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145 foundations that funded “College”
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Public charity · Wayne, PA
Ao North America Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fellowship
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Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
Highmark Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $107,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Five-year grant (2021-2025) to support traditionally under-represented minorities with dental scholarships.; To support school grants and award programs
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Private foundation · Danville, VA
Hughes Memorial Home
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational scholarships to deserving students
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Public charity · Columbia
Rehabilitation Corporation of Tennessee
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $45,200 · typical grant $9,200 to $36,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Dewey and Louise Martin Scholarship Fund
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $33,500 · typical grant $33,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Artie Ruth Reilly Scholarship Fund
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $37,000 · typical grant $37,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, Apr 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Eagan, MN
William Edgar Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,600 · typical grant $2,600 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 15 · next Aug 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO
Pendleton Sara J Char Tr-Main
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: May 14 · next May 14, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Apopka, FL
Byron Robinson Educational Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational and development
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Private foundation · Midland City, AL
The Coleman Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Las Vegas, NV
Adair Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,950 · typical grant $1,950 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Windcrest, TX
Ja Leppard Foundation Trust
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
Funded: Christian eductation & mission work
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Fugitive Foundation
Takes applications
41 Tennessee grants totaling $237,950 · typical grant $1,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign & operating support
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Public charity · Columbia, MO
Midway USA Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $272,693 · typical grant $9,344 to $27,049 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To fund youth shoothing sports
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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
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
The Life Fund
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Life lessons
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
The Endover Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
The Spencer Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $158,300 · typical grant $48,422 to $109,878 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Can mentoring improve adolescent girls' educational outcomes?; Bilingual book clubs
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Sir Philip Sidney Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $17,900 · typical grant $900 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Scholarship; To support a program for special needs student and scholarship
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Public charity · Memphis
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation
How to apply: not stated
14 Tennessee grants totaling $6.1 million · typical grant $29,729 to $715,828 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Various medical and community programs; Various research studies; Scholarships & tuition deferral; Various community programs; Hospice house and bereavement center
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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.