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47 foundations that funded “Elementary”

  1. Public charity · Burbank, CA

    The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $203,872 · typical grant $12,266 to $18,764 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide musical instruments to students in need.

  2. Private foundation · Nashville

    Gibson Gives

    Takes applications

    100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts

  3. Public charity · Goodlettsville

    Dollar General Literacy Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    81 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $8,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: English as a second; Atoz family; Literacy support for; Bim family literacy; Literacy changes liv

  4. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation

    Takes applications

    48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

    2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted grant

  5. Private foundation · Nashville

    Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Private foundation · Morristown

    Wallace Foundation

    Takes applications

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $99,875 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship; Wallace scholarship

  7. Public charity · Washington, DC

    50can Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    30 Tennessee grants totaling $7.7 million · typical grant $123,280 to $352,000 (tax year 2024)

    30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support summer boost

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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.