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44 foundations that funded “Education Fund Inc”

Private foundation · Houston, TX
The William Stamps Farish Fund

Takes applications

12 Tennessee grants totaling $405,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Education program support; 2025 show; Security upgrades; The women's fund - girls give fund; Paid internship program
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

17 Tennessee grants totaling $133,504 · typical grant $750 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Annual fund on behalf of kate caldwell nevin; Lindy hop; Genneral operations
Private foundation · New York, NY
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.

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4 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: 2024-2025 grantmakers for southern progress annual membership; Directors cancer innovation fund (general fund)
Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation

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60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
Public charity · Johnson City
Ballad Health

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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...
Public charity · Nashville
Nashville Predators Foundation

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58 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $6,553 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

10 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Fy24-25 donation, general purposes; Fy24-25 hfc donation: donation for pediatric rehabilitation project + general purposes; Funding for thrive studios, which empowers children...
Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle

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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: 2024 support; To provide 1st time support for your important mission; General giving; Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and...
Private foundation · Knoxville
Boyd Foundation

Takes applications

56 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: For annual budget.; To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.; To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in East Tennessee.; To...
Community foundation · Lexington, KY
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc.

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8 Tennessee grants totaling $535,159 · typical grant $40,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Knoxville
Clayton Family Foundation

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40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

3 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Church general fund; K-12 school; Community health services; Scholarship fund; Dance school transportation
Public charity · Atlanta, GA
South Arts Inc.

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19 Tennessee grants totaling $343,478 · typical grant $5,250 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: In These Mountains - Cargill 3rd Grant; FY25 SA/NEA Regional Engagement / Arts in Community; FY24 SA/NEA Regional Engagement / Arts in Community; FY25 NEA ArtsHERE; Southern...
Private foundation · Princeton, NJ
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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19 Tennessee grants totaling $2.6 million · typical grant $25,256 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: 82000 rwjf healthy communities -- site visit grant; 82534 advancing economic inclusion and family wellbeing across Appalachia; 80655 using measuring love to train leaders in...
Public charity · Knoxville
Women's Fund of East Tennessee

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $382,610 · typical grant $35,000 (tax year 2024)

73% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Youth development; Human services; Arts, culture; Philanthropy; Educ. Institutions
Private foundation · Nashville
Joe C Davis Foundation

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106 Tennessee grants totaling $6 million · typical grant $10,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)

12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

7 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Capacity building & operating support; Capital support; Operating & capacity building support; Capacity building support; Operating support & capacity building
Private foundation · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation

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14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...
United Way · Erwin
United Way of Unicoi County

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15 Tennessee grants totaling $842,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $29,500 (tax year 2025)

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
United Way · Lebanon
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland

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28 Tennessee grants totaling $206,158 · typical grant $9,637 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Designated
Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Scripps Howard Foundation

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37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)

55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend
Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO
Simon Education Fund Irr Tr Ua

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $900 · typical grant $900 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarship
Public charity · Washington, DC
Jobs With Justice Education Fund

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5 Tennessee grants totaling $284,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $32,400 (tax year 2024)

100% 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.