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265 foundations that funded “Car”

  1. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Retirement Research Foundation

    Takes applications

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $128,030 · typical grant $540 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: A two-year grant to adapt the savvy caregiver training program to address the unique needs of lgbtqia+ caregivers.

  2. Community foundation · Detroit, MI

    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $607,465 · typical grant $10,000 to $360,715 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education; Health care

  3. Private foundation · Orland Park, IL

    Hyland Family Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Children health; Youth care

  4. Private foundation · Fairfax, VA

    The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $9,265 · typical grant $4,265 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community assistance; Health care

  5. Private foundation · Casper, WY

    Teapot Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,000 · typical grant $15,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To provide reduced or no cost specialty medical care to children nationally.

  6. Private foundation · Asheville, NC

    Dogwood Health Trust

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Collaborative research on social drivers of health in western north carolina.

  7. Private foundation · Mountain View, CA

    The Sobrato Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $75,000 · typical grant $75,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the Memphis birth center and midwifery care

  8. Community foundation · Rochester, NY

    Rochester Area Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $13,391 · typical grant $5,891 to $7,500 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religion; Medical care

  9. Private foundation · Paola, KS

    The Rail Heritage Trust

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,550 · typical grant $15,550 to $45,000 (tax year 2025)

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

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Locomotive 576 eectrical components; Work on car watx 100

  10. Public charity · Nashville

    Christmas Village

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $766,000 · typical grant $76,600 to $536,200 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To fund education; To fund research and patient care

  11. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $636,720 · typical grant $300,000 to $336,720 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Appalachia service project received $300,000 from the cdp truist foundation's western north carolina recovery and resiliency fund for their western north carolina helene...

  12. Private foundation · Mequon, WI

    Nicholas Family Foundation Trust

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Annual campaign. Dedicated to providing the best care for patients and research that leads to cures.

  13. Public charity · Nashville

    Acm Lifting Lives

    How to apply: not stated

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $475,326 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Music therapy; Vumc music camp; Mental health line; Career workshop; Mental health init.

  14. Community foundation · Springfield, MA

    Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $28,800 · typical grant $7,000 to $11,800 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: P: human services; B: education; E: health care

  15. Public charity · Washington, DC

    American Forests

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $145,000 · typical grant $34,000 to $111,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Funding and technical assistance in permanently transitioning the national register of champion trees; Career pathways program in Memphis, staff training & support

  16. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Hearst Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $250,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide general operating support; To support the LifeSet program for youth transitioning out of foster care

  17. Private foundation · Overland Park, KS

    Norman & Elaine Polsky Family Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To provide children affected by limb loss with the prostheses they need throughout childhood and adolescence and serving as a caring resource, advocate and support system for...

  18. Private foundation · San Angelo, TX

    James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 29, Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To transform the hearts of children and families in uganda and throughout the world through life-saving medical care, family preservation, and sharing the love of jesus christ

  19. Private foundation · Metairie, LA

    Aucoin Hart Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To empower kids to join the fight against pediatric cancer by raising money to provide local care for pediatric cancer patients and their families and to fund research to cure...

  20. Private foundation · Monroe, MI

    La-Z-Boy Foundation

    Takes applications

    45 Tennessee grants totaling $259,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Public benefit; Education-libraries; Human services; Health care; Education-libraies

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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.