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103 foundations that funded “Development”
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Public charity · Johnson City
Ballad Health
How to apply: not stated
17 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $63,500 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2025 Collaborative Partner for economic development; Kids' Christmas Event Sponsorship; Provide quality musical education through academic, community and competitive...
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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
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $511,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for curriculum development; Support for convenings, collaboration stipends, and training; Support for curriculum development, trainings, and convening; Support for...
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Private foundation · Omaha, NE
Union Pacific Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: May 31 · next May 31, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community & economic development; Education (k-12)
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Public charity · Kingsport
Northeast Tennessee Regional Economic
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $452,000 · typical grant $125,000 to $327,000 (tax year 2022)
Funded: To provide funds for regional marketing programs; To provide funds for a workfoce investment program and other economic development programs
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Private foundation · Apopka, FL
Byron Robinson Educational Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational and development
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Private foundation · Portola Valley, CA
Girls Rights Project
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To localize global development and invest in adolescent girls.
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Public charity · Nashville
The Cma Foundation
How to apply: not stated
14 Tennessee grants totaling $807,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General support for programming to enhance youth development through music learning; Mental health support for music industry professionals; Music teachers of excellence...
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Public charity · Punta Gorda, FL
Open Sats Initiative Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $216,018 · typical grant $66,018 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Free and open source software developmentfree and open source software development; Free and open source software development
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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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Public charity · Monteagle
Mountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $49,165 · typical grant $10,000 to $39,165 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Sewanee Welcome Center; Trail development
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Private foundation · Memphis
J R Hyde III Foundation
Takes applications
108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...
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Private foundation · Westlake Village, CA
Conrad N Hilton Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $262,360 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,650 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 29 · next Aug 29, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support campus youth outreach; For prenatal-3 policy impact center to lead an early childhood development governance evaluation and advance evidence-based policy progress...
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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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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
55 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
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Public charity · Knoxville
East Tennessee Foundation
How to apply: not stated
250 Tennessee grants totaling $12.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Disaster relief; Arts & culture; Education; Youth development
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation
Takes applications
34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and education.
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Private foundation · Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation
Takes applications
30 Tennessee grants totaling $6.2 million · typical grant $120,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Project support grant to complete the final phase of the locally driven narrative efforts supported by ideas42; Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen...
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Public charity · Kingsport
Eastman Credit Union
How to apply: not stated
29 Tennessee grants totaling $746,224 · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General contribution; Event sponsorship; General contribution/event sponsorship; Development contribution; Expansion project/snap relief/event sponsorship
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Public charity · Washington, DC
New Venture Fund
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Arts, culture, and humanities; Civil rights, social action, advocacy; Environmental programs; Youth development and education; Technology and innovation
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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.