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145 foundations that funded “College”
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Everett L Amis Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $12,000 · typical grant $12,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship fund
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Private foundation · Ham Lake, MN
Casler Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO
Vallely Will Fund
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV
Kanitz Louis J & Golda I Main Ac
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Raleigh, NC
C Hamilton Sloan Foundation
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Mobile, AL
The Moses Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $250 · typical grant $250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Operating expenses
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Private foundation · Oklahoma City, OK
Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Arlington, VA
Washington Forrest Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,960 · typical grant $3,960 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Rhodes women's lacrosse
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Battelle Memorial Institute
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $133,000 to $308,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: For general scholarship support.; For nursing scholarships.; For nursing and allied health scholarships.; For general and nursing scholarships.
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Public charity · Indianapolis, IN
National Collegiate Athletic Association
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $9.9 million · typical grant $15,478 to $30,478 (tax year 2024)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grants; Grants/Scholarships
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Public charity · Ooltewah
Morning Pointe Foundation
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $33,800 · typical grant $1,500 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships; Cna practice tests
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directors
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $558,082 · typical grant $50,000 to $132,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Provide direct funding for overdose prevention program to expand national overdose prevention program ta for hds and cbos that can reach all overdose prevention program in the...
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Jc Freels Scholarship Trust
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $2,760 · typical grant $552 to $828 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Apr 16 · next Apr 16, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
The Gertrude E Skelly Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Emergency fund
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Public charity · Indianapolis, IN
Strada Education Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $420,354 · typical grant $110,177 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating grant
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Community foundation · Detroit, MI
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $607,465 · typical grant $10,000 to $360,715 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education; Health care
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Clyde W Harrell Educational Fund
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $38,927 · typical grant $500 to $37,927 (tax year 2023)
Stated deadlines: Apr 30 · next Apr 30, 2027 (from its 2023 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded: Scholarships
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Public charity · Philadelphia, PA
Abim Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Building trust - discover, decipher, demonstrate; Vivid health connect - clinical training
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Public charity · Brattleboro, VT
World Learning Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $47,148 · typical grant $16,323 to $30,825 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Participant exchanges; Capacity building
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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.