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90 foundations that funded “Society”

Public charity · Sewanee
Sewanee Community Chest

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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: Community support; Preschool program; Sewanee elem schoolpto; Community outreach; Low income housing support
Public charity · Washington, DC
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

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6 Tennessee grants totaling $75,250 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: General contribution
Community foundation · Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

4 Tennessee grants totaling $137,500 · typical grant $12,500 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Operating funds for Memphis coalition against pollution (mcap); Imagination library program - rotary club of charlottesville 22901; Education, research and support of...
United Way · Nashville
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.

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315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)

20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants
Private foundation · Nashville
The Frist Foundation

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128 Tennessee grants totaling $32.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

15 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: General support directed by lauren elcan ingram; Operating support for 2024; General support directed by julie and tommy frist; General support directed by jennifer and billy...
Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.

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91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

3 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: General donation; Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship
Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Texas Instruments Foundation

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70 Tennessee grants totaling $151,310 · typical grant $200 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."
Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation

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60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
Private foundation · Knoxville
Boyd Foundation

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56 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: For annual budget.; To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.; To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in East Tennessee.; To...
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation

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48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unrestricted grant
Private foundation · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation

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48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
United Way · Murfreesboro
United Way of Rutherford County

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47 Tennessee grants totaling $694,125 · typical grant $2,500 to $21,500 (tax year 2024)

72% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Support for pregnant women; Ann campbell early learning center; Project learn and triple play program; Child abuse, community ed and drug endangered children programs; Rent and...
Private foundation · Nashville
The Fugitive Foundation

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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
Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Bar Foundation

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38 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $95,000 (tax year 2024)

55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Administration of justice; Legal services
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation

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34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and education.
Public charity · St Louis, MO
Saint Thomas West Hospital

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34 Tennessee grants totaling $663,167 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Support of Teeth For Life program; Support of pregnancy services for uninsured, low income women; Support of No-Cost Mental Health Counseling; Support of Community Health...
Private foundation · Kansas City, MO
Bluescope Foundation North America

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31 Tennessee grants totaling $225,511 · typical grant $1,995 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)

26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Matching gift; Arts; Education - youth; Community - shelter; Community - health, safety & environment
Public charity · San Antonio, TX
Petco Love

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31 Tennessee grants totaling $670,083 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,678 (tax year 2024)

81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
United Way · Hendersonville
United Way of Sumner County

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23 Tennessee grants totaling $458,197 · typical grant $9,078 to $27,115 (tax year 2024)

22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Health focus; Financial stability; Youth opportunity; Rebuilding lives; Community resiliency
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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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.