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46 foundations
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Points of Light Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $500,000 · typical grant $105,000 to $190,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (fire or rescue department): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community improvement project
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United Way · Rogersville
United Way of Hawkins County Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $48,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $17,500 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (fire or rescue department): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Hawkins County Rescue Squad, Hawkins Co Rescue Squad
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Mckinney, TX
Cops Direct
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $575,799 · typical grant $282,024 to $293,775 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (fire or rescue department): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Hampton Valley Forge Fire Department
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Relief following natural disasters
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Private foundation · Baltimore, MD
Number Ten Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $50 · typical grant $50 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (fire or rescue department): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Volunteer Firefighters Alliance
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Cooperstown, NY
The James and Stephanie Patrick Family Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (fire or rescue department): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community
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Public charity · Newark, DE
American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
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571 Tennessee grants totaling $34.4 million · typical grant $7,299 to $20,213 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (fire or rescue department): 13 Tennessee grants, such as Coalfield Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Kansas-Talbott Volunteer Fire Department Inc., Nameless Volunteer Fire Department
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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.