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70 foundations
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Public charity · Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $134,550 · typical grant $20,000 to $53,550 (tax year 2024)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the family safety center; General support, for the matthew and catherine saurage vanderbilt venture fund for entrepreneurship
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024-2025 grantmakers for southern progress annual membership; Directors cancer innovation fund (general fund)
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Public charity · Lighthouse Point, FL
Leaving A Positive Legacy Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $12,425 · typical grant $2,150 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Assistance for local dog shelter; Support for children's hospital programs; To inspire, educate, and empower grundy county youth and their families through character building,...
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Private foundation · Kingsport
Eastman Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $109,250 · typical grant $1,750 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
Stated deadlines: Jul 31 · next Jul 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Mountain mission scholarship; Hurricane helene relief
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Public charity · New York, NY
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $83,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $47,500 (tax year 2024)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community safety fund innovation grant; To provide funding to support domestic violence prevention work; To support the be smart evaluation project
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Public charity · Brentwood
Lbmc Cares Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (business incubator or entrepreneur center): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Nashville Entrepreneur Center
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide support for entreprenueurs; Provide support for recovery
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Public charity · Brentwood
Miles for Miles Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
Funded: Jobs program; Support k-12 children with disabilities in finding christ
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
The Poetry Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant; Special opportunities grant
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Public charity · Galveston, TX
Permanent Endowment Fund of the Moody Memorial First United Method
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $36,850 · typical grant $16,150 to $20,700 (tax year 2024)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Vocational Development Ministry Network; Business Accelerator
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $800,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $700,000 (tax year 2024)
1 Tennessee grant for entrepreneurship, economic development or workforce (by stated purpose or recipient)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To pilot competency-based math course redesign models to foster more equitable pathways to success at community colleges; To build capacity to digitally engage adult learners...
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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.