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  1. Community foundation · Middlebury, VT

    The Vermont Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Appalachian rekindling project

  2. Public charity · Denver, CO

    The Denver Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $287,500 · typical grant $87,500 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Water resources, wetlands conservation & management; Specialty hospitals

  3. Public charity · Kansas City, MO

    Theater League Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: " "

  4. Public charity · Pasadena, CA

    Fuller Theological Seminary

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $61,989 · typical grant $12,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Lilly faith & service grant

  5. Public charity · Wilmore, KY

    Asbury Theological Seminary

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Church Support

  6. Public charity · Nashville

    Hello in There Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Vero Beach, FL

    James and Theresa Nolan Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General contribution made to st jude's children hospital to assist the organization achieve thier mission of hepling children with cancer and other deadly diseases-

  8. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Bailey Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...

  9. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    South Arts Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    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...

  10. Private foundation · Germantown

    Myron Lewis Foundation

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $31,145 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,275 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The myron lewis foundation donated monies to the Memphis jewish federation to help with operations; The myron lewis foundation donated monies to st. Mary's episcopal school to...

  11. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Eissa A Bateh & Brothers Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $300 · typical grant $300 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The grant was made to further the recipient organizations charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes in accordance with section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

  12. Private foundation · Springfield, OH

    Wilson Sheehan Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $300,000 · typical grant $300,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The academy: invitation into sustaining partnership

  13. Public charity · Short Hills, NJ

    Christopher Reeve Foundation A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,517 · typical grant $6,609 to $18,908 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Therapeutic horseback riding; Adaptive sports

  14. Public charity · Nashville

    Acm Lifting Lives

    How to apply: not stated

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $475,326 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Music therapy; Vumc music camp; Mental health line; Career workshop; Mental health init.

  15. Public charity · Erlanger, KY

    Disabled American Veterans (dav) Charitable Service Trust

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $310,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Rehabilitation / Therapeutic; Health

  16. Private foundation · Cape Girardeau, MO

    James W and Norma Eloise Terry

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: For their general purpose

  17. Private foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

    Takes applications

    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

  18. Private foundation · Germantown

    Agape North Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $72,100 · typical grant $2,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2023)

    Funded: Assisting with necessaryapparel for thechildren; Assisting with necessaryapparel for the children; Serve adoptive and fosterchildren and familiesproviding holistic care.;...

  19. 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...

  20. Private foundation · Metairie, LA

    Aucoin Hart Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To empower kids to join the fight against pediatric cancer by raising money to provide local care for pediatric cancer patients and their families and to fund research to cure...

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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.