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2,503 foundations
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Cheryl L Vaughn Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $54,700 · typical grant $3,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Operating expenses
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Public charity · Franklin
Retailroi Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $60,220 · typical grant $6,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Youth entrepreneurship; Support for trafficking victims; After schooltutoring program; Foster love program
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Public charity · Knoxville
Justice Frank F Drowota Trust
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $8,975 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide legal assistance to low-income individuals
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Public charity · Maryville
Blackberry Farm Foundation
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $125,252 · typical grant $18,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Wheaton, MD
For the Girls Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $72,863 · typical grant $5,257 to $20,299 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide dignity and comfort to folks in need.
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Public charity · Madison, AL
North Alabama Trail Riders Association Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $68,371 · typical grant $8,272 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operation
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Public charity · Conshohocken, PA
Cencora Impact Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $138,266 · typical grant $10,266 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Hoffman Estates, IL
Omron Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $800 · typical grant $250 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Roseville, CA
Ticket to Dream Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $276,614 · typical grant $69,010 to $78,423 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Foster kids program
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Kickin Cancer
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $7,000 (tax year 2022)
Funded: To provide assitance with the cost of cancer treatments and other medical expenses; To aide in research, education, and treatment of those battling cancer
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hart Charitable Trust
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $3,200 · typical grant $500 to $1,100 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hearing & speech illness & disability; Student ministry support; Church ministry; Clean water ministry
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Private foundation · Bristol
The Bill Gatton Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $5.9 million · typical grant $103,608 to $5.6 million (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; To support the mission of the organization
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Private foundation · Nashville
Williams Family Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $12,600 · typical grant $500 to $6,600 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating fund
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Oliver & Evelyn Smith Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: A church sharing the message of jesus christ.; To preserve and promote the history of Tennessee, focusing on East Tennessee, to educate and connect the region; Education
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Private foundation · Fayetteville
Creek Bed Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $135,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational opportunity for afghan g; Facilitating opportunities for young; Legal expenses challenging gravel pi; Landscaping costs-centennial park
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
The Oehmig Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Help to conserve, protect and enhance wetland habitat in norrth america.; Ensure that Tennessee's water, wildlife, and wild places will thrive for generations to come.
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Private foundation · Sparta
Christian Scholarships Missions and Projects Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $20,165 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,165 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Missions; 127 MinistryMissions
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Private foundation · Memphis
Julie & Marty Belz Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $5,557 · typical grant $40 to $3,692 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious
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Private foundation · Vonore
Hauck Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $29,022 · typical grant $3,744 to $13,200 (tax year 2025)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Rescue the poor & needy; Help recover from addiction; Ministry; Ministries
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Private foundation · Shelbyville
The Tennessee Walking Horse National Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $51,450 · typical grant $500 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program sponsorship; Progran sponsorship
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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.