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29 foundations that funded “Civic”
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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
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Private foundation · Coral Gables, FL
The Selma Oritt Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Mb and Edna Zale Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Civic
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Wyman Youth Trust
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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
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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
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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
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
The Gap Foundation
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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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Private foundation · Providence, RI
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Bnsf Railway Foundation
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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
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Usg Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Columbia, MD
Wr Grace Foundation Inc.
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Memphis
J R Hyde III Foundation
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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...
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Private foundation · Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation
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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...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Ford Foundation
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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 · 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
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Winstonsalem, NC
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
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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.