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  1. Private foundation · Davidson, NC

    Heinemannmark & Judy Foundation-Im

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $46,000 · typical grant $46,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  2. Private foundation · New Orleans, LA

    Baptist Community Ministries

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 15, Sep 15 · next Mar 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General funding

  3. Private foundation · Hardy, VA

    Bernau Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 20 · next Jun 20, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship & side by side apprentice

  4. Private foundation · Durham, NC

    Abauman Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Artesia, NM

    Written in Red Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  6. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Spunk Fund Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $13,200 · typical grant $13,200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 1 · next Apr 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support a second offering of journeys, the undergraduate course that will examine the metaphor of an individual journey and how that metaphor is understood culturally,...

  7. Private foundation · Garden City, ID

    Angels Among Us Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Humanitarian

  8. Private foundation · Shreveport, LA

    Mendenhall Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,426 · typical grant $2,426 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  9. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Boys & Girls Clubs of America (group Return)

    How to apply: not stated · Funds its own member network

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $13.1 million · typical grant $243,804 to $744,748 (tax year 2024)

    16% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support bgca programs

  10. Public charity · St Cloud, MN

    Communitygiving

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $65,754 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,486 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Gen/oper support

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Christenberrry-Anderson-Loomis Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $147,300 · typical grant $15,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious

  12. Private foundation · Germantown

    John Winn Davis Fund for Autism

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $19,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support the work and mission of the organization and assist children/patients of the organization who have an autism diagnosis.; To support the work and mission of the...

  13. Private foundation · Brooklyn, OH

    Mentzer Mem Fdn Ta

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $12,000 · typical grant $12,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. United Way · Cleveland

    United Way of the Ocoee Region

    How to apply: not stated

    25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,000 to $68,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Community health; Partner agency; Community health/parnter agency

  15. United Way · Knoxville

    United Way of Loudon County Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    17 Tennessee grants totaling $233,150 · typical grant $10,000 to $16,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Program assistance

  16. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Robinson Foundation

    Takes applications

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Foster Child Bag of Love fund; For 3 Christmas gifts per club member, a new coat for each club member, educational supplies, field trips, youth of the year program; 8 x 8 shed...

  17. Public charity · Oakland, CA

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $479,035 · typical grant $25,000 to $241,535 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Research / Project Support; Medical Respite Initiative, Po - Grants Splits Wit

  18. Community foundation · Raleigh, NC

    North Carolina Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $693,863 · typical grant $12,000 to $103,721 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the organization's stated mission

  19. Public charity · Clarksville

    Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.7 million · typical grant $20,000 to $102,860 (tax year 2024)

    47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social services; Greenway development; Speech & swallowing; Food pantry; Med management

  20. Private foundation · Paris

    Adams Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    15 Tennessee grants totaling $43,550 · typical grant $2,225 to $3,225 (tax year 2025)

    7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support program; Education; Education and assistance; Support after school programs; Support food distribution

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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.