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387 foundations that funded “Community”
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Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA
Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc. 5487-00-40
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,500 · typical grant $7,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 15 · next Aug 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community spay/neuter -
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $30,000 · typical grant $30,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community programming support
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Private foundation · Irvine, CA
The Sunwest Bank Charitable Foundation I
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $233 · typical grant $233 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community services- cancer research
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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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Public charity · Beaverton, OR
City Fund
How to apply: not stated
29 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $50,000 to $145,000 (tax year 2024)
64% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support enrollment growth for sy24-25; To support continued enrollment/seat growth through sy25/26; To support the successful launch of encompass community school; To...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Mary G K Fox Foundation
Takes applications
27 Tennessee grants totaling $181,310 · typical grant $1,000 to $9,210 (tax year 2025)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: 2022 grant request; 2024 grant request; Assistance to indigent; Web site domain and hosting; Educational audio/video
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Public charity · Phoenix, AZ
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $66,450 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Aventura community school - school garden program; Currey ingram academy - school garden program; Journey to wellness; 579-never hungry community gardens; 585-thomas a. Edison...
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Links Foundation Incorporated
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $350,652 · typical grant $19,975 to $85,455 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship & community charitable and educational programs; Community scholarship & programs; Chapter educational programs
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Fair Housing Alliance
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $827,645 · typical grant $61,104 to $98,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fund community accessibility projects
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Public charity · Greenville, SC
Prisma Health - Blount Memorial Hospital Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $59,900 · typical grant $6,000 to $26,700 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Op/community engagement
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Private foundation · Melbourne, FL
Embraer Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jul 15 · next Jul 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Envest community grant
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Private foundation · Phoenix, AZ
Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust 08-11-95
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support Community Impact through Song Sight Music Mentoring Retreat
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Public charity · Memphis
Artsmemphis
How to apply: not stated
46 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $12,000 to $28,500 (tax year 2024)
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating support & arts builds community; Operating support & enhancement
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Private foundation · Lebanon
Jim Horne & Evelyn S Hankins Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $195,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Assist children in the community; Provide programs and activities for seniors; Provide housing for families with children receiving medical treatment; Affordable tuition...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Hees Family Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 31 · next Aug 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
53% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General fund/community support; Tuition support; General fund/tuition support; Youth foster care support; Disaster relief
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Public charity · Memphis
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation
How to apply: not stated
14 Tennessee grants totaling $6.1 million · typical grant $29,729 to $715,828 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Various medical and community programs; Various research studies; Scholarships & tuition deferral; Various community programs; Hospice house and bereavement center
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Private foundation · Signal Mountain
Bishop Family Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $640,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $90,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Recovery in community campaign; Clef medical camps campaign; Stability program; Truck for project restore; South Chattanooga program
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
The Gap Foundation
Takes applications
9 Tennessee grants totaling $9,100 · typical grant $250 to $300 (tax year 2024)
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For civic & community engagement; For health & nursing services
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Public charity · Memphis
Seeding Success
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $290,703 to $728,782 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Full service community schools program
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Public charity · Oakland, CA
Solidaire Network Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $40,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Movement support of Community Defense of East Tennessee.; Movement support of People's Advocacy Institute; General support of Black Mycelium Project; General support of...
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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.