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29 foundations that funded “Civic”

  1. Public charity · Nashville

    Civic TN

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $501,525 · typical grant $20,000 to $83,550 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civic engagement; Regrant; Kregse; Redistricting; Election protection

  2. Private foundation · Coral Gables, FL

    The Selma Oritt Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,252 · typical grant $9,252 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Civic

  3. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Mb and Edna Zale Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Civic

  4. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    Wyman Youth Trust

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250 · typical grant $250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 15, Sep 15, Dec 1 · next Dec 1, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civic

  5. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Investor Fund

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $29,500 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civic engagement; Electioneering; Civil engagement

  6. Community foundation · Portland, OR

    The Oregon Community Foundation

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

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $65,768 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civic Engagement; Physical Health; Environment; Higher Education

  7. 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

  8. Private foundation · Providence, RI

    Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353

    Takes applications

    17 Tennessee grants totaling $51,066 · typical grant $370 to $3,115 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift to civic agency; Matching gift to education; Matching gift to enviornement agency; General support to civic agency; Matching gift to health & human services agency

  9. Public charity · Burbank, CA

    Public Media Group of Southern California

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Funding for civic engagement project

  10. Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX

    Bnsf Railway Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $59,340 · typical grant $240 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts 1; Civic; Health & human services; United way/red cross; Youth

  11. 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

  12. Private foundation · Columbia, MD

    Wr Grace Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education & science; Health & social welfare; Urban, civic & culture

  13. Community foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    California Community Foundation

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

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $25,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Animal welfare; Religion; Disaster response; Health; Arts

  14. Private foundation · Memphis

    J R Hyde III Foundation

    Takes applications

    108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

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

    24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    4 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...

  15. Private foundation · Troy, MI

    The Kresge Foundation

    Takes applications

    30 Tennessee grants totaling $6.2 million · typical grant $120,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Project support grant to complete the final phase of the locally driven narrative efforts supported by ideas42; Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen...

  16. 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...

  17. Public charity · Nashville

    Action TN

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $682,000 · typical grant $37,500 to $152,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $350,200 · typical grant $25,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support org programs

  19. Public charity · Youngstown, OH

    State Power Fund

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program services

  20. Private foundation · Winstonsalem, NC

    Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $380,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $325,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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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.