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51 foundations that funded “Network”
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $800,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $700,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To pilot competency-based math course redesign models to foster more equitable pathways to success at community colleges; To build capacity to digitally engage adult learners...
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Private foundation · Overland Park, KS
Dr Roy Moss Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,000 · typical grant $7,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General support of charitable activi
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Private foundation · Charlotte, NC
The Duke Endowment
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $106,500 · typical grant $106,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To expand an evidence-informed program that helps people discuss divisive issues.
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Community foundation · Tulsa, OK
Tulsa Community Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
6 Tennessee grants totaling $282,507 · typical grant $9,155 to $23,250 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Sarasota, FL
The Bill & Ann Templeton Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $105,000 · typical grant $35,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General support for program activities
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
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)
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Council of Nonprofits
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $61,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $31,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Meet the Moment Award $30,000; Thrive Award $1,000; Meet the Moment Award
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Public charity · Nashville
African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $33,333 to $36,667 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Grassroots organizing
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Private foundation · West Conshohocken, PA
John Templeton Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $615,323 · typical grant $23,434 to $167,527 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Tokens show: public theology, human flourishing, the good life; Mental health first responders for spiritual yearning among "religious dones"; Understanding the dynamical...
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Public charity · Nashville
Possibilities Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $277,122 · typical grant $12,000 to $253,122 (tax year 2023)
Funded: Distribution of cash through dissolution. See schedule n
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Public charity · Concord, NC
Speedway Children's Charities
How to apply: not stated
58 Tennessee grants totaling $745,475 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Cleveland
Agape Love Foundaiton Inc.
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $389,155 · typical grant $5,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Chattanooga
The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc.
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $59,555 · typical grant $5,930 (tax year 2024)
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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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Public charity · Johnson City
Wellmont Health System
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $109,150 · typical grant $8,250 to $27,500 (tax year 2024)
83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury victims; School of Nursing patient simulators; Programs for free/reduced healthcare
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $517,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Historic preservation
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Private foundation · Fort Myers, FL
Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health; Special population support; Community services
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Public charity · Minneapolis, MN
The Minneapolis Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
6 Tennessee grants totaling $207,631 · typical grant $12,000 to $44,951 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donor advised, health; Donor advised, animals; Donor advised, public affairs/society benefit
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Private foundation · Memphis
Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc.
Takes applications
41 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Health, general; Housing, shelter
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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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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.