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1,838 foundations that funded “Foundation”
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Public charity · Signal Mountain
Mountain Education Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $617,733 · typical grant $125,388 to $324,237 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Cordova
James H Prentiss Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $84,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Ike Nizam Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $6,600 · typical grant $850 to $3,500 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To promote and support function as public charities and/or exempt operating foundations
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dudley and Walter Morgan Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $13,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,500 (tax year 2023)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating fund
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Private foundation · Memphis
Carlos H Cantu Family Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Program services; Program service
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Private foundation · Kingsport
Wayne G Basler Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $123,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Sep 30 · next Sep 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General operation expenses
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Wolftever Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Micah Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,475 · typical grant $275 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Poor children camp; Homeless relief; Homeless shelter
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Private foundation · Nashville
Nochera Fam Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To preserve, enhance, and promote shelby park and bottoms, a nearly 1300 acre park, containing miles of trails, multiple playgrounds, facilities and historic structures for...
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Private foundation · Franklin
Dunn Family Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $96,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $46,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support eductional excellence at Brentwood academy; Children support; Support overall education and research activities
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Private foundation · Shelbyville
J B Cash Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Exempt organization
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $162,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Sep 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Curatorial research fellowship: dr. Patricia lee daigle; Program support (over 2 years); Warhol re-granting initiative
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Private foundation · Northville, MI
Cooper-Standard Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Public charity · Nashville
Nashville Public Education Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support of music programs and united way employee giving gifts; 2024 public schools hall of fame honoree
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Wolf & Company Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,750 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Landrum, SC
Kellett Family Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · typical grant $2,650 to $2,700 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Charitable - general purpose
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Public charity · Springfield, MO
Forvis Mazars Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $23,828 · typical grant $5,400 to $12,408 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Food Security
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Private foundation · Alexandria, IN
Gaither Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $505,500 · typical grant $500 to $500,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Golf benefit
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Ken W Davis Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (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
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Restoration for self-trafficking; Building project - capital campaign
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Public charity · New York, NY
National Basketball Association Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $550,000 · typical grant $150,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: In support of programs in furtherance of nba foundation's mission
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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.