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26 foundations that funded “Dow”
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Public charity · Nashville
Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc.
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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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Private foundation · Memphis
Lawrence Lewis Foundation 8033000192
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24 Tennessee grants totaling $206,068 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General Charitable Contribution
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Public charity · Paris
Henry County Helping Hand Inc.
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18 Tennessee grants totaling $627,000 · typical grant $13,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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United Way · Nashville
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
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315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants
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Private foundation · Downers Grove, IL
The Sevan Charitable Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $22,777 · typical grant $250 to $22,527 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Downers Grove, IL
James H & Helen S Knippen Foundation 2610134600
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,491 · typical grant $20,491 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 1 · next Dec 1, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General expenses
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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.