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2,917 foundations
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
The Gertrude E Skelly Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Emergency fund
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Public charity · Nashville
Music City Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $34,444 · typical grant $6,500 to $21,444 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support the work of caring for hospitality industry workers who are in crisis. These workers are the backbone of the 2nd largest industry in Nashville.; To support the...
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Public charity · Nashville
Nashville Rescue Mission
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $5,375 to $2 million (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide clothing / supplies; Provide food /supplies; Provide hygiene supplies
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Public charity · New York, NY
Breakthrough T1d
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $972,755 · typical grant $147,312 to $550,473 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: T1d research
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Public charity · Springfield, MO
Forvis Mazars Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $23,828 · typical grant $5,400 to $12,408 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Food Security
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Public charity · Loudon
The Kind Charities of Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $34,793 · typical grant $7,000 to $19,793 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide assistance to individuals with intellectual disabilities
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Private foundation · Alexandria, IN
Gaither Charitable Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $505,500 · typical grant $500 to $500,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Golf benefit
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Ken W Davis Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Restoration for self-trafficking; Building project - capital campaign
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Public charity · New York, NY
National Basketball Association Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $550,000 · typical grant $150,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: In support of programs in furtherance of nba foundation's mission
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Community foundation · Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,250 · typical grant $5,250 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Cleveland
Trousdale Living Communities Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $310,576 to $829,940 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General Support Services
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Public charity · New Orleans, LA
Igivecatholic
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $145,213 · typical grant $40,681 to $52,565 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Participant in the #igivecatholic campaign
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Public charity · Boston, MA
Reach Out and Read Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $17,442 · typical grant $5,093 to $6,239 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Encourage reading
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Private foundation · Highland Park, IL
Ploughshares Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $22,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Chicago, IL
Muscular Dystrophy Association
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $175,900 · typical grant $50,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical diagnosis and movr registry support; Medical diagnosis; Research
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Public charity · Beaverton, OR
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $438,775 · typical grant $60,000 to $190,821 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support reproductive health access
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
The Nature Conservancy
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $406,982 · typical grant $36,000 to $213,982 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Conservation activities
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc.
Takes applications · Mostly scholarships for individuals
3 Tennessee grants totaling $20,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Encourage knowledge and appreciation of contemporary american music
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Public charity · New York, NY
National Basketball Players Association Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $140,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $133,315 · typical grant $20,000 to $78,315 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Economic 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.