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300 foundations that funded “Community Foundation”

  1. Private foundation · Towson, MD

    Gordon Croft Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $31,036 · typical grant $1,000 to $30,036 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Payments for community improvements; Payments for research

  2. 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...

  3. Public charity · Memphis

    Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation

    Ask before applying

    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

  4. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Usg Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $6,470 · typical grant $38 to $600 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health & Human Services; Community & Civic; Educational Institutions and Related Activities

  5. Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN

    Jd Finish Line Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $27,150 · typical grant $1,225 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Louder Than Words; Community Voices

  6. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Circle of Service Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,600 · typical grant $1,600 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Match/discretionary; Community services

  7. Private foundation · Goleta, CA

    Hands of 10ve Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $11,022 · typical grant $11,022 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Coats purchased for community coat drive

  8. Private foundation · West Grove, PA

    The Dansko Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,405 · typical grant $1,405 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Improving quality of life for community with sick children

  9. Private foundation · Johnson City

    The Jack Davis Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: To fund scholarship at north east state community college in Tennessee.

  10. Public charity · Bethesda, MD

    Journey for Good Foundation Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $110,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life; To serve our nation by honoring our defenders, veterans, first...

  11. Public charity · New York, NY

    Parkinson's Foundation Inc.

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $53,683 · typical grant $10,683 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Center of excellence grants; Community engagement & advocacy

  12. Public charity · Evanston, IL

    The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

    Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $379,412 · typical grant $22,500 to $73,576 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Econ. And community develop.-humanitarian; Econ. And community develop.-humanitarian-daf; Disease prev. And treatment-humanitarian-daf; Disaster response-floods; Basic...

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    The Siddiqi Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    22 Tennessee grants totaling $421,025 · typical grant $5,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Academic programs; School garden program; Mental health program; Money for local community food pantr

  14. 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

  15. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Bailey Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...

  16. 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...

  17. Private foundation · Herndon, VA

    Barzinji Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program assistance - social services; Program support - social/community services; Program support - educational/community services; Program support - educational services

  18. Public charity · Long Island City, NY

    Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $341,300 · typical grant $10,000 to $176,300 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Suicide prevention; community engagement; disaster relief; survey incentive; sponsorship; Suicide prevention; survey incentive; clinical mental health; Social connection &...

  19. Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN

    Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $800,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $700,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To pilot competency-based math course redesign models to foster more equitable pathways to success at community colleges; To build capacity to digitally engage adult learners...

  20. Public charity · Cohoes, NY

    The Ayco Charitable Foundation

    Ask before applying · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    51 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $10,000 to $25,100 (tax year 2025)

    28% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious institutions; Community & human services; Environment & animal protection; Colleges and universities; Arts and culture

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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.