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837 foundations that funded “Children's”
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Private foundation · Nashville
Toby S Wilt Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $155,550 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Crump
Pete H and Mildred F Brown Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical Research; Christmas for disadvantaged; Child Abuse Counseling; Assistance to disabled; Assistance to cancer patients
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Private foundation · Hastings On Hudson, NY
The Meryl & Christopher Lewis Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $3,500 · typical grant $3,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Childrens hospital
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Private foundation · Salem, VA
Duncan Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Childrens hospital
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Private foundation · Pekin, IL
Hedden Charitable Trust
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Childrens Hospital
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Private foundation · Gainesville, GA
The Jinks Private Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Childrens health research
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Private foundation · Vernon, CT
Mildred L Cannon Trust
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Alleviate suffering from cancer and heart disease
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Private foundation · Detroit, MI
William & Martha Ford Fund
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Program services
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Private foundation · Lighthouse Point, FL
The Haulman Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,100 · typical grant $9,100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To provide support for charity's work..
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Public charity · New York, NY
Percent Impact Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,676 · typical grant $5,019 to $5,657 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Cure and prevent pediatric diseases; Als patient support
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...
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Private foundation · Montpelier, VT
National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $21,800 · typical grant $200 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hospital; School; Nature conservancy; Animal protection
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
Wm Keck Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $1,000 to $1.3 million (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To understand the neural circuits that link oral sensation to feeding behavior
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Private foundation · Indianola, WA
The Clementz Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Annual fund donation to support cancer research
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Private foundation · Santa Fe, NM
Nicholas H and Margaret H Carlozzi Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Specialty Hospital Services
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Private foundation · Skaneateles, NY
Froelich Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Childhood cancer support
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Private foundation · Palm Beach, FL
Alan & Janis Goldberg Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $150 · typical grant $150 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scientific
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Private foundation · Kansas City, MO
Commerce Bancshares Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $14,500 · typical grant $500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization; All in for hygiene
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Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI
Zurn Foundation Inc. (fka Rexnord Foundation Inc)
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,045 · typical grant $100 to $1,945 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human Services; Health & Saftey
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Private foundation · Monroe, MI
La-Z-Boy Foundation
Takes applications
45 Tennessee grants totaling $259,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public benefit; Education-libraries; Human services; Health care; Education-libraies
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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.