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58 foundations
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Public charity · Nashville
Economic Club of Nashville Charities
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $379,655 · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nv Public Library Fdn-Naza
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support general operations; Support naza program; Support itop, just us & real prog.
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Private foundation · Cleveland
The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation
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12 Tennessee grants totaling $70,050 · typical grant $500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Foundation for Clevelandbradley County Public Library
Funded: Operating funds
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Private foundation · Louisville, KY
Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $32,790 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library
9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the programming, production and education outreach; To provide protection, maintenance and improvement of radnor lake; To support the conservation of Tennessee's...
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Private foundation · Dyersburg
Brayton Foundation
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $5,100 · typical grant $100 to $900 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Mcivers Grant Public Library
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted use donation; Scholarship
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Private foundation · Nashville
M A@rikard Charitable Trust
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $69,300 · typical grant $4,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Community foundation · Lexington, KY
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $535,159 · typical grant $40,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Phoenix
Memorial Health Care System Inc.
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $7,750 to $69,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Ella Library
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community support
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Private foundation · Bedford Hills, NY
Weeden Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $6,500 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grants
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Private foundation · Memphis
Flora Belle Moss & Bessie Abigail Moss Foundation
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Memphis Library Foundation
Stated deadlines: Sep 30 · next Sep 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: "; Budget
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Public charity · Nashville
The Junior League of Nashville Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $7,000 to $25,660 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Literacy programs; Pediatric rehab unit; Diaper bank; Educational programs
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Public charity · San Francisco, CA
The Trust for Public Land
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $242,360 · typical grant $10,000 to $182,360 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Ella Library
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grants; Land conservation
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Public charity · Smyrna
The Smyrna Rotary Club Charitable Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $39,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Smyrna Public Library
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial assistance; Scholarship funds
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Public charity · Sevierville
Foundation for the Sevier County Library System
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $62,601 · typical grant $5,732 to $39,575 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Friends of King Family Library, King Family Library, Sevier Co Library Kodak Branch
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Program materials and expenses; Tile wall; Rm furnishings building
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Private foundation · Ninety Six, SC
Bond Memorial Tr
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Soddy Elementary School Library
Stated deadlines: Apr 1 · next Apr 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Fund school library
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Private foundation · Clinton, MI
Weikart Family Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $6,600 · typical grant $6,600 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Appalachian Library Initiative
Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Program impacting youth
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Private foundation · Decatur, AL
Greenpoint Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Friends of the Burritt Memorial Library
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support General Operating and Project Grow
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Public charity · Cohoes, NY
The Ayco Charitable Foundation
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51 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,100 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Foundation for the Cleveland Public Library
28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious institutions; Community & human services; Environment & animal protection; Colleges and universities; Arts and culture
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Community foundation · New York, NY
The New York Community Trust
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44 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (library): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Nashville Public Library Foundation
41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For program support.; For a scholarship award.
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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.