $103,465 · typical grant $150 to $49,015 (tax year 2024)

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

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Employee matching gift; Peer empowerment network for employment: peer mentorship between employed and unemployed adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to...

  16. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    The Fund for Theological Education Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · typical grant $12,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Discernment lab grant

  17. Private foundation · South Sioux City, NE

    Great West Casualty Company Foundation

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    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

  18. Private foundation · Santa Monica, CA

    Universal Music All Together Now Foundation Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $145,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Community foundation · Independence, MO

    Truman Heartland Community Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $527,397 · typical grant $15,000 to $113,000 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · Pella, IA

    Pella Rolscreen Foundation

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $16,402 · typical grant $500 to $2,363 (tax year 2024)

    33% 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.