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89 foundations that funded “Assistance”
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Public charity · Birmingham, AL
Southeastern Conference
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $515,512 to $548,260 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Ncaa assistance
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Day Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Tuition assistance
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Public charity · Memphis
Independent Presbyterian Church Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $68,138 · typical grant $23,000 to $45,138 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational assistance
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Private foundation · Fairfax, VA
The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $9,265 · typical grant $4,265 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community assistance; Health care
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Public charity · Costa Mesa, CA
Family Office Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $13,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General assistance
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Private foundation · Charlotte, NC
Duke Energy Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $32,300 · typical grant $8,500 to $23,800 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public assistance stlf
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Private foundation · Union Springs, AL
Jenks C & Alice Parker Family Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship assistance
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Public charity · New York, NY
Delivering Good Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $3.6 million · typical grant $1.4 million to $2.3 million (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Poverty assistance
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Public charity · Lakewood, NJ
Giving Hand USA Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $42,750 · typical grant $12,750 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General assistance
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Private foundation · Reading, PA
The Jeremy Carroll Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Charitable assistance
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Private foundation · Bloomfield Hills, MI
Sutar-Sutaruk-Meyer Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Veteran assistance
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Ellice & Rosa Mcdonald Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Financial Assistance
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Private foundation · Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Elkay Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $569 · typical grant $569 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community Assistance
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Private foundation · San Diego, CA
Lee S Monroe Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $40,000 · typical grant $40,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General assistance
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Private foundation · Northglenn, CO
Fountain of Grace Mission
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Financial assistance
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Public charity · Smyrna
Ambassadors for Christ Association
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial assistance
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Public charity · Knoxville
Prevention Alliance of Tennessee
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide assistance with capacity building in order to build and strengthen the organization.
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Public charity · Shelbyville
Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford County
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $268,961 · typical grant $12,744 to $38,620 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Addiction education and assistance; Connecting forward grant
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Public charity · Knoxville
Justice Frank F Drowota Trust
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $8,975 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide legal assistance to low-income individuals
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
Nami National
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $46,550 · typical grant $6,000 to $26,500 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General Support and Program Assistance
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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.