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244 foundations that funded “Schools Foundation”
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Private foundation · Memphis
J R Hyde III Foundation
Takes applications
108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...
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Private foundation · Claremont, CA
Augustyn Foundation Trust
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support of public charity
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Astre Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Contribution to scholarship fund
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Private foundation · Burr Ridge, IL
Mcs Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,600 · typical grant $600 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational support
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Private foundation · Montrose, AL
Mcneel Family Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Operating expenses
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Private foundation · Thomson, GA
The Knox Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education
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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
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Private foundation · Winona, TX
Hiawatha Education Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $60,000 · typical grant $60,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 25, Jun 25, Sep 25, Dec 25 · next Dec 25, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational programs
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Private foundation · Fremont, MI
Freemen Foundation
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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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
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Private foundation · Nashville
Tennessee Titans Foundation
Takes applications
124 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
84% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating budget
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Hees Family Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 31 · next Aug 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
53% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General fund/community support; Tuition support; General fund/tuition support; Youth foster care support; Disaster relief
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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 · Memphis
The Bornblum Foundation
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $3,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program Services
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
White Oak Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Evansville, IN
William E Schmidt Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $74,250 · typical grant $500 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Kenneth E Boring Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $38,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Greatest need; Museum college daze
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Private foundation · Raleigh, NC
The Huisking Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $76,000 · typical grant $4,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Brother joel mcgraw scholarship fund; Meals on wheels
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Public charity · Chattanooga
The Layman Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $205,556 · typical grant $21,429 to $125,397 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship funds; Opera/cap/sch fds
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Public charity · Germantown
Germantown Education Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,366 · typical grant $8,557 to $14,535 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education
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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.