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837 foundations that funded “Children's”
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Private foundation · Naples, FL
Stout Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,000 · typical grant $3,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General operating activities
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Private foundation · Frankfort, IL
Sara & Robert W Hawkinson Family
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $985 · typical grant $985 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded: Cancer research
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Private foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Stupell Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Boca Raton, FL
The Bernard Stern Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Southern Fruit Distributors Fund Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Contributionto generaloperating fund
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Private foundation · Cleveland, OH
Charles Henry Smith Sr Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution to support the continued research of childhood diseases.
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Private foundation · Mount Olive, NC
Southern Bank Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,500 · typical grant $7,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Public Benefit
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Private foundation · Grand Forks, ND
Seth Corporation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Nov 17 · next Nov 17, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Goodwill
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Public charity · Edwards, IL
St Jude Drivers Association
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · South Burlington, VT
Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,100 · typical grant $100 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Delray Beach, FL
New Jersey Road Runners Youth Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,040 · typical grant $1,040 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: St. Judes Childrens Research Hospital
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Public charity · San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Area Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $54,594 · typical grant $24,594 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Sewanee
Sewanee Community Chest
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $80,088 · typical grant $9,000 to $14,000 (tax year 2025)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Preschool program; Sewanee elem schoolpto; Community outreach; Low income housing support; Care of displaced animals
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Private foundation · Zionsville, IN
Dexter A & M Patricia Mccormick Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,500 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community outreach child safety; Childrens health research
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Public charity · Memphis
Midsouth Grain Inspection Services
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $28,250 · typical grant $13,500 to $14,750 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Winona, MN
Slaggie Family Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $46,000 · typical grant $16,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · San Diego, CA
Sempra Employee Giving Network
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $51,079 · typical grant $15,663 to $35,416 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Coraopolis, PA
Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation
Takes applications
25 Tennessee grants totaling $114,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grant for youth sports; Teammate resource group grants; 10th year anniversary grants
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Shubert Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $530,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General operating support for theatrical productions and activities; General operating support for dance productions and activities
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Public charity · St Paul, MN
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $122,100 · typical grant $15,000 to $63,850 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Multiple grants for multiple purposes
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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.