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308 foundations that funded “Education”
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
James A and Mayme H Rowland
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational
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Private foundation · Greenwich, CT
The Walter and Monica Noel Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation
Takes applications
34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and education.
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Battelle Memorial Institute
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $670,646 · typical grant $8,828 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stem education; Operating income; Corporate match
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Private foundation · Paris
Betsy Ross Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $43,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Environmental education; Support public education; Support for children with disabilities and rare diseases; Support for raptors; Support for youth programs
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Private foundation · Halls
Eleanor and Warren Nunn Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $237,000 · typical grant $27,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public education donation
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Public charity · Shelbyville
Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford County
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $268,961 · typical grant $12,744 to $38,620 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Addiction education and assistance; Connecting forward grant
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Public charity · La Vergne
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $249,970 · typical grant $15,000 to $158,600 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Agricultural education support; Academic support
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Public charity · Davenport, IA
Rsm Us Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $116,385 · typical grant $11,766 to $61,028 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Youth education - ja and dollars for doers; Youth education - power of love and dollars for doers; Youth health - dollars for doers and holiday card constest; Youth education -...
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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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Private foundation · Dearborn, MI
The Auto Club Group Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $49,395 · typical grant $5,000 to $30,480 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Driver education; Traffic safety
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Terra Foundation for American Art
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Arts education
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Public charity · Tucker, GA
U S Poultry & Egg Harold E Ford
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,500 · typical grant $5,500 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Industry Education Recruitment Fund
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Private foundation · Ogden, UT
Ascent Credit Union Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Purchase of education materials and classes for students at Ogden High School
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Private foundation · Fishers, IN
Forum Credit Union Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Higher education scholarships
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Private foundation · Wayne, PA
E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2023)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Futhur educational purpose; Further educational purposes
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Fidelity Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $37,436 · typical grant $170 to $750 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fidelity matching gifts to education
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Private foundation · Nashville
James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
26 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern Tennessee from hurricane helene; Recovery in community capital campaign; Capital fund support - new building; Fall bash -...
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $8.2 million · typical grant $125,000 to $606,651 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: K-12 education; Public awareness and analysis; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis; Postsecondary education
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Public charity · New York, NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services
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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.