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5 foundations that funded “Benevolence”
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Private foundation · Bartlett
Midsouth Christian Care
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $197,000 · typical grant $36,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Benevolence
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Public charity · Beverly Hills, CA
Livenationorg Foundation
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grant providing financial assistanc; Providing emergency assistance to t
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Robert Lee Weiss Foundation First TN Bank Plaza Tower
Takes applications
26 Tennessee grants totaling $159,500 · typical grant $4,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Community service projects; Scholarship funding; Capital projects; Accessible equipment for; Emergency assistance
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...
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Public charity · Oakland, CA
California Nurses Association
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To assist organization
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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.