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132 foundations that funded “Home”
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Private foundation · Greeneville
J C Morris Family Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $63,060 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships; Assist foster children
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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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Private foundation · Halls
Eleanor and Warren Nunn Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $237,000 · typical grant $27,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public education donation
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Private foundation · Roanoke, VA
Cartledge Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $1,500 · typical grant $500 (tax year 2023)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education
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United Way · Lebanon
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland
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28 Tennessee grants totaling $206,158 · typical grant $9,637 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Designated
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Private foundation · Bartlett
Knapp Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
24 Tennessee grants totaling $141,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General/operating; Senior workshop series
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Public charity · Phoenix, AZ
Petsmart Charities Inc.
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22 Tennessee grants totaling $450,800 · typical grant $6,300 to $26,300 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Adoptions; Adoptions, disaster response; Adoptions, transport
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Public charity · Monteagle
South Cumberland Community Fund
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $223,939 · typical grant $7,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Worcester, MA
Wilensky Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,540 · typical grant $2,770 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Cancer research; Veterans support
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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Center City Development Corporation
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $30,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)
94% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Storefront grants; Tenant improvement grant; Good neighbor grant; Special grant incentive; Pre development assistance grant
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Public charity · Nashville
Oasis Center Inc.
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $76,465 · typical grant $10,000 to $17,798 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Teen outreach program
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Public charity · Farragut
Classic Productions for Students
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $48,013 · typical grant $9,603 to $19,205 (tax year 2024)
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Community foundation · Sharon, PA
Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
6 Tennessee grants totaling $131,916 · typical grant $15,000 to $29,916 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Murfreesboro
Charity Circle of Murfreesboro
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38 Tennessee grants totaling $697,650 · typical grant $8,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution to donor advised fund to be used as general support for charities
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Private foundation · Nashville
Cal Turner Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
24 Tennessee grants totaling $8.7 million · typical grant $5,760 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
10 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Fra turner fellows; Capital support for new building; Capital support for building renovations - matching campaign; Recovery in community capital campaign; Fra turner fellows 2024-25
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Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Adams Family Foundation II
Takes applications
17 Tennessee grants totaling $186,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
59% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
Mission Possible
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $285,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hurricane relief
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Public charity · Memphis
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation
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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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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Jewish Federation
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13 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $26,700 to $135,298 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
We Are One World Foundation Inc.
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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.