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25 foundations that funded “Cares”
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Community foundation · Venice, FL
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $145,033 · typical grant $10,000 to $59,033 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Human services; Health
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Private foundation · Nashville
The West End Home Foundation
Takes applications
44 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · typical grant $17,500 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
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United Way · Hendersonville
United Way of Sumner County
How to apply: not stated
23 Tennessee grants totaling $458,197 · typical grant $9,078 to $27,115 (tax year 2024)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health focus; Financial stability; Youth opportunity; Rebuilding lives; Community resiliency
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Private foundation · Henrico, VA
Louise B Cochrane Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
21 Tennessee grants totaling $150,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
5% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
36 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Event sponsorship; Event sponsorship and donation to the general fund; Donation to the general fund; Event sponsorship and donation to the capital campaign
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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.