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840 foundations that funded “Children”
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Private foundation · Hendersonville
Carolyn Smith Foundation
Takes applications
146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2 million · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services - local community; Health - General; Medical research; Provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in Middle Tennessee; Programs...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
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: Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship; The classic tee sponsor / clays...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Boyd Foundation
Takes applications
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...
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United Way · Murfreesboro
United Way of Rutherford County
How to apply: not stated
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...
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Private foundation · Paris
Charles P Wilson Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $7,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community program services; Christianity; Community program; Family planning center; Homeless shelter for women & children
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Private foundation · Nashville
Cal Turner Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
24 Tennessee grants totaling $8.7 million · typical grant $5,760 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
10 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Fra turner fellows; Capital support for new building; Capital support for building renovations - matching campaign; Recovery in community capital campaign; Fra turner fellows 2024-25
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Private foundation · Pine Bluff, AR
Simmons First Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
22 Tennessee grants totaling $161,521 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General donation for youth programming; Community services; Pcn stars program; 1 school 1 mission program; Therapy tools to support children with special needs
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $18.9 million · typical grant $50,000 to $2 million (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Employee matching gift(s); Religion & cultural inst initiative; Youth on faith & service initiative; Capacity buildg-disaster relief orgs; Nurturing children-worship & prayer
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $592,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Transportation - new vehicle; Able youth track and field program; Expansion project; Recovery in community-arch academy for girls; Increase capacity to serve local needs and...
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Public charity · Savannah
The Darryl Worley Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
17 Tennessee grants totaling $105,535 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community Events; Veterans programs; Recognition of Veterans; Medical Research; Program for Austistic Children
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Private foundation · Jacksboro
Lafollette Medical Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $562,779 · typical grant $23,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Mental health programs; Medical, psychological, & educational services for abused & neglected children in the juvenile court of campbell county; Influenza vaccination program,...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
The William B Stokely Jr Foundation
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $337,450 · typical grant $1,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community ministry; Education; Health services; Community; Art education
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Private foundation · Huntingdon
Wright Charitable Trust
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $155,431 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Arts Focus; Support and prevent child abuse; To meet the educational needs; Shooting Range; To build a children's playground
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Private foundation · Memphis
Formanek Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · typical grant $40,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits; To support the provision of health care for underinsured people; To improve Memphis by the revival of...
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Private foundation · Germantown
Irvin Lansky Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $575,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Jobs for life; Pcn program education; Teach reading skills to elementary children; Personal and career development; Jewish family services
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Private foundation · Lenoir City
The Robert H Brethen Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $165,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2023)
No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation for recreation programs; Donation to support healthcare programs; Donations for underprivileged children; Donation to support wildlife programs; Donation to support...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
East Tennessee Cardiovascularresearch Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support innovative and interdisciplinary neuroscience research for mental health.; Support heart surgery in jimani for haitian children.; To support the mission of mental...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
William T Grant Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $438,348 · typical grant $25,000 to $151,616 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Applying a critical lens to the use of research evidence in state policymaking; Using implementation science to reduce health disparities in youth & families: a...
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Private foundation · Bristol, VA
Donald and Betty Burke Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $1,470 · typical grant $270 to $700 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Christian ed. Mission; Assistance of the poor; Cancer patient aid; Assist children with hearing loss
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities Incorporated
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $23,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Toward expenses of the educational enrichment programs, to advance job readiness, career development and pre-k readiness for economically vulnerable women and children.; Toward...
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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.