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102 foundations that funded “Second”
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Public charity · Nashville
Nashville Rotary Service Trust
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $104,000 · typical grant $16,500 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · New York, NY
Broadway Caresequity Fights Aids Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $67,500 · typical grant $12,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted general support
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Private foundation · Independence, OH
The Covia Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $9,735 · typical grant $1,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Allen Foundation C/o Reber M Boult
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $61,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $27,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General funds
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Public charity · Cincinnati, OH
The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
Feeding America
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $119.2 million · typical grant $9 million to $24.9 million (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fight Hunger
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Scripps Howard Foundation
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37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Robert Lee Weiss Foundation First TN Bank Plaza Tower
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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
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United Way · Erwin
United Way of Unicoi County
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15 Tennessee grants totaling $842,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $29,500 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Greeneville
Unaka Foundation Inc.
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $35,086 · typical grant $240 to $4,050 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide financial support that the organization may use however it best sees fit.
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Public charity · Zionsville, IN
Aes Restaurant Foundation Inc.
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $195,726 · typical grant $10,000 to $19,054 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Various
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Kroger Co Foundation
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $192,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Bristol
Massengill-Defriece Foundation Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $137,295 · typical grant $3,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Children's programs; New concession space; Ex director salary; Covid; Books for preschool
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Public charity · Phoenix, AZ
The Sprouts Healthy Communities
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $66,450 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Aventura community school - school garden program; Currey ingram academy - school garden program; Journey to wellness; 579-never hungry community gardens; 585-thomas a. Edison...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Delta Boule
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General program support
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Public charity · Pasadena, CA
Plusoneplusoneplusone
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $545,695 · typical grant $11,456 to $121,979 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Greensboro, NC
Hillsdale Fund
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $147,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Timothy 617 Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $138,895 · typical grant $1,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2024)
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Public charity · Nashville
Hello in There Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Franklin
Williamson County Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $59,000 · typical grant $7,500 to $17,500 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Sponsor event in county; Sponser event in county
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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.