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70 foundations that funded “Mid-South”
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Public charity · Nashville
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)
How to apply: not stated
9 Tennessee grants totaling $617,756 · typical grant $16,336 to $84,318 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · St Louis Park, MN
Car Donation Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $665,893 · typical grant $25,636 to $582,598 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $89,350 · typical grant $7,500 to $67,600 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Arconic greening stem grant; Community impact project; Dod legacy award
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Public charity · New Haven, CT
National Diaper Bank Network Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $287,041 · typical grant $34,362 to $93,801 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Diapers & Wipes; Books; Diapers, Pads & Liners, Period Underwear; Diapers; Pads & Liners
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $64,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $13,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Station Grants
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Public charity · Colorado Springs, CO
Junior Achievement USA
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $252,621 · typical grant $46,088 to $97,738 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Springfield, MO
Forvis Mazars Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $23,828 · typical grant $5,400 to $12,408 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Food Security
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee County Clerks Organ Donor Awareness Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $330,000 · typical grant $54,000 to $216,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Organ donation procurement program and awareness
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Private foundation · Northbrook, IL
The Allstate Foundation
Takes applications
36 Tennessee grants totaling $129,500 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
61% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Agent - individual hh; Employee helping hands; Helping hands group grants; Disaster relief - hurricane helene and milton
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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Bar Foundation
How to apply: not stated
23 Tennessee grants totaling $41,000 · typical grant $2,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Legal aid and training
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Private foundation · Germantown
Irvin Lansky Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $575,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Jobs for life; Pcn program education; Teach reading skills to elementary children; Personal and career development; Jewish family services
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Private foundation · Memphis
Hohenberg Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: No Specific Designation; Fund Tuition Scholarships; Operating Support Towards Work on Behalf of Unhoused People in Memphis; Capital Campaign to Fund Rust Hall Expansion; Fund...
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Private foundation · Shreveport, LA
Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $24,500 · typical grant $500 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 5, Jul 21 · next Jan 5, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating expenses; Program services; Operating expense
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Bnsf Railway Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $59,340 · typical grant $240 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gifts 1; Civic; Health & human services; United way/red cross; Youth
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Public charity · Bartlett
Lakeland Lions Foundation
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $264,275 · typical grant $22,385 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Kroger Co Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $192,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
The Gap Foundation
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $9,100 · typical grant $250 to $300 (tax year 2024)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For civic & community engagement; For health & nursing services
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Public charity · Memphis
Burton Weil Family Foundation
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $20,000 to $300,000 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Weil scholars program; Embark program
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Public charity · Memphis
Champions for Literacy
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $79,929 · typical grant $11,480 to $23,077 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Literacy intervention and resources
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Community foundation · Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
14 Tennessee grants totaling $819,037 · typical grant $10,025 to $159,601 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the national ornamental metal museum as follows: 94% of annual disbursement to be used for general operating, 6% to be used for acquiring contemporary craft of...
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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.