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87 foundations that funded “Area Foundation”

Public charity · Minneapolis, MN
The Minneapolis Foundation

Ask before applying · 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
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
Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Bar Foundation

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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
Public charity · Wellesley, MA
Givinga Foundation Inc.

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21 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $15,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)

52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Franklin
Gary Sinise Foundation

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $2.6 million · typical grant $20,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

91% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

3 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Equipment grant fulfillment; Sports/rec provider grant; Alliance support - mental wellness; Alliance support-medal of honor gala; Medical device grant - ems
Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Bishop Family Foundation

Takes applications

10 Tennessee grants totaling $640,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2025)

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Recovery in community campaign; Clef medical camps campaign; Stability program; Truck for project restore; South Chattanooga program
Public charity · Dallas, TX
The Dallas Foundation

Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

8 Tennessee grants totaling $123,000 · typical grant $11,500 to $20,500 (tax year 2024)

12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Nashville
Tennessee Titans Foundation

Takes applications

124 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

84% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Operating budget
Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Texas Instruments Foundation

Takes applications

70 Tennessee grants totaling $151,310 · typical grant $200 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Tennessee Health Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · typical grant $2,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: 2024 hickey match; 2024 anderson match; 2024 reynolds match; 2024 ryans match; 2024 pow scholar
Private foundation · Radnor, PA
Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

65 Tennessee grants totaling $7,784 · typical grant $50 to $104 (tax year 2025)

57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Matching gifts
Private foundation · Knoxville
Regal Foundation

Takes applications

48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Education; Children & family; Health; Military
Public charity · Nashville
Smile 180 Foundation

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47 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $21,541 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

19 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Grant for dental clinic operations; Grant for dental clinic operations, capital improvements, and dental safety net payments; Grant for dental clinic operations and capital...
Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Bar Foundation

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38 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $95,000 (tax year 2024)

55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Administration of justice; Legal services
Private foundation · Knoxville
Robert Lee Weiss Foundation First TN Bank Plaza Tower

Takes applications

26 Tennessee grants totaling $159,500 · typical grant $4,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)

Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

5 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Community service projects; Scholarship funding; Capital projects; Accessible equipment for; Emergency assistance
Private foundation · Nashville
James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

26 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

4 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern Tennessee from hurricane helene; Recovery in community capital campaign; Capital fund support - new building; Fall bash -...
Public charity · Knoxville
Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee

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18 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $15,000 to $74,251 (tax year 2024)

83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Youth development; Mental health; Human services; Housing, shelter; Educ. Institution
Private foundation · New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Takes applications

6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

2 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...
Public charity · New Orleans, LA
The Greater New Orleans Foundation

Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

7 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $92,600 (tax year 2024)

57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Health; Environment; Health support; Film & video; Education
Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.

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91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

3 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: General donation; Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon 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.