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2,503 foundations

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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)

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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...

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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.