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2,503 foundations
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Private foundation · St Paul, MN
Land O'lakes Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $22,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Member co-op matches; Independent retailer match
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Public charity · Colorado Springs, CO
Junior Achievement USA
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $252,621 · typical grant $46,088 to $97,738 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Lenexa, KS
Heart to Heart International
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $65,008 · typical grant $17,541 to $21,581 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical assistance
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Public charity · Brentwood
Sharing the Vision Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
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Private foundation · Bedford, NH
Trust Estate Uw Marion C Smyth
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Public charity · New York, NY
Save the Music Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $144,699 · typical grant $23,120 to $63,157 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music eduation
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Public charity · Los Angeles, CA
Grammy Museum Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $62,500 · typical grant $12,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Music preservation implementation grant
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Public charity · Knoxville
Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $549,523 · typical grant $50,000 to $300,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide funding to support various projects.; Provide funding to support the organization to continue providing robotics in education.; Provide funding to upgrade museum.
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $262,500 to $400,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: As a final grant to build science instructional capacity and services; For project support to Nashville Public Library to expand reach and services through their English as a...
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Public charity · Nashville
Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $10,000 to $1 million (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital maintenance of this historic President's home, a popular visitor attraction; Capital maintenance of this public art project; To assist with the production of the Music...
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Public charity · St Louis Park, MN
Car Donation Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $665,893 · typical grant $25,636 to $582,598 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Points of Light Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $500,000 · typical grant $105,000 to $190,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community improvement project
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Private foundation · Denver, CO
Louis Calder Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $950,000 · typical grant $150,000 to $500,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Growth of charter schools; Science of reading
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Private foundation · Taylor, MS
Kenosis Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $33,962 · typical grant $2,712 to $20,900 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · New York, NY
Broadway Caresequity Fights Aids Inc.
How to apply: not stated
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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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $89,350 · typical grant $7,500 to $67,600 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Arconic greening stem grant; Community impact project; Dod legacy award
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Public charity · Memphis
Baptist Memorial Hospital
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $181,017 to $10.3 million (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Sponsor event to help organization raise funds for local breast cancer screenings, diagnostics, and treatment services for uninsured and underserved individuals; Support...
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Public charity · La Vergne
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $249,970 · typical grant $15,000 to $158,600 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Agricultural education support; Academic support
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV
Adams Arthur & Alice Fdn
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $133,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 15 · next Feb 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Greenville, SC
Prisma Health - Blount Memorial Hospital Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $59,900 · typical grant $6,000 to $26,700 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Op/community engagement
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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.