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89 foundations that funded “Friends”
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Roger B & Evelyn W Paddison Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
20 Tennessee grants totaling $157,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jan 31 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Mobile meals; Educational; Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
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United Way · Morristown
United Way of Hamblen County Inc.
How to apply: not stated
18 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $15,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Fund operations
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $592,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Transportation - new vehicle; Able youth track and field program; Expansion project; Recovery in community-arch academy for girls; Increase capacity to serve local needs and...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Angel Corps
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $369,277 · typical grant $1,200 to $6,077 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community fundraising; Together campaign
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Public charity · Brownsville
Southwest Members Care Inc.
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $110,274 · typical grant $7,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
92% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Supplies; Furniture for new office; Supplies, maintenance; Mobile units expenses; New equipment
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Public charity · Oak Ridge
Altrusa International Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
12 Tennessee grants totaling $28,360 · typical grant $1,300 to $3,500 (tax year 2025)
Funded: Operating funds
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Private foundation · Cleveland
The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $70,050 · typical grant $500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Operating funds
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Private foundation · Novi, MI
Dana Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $26,287 · typical grant $750 to $5,589 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
White Oak Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Monteagle
Middlebrooks-Camp Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fund organization; Family planning support; Therapeutic christian community; State park conservation; Foster community & business service
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Humane World for Animals Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $119,400 to $277,460 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program; Assist in covering the costs associated with the remediation, renovation, rebuild and expansion of the...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $517,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Historic preservation
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Private foundation · Nashville
T & T Family Foundation
Takes applications
70 Tennessee grants totaling $467,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General funds; Madison campus; General funds, Nashville area; Academic remediation for disadvantaged students; Helping individuals with beginning again (ged + daycare while learning)
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Public charity · Abingdon, VA
Food City Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
49 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $28,000 (tax year 2025)
61% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support the mission
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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
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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
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Public charity · Nashville
Smile 180 Foundation
How to apply: not stated
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...
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Private foundation · Athens
Athens Federal Foundation
Takes applications
43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
9 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Jane I Pettway Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant
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Public charity · Jackson
West TN Healthcare Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $9,394 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)
49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: $6,000.00 women who care grant; $5,000.00 for general support; $250.00 windows of hope sponsorship; $2,093.53 for repair of ac unit; $1,500.00 steak n burger 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.