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2,503 foundations

  1. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Tr Uw Blanche A Robinson-Char

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $800 to $11,200 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarships

  2. Public charity · Knoxville

    Hillcrest Healthcare Communities Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $218,338 · typical grant $56,000 to $162,338 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General operation support; Intergenerational playground

  3. Private foundation · Middleburg, VA

    Dun Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $45,000 · typical grant $500 to $44,500 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

    The Harold J Bowen Jr & Duval Bowen Family Fdn Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Institute for Public Health Innovation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $99,483 · typical grant $40,000 to $59,483 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To facilitate employment and effective integration of community health workers to help communities respond to and recover from covid-19.; To grant on behalf of common health...

  6. Public charity · Memphis

    International Brotherhood of 667 Tcwh

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $13,200 · typical grant $5,500 to $7,700 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community relations and enhancements.

  7. Public charity · Tampa, FL

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $433,918 · typical grant $212,737 to $221,181 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Capacity building

  8. Public charity · Washington, DC

    World Wildlife Fund Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $41,116 · typical grant $17,777 to $23,339 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Conservation

  9. Private foundation · Allentown, PA

    Ppl Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $30,107 · typical grant $10,107 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Sep 15 · next Sep 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · Macon, GA

    The Ra Bowen Trust

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: May 1 · next May 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  11. Public charity · Brooklyn, NY

    Giving Tuesday Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $12,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community accelerator

  12. Public charity · Philadelphia, PA

    Abim Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Building trust - discover, decipher, demonstrate; Vivid health connect - clinical training

  13. Private foundation · Pennington, NJ

    Goodwin Meissner Fam Fdn Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $7,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted general

  14. Private foundation · Wakefield, MA

    Knopf Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $110,000 · typical grant $35,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To help provide exceptional care for children battling medulloblastoma, brain tumor cancer and to help researchers, who are working on it to better understand what causes it;...

  15. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    The Nunnally Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Private foundation · Pennington, NJ

    Mark and Judith Cook Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To advocate for court-appointed special advocates (casa) programs; To educate and inspire through the arts

  17. 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

  18. Public charity · Burbank, CA

    Public Media Group of Southern California

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Funding for civic engagement project

  19. 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

  20. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    H Fort Flowers Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Unrestricted donation; For school of engineering joseph and lori flowers scholarship

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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.