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  1. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    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)

  2. Private foundation · Rye Brook, NY

    The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $785,553 · typical grant $223,682 to $252,199 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Research project

  3. Private foundation · Independence, OH

    The Covia Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $9,735 · typical grant $1,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Public charity · Nashville

    The Thrift Alliance

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $240,000 · typical grant $60,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Private foundation · Wheaton, IL

    The William and Mary Davis Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $14,100 · typical grant $3,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operational funding

  6. Public charity · Chattanooga

    The Howard Fund

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $115,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Public charity · Chattanooga

    The Layman Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $205,556 · typical grant $21,429 to $125,397 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship funds; Opera/cap/sch fds

  8. Public charity · Fort Lee, NJ

    The Players Alliance Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financial support for operations; Field improvements

  9. Public charity · Columbia

    The Farm and Forest Families of Tennessee Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $69,031 · typical grant $18,314 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Contribution to hurrican relief

  10. Public charity · Nashville

    The Well Coffeehouse

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $73,265 · typical grant $15,000 to $37,265 (tax year 2024)

  11. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $162,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

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

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Curatorial research fellowship: dr. Patricia lee daigle; Program support (over 2 years); Warhol re-granting initiative

  12. Public charity · Harrisburg, PA

    The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $116,000 · typical grant $6,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community development; Religion

  13. Private foundation · Loveland, OH

    The John and Shirley Davies Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $4,377 · typical grant $777 to $2,600 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  14. 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

  15. Public charity · Loudon

    The Kind Charities of Tennessee Inc.

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    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

  16. Public charity · Arlington, VA

    The Nature Conservancy

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    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

  17. Public charity · Agawam, MA

    The Harold Grinspoon Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $99,508 · typical grant $9,978 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Life & legacy grants; Pjl grants

  18. Public charity · San Francisco, CA

    The Trust for Public Land

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $242,360 · typical grant $10,000 to $182,360 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grants; Land conservation

  19. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    The Norcliffe Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $650,500 · typical grant $500 to $500,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2025 our wetlands matching challenge; Conservation legacy match challenge

  20. Private foundation · Denver, CO

    The Ensign-Bickford Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,350 · typical grant $100 to $3,150 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: May 30 · next May 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Medical research; Animal rescue assistance

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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.