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22 foundations that funded “Collaborative”
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education
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31 Tennessee grants totaling $7.1 million · typical grant $100,000 to $375,000 (tax year 2024)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Award
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Public charity · Nashville
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Lear
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $450,000 · typical grant $225,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Call to effective action
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Private foundation · Asheville, NC
Dogwood Health Trust
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Collaborative research on social drivers of health in western north carolina.
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Public charity · Johnson City
Ballad Health
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $63,500 (tax year 2024)
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2025 Collaborative Partner for economic development; Kids' Christmas Event Sponsorship; Provide quality musical education through academic, community and competitive...
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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
Tennessee Justice Center Inc.
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Low Income Housing Coalition and Low Income Housing
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024 - sli southeastern tenant protections cohort grant; 2024 - osah state partner regrants
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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18 Tennessee grants totaling $8.2 million · typical grant $125,000 to $606,651 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: K-12 education; Public awareness and analysis; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis; Postsecondary education
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024-2025 grantmakers for southern progress annual membership; Directors cancer innovation fund (general fund)
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Public charity · Durham, NC
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Solve spark grant
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Public charity · Indianapolis, IN
Strada Education Foundation Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $420,354 · typical grant $110,177 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating grant
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Public charity · Memphis
The Collective Blueprint
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $280,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Partnership in the Memphis workforce intermediary project
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Private foundation · Nashville
Scarlett Family Foundation
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250 Tennessee grants totaling $8.6 million · typical grant $7,500 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Dec 15 · next Dec 15, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Tuition; Support for operations; Support for operations and capacity building; Support for director of operations and director of student support; Student support in memorium...
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Public charity · Memphis
Women's Foundation for A Greater Memphis
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48 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $20,250 to $47,054 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Various
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Public charity · Memphis
The Urban Child Institute
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43 Tennessee grants totaling $5 million · typical grant $10,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Parsons
The Ayers Foundation Trust
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36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded: General/operating
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Public charity · Beaverton, OR
City Fund
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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 · Memphis
Formanek Foundation
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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...
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Private foundation · Battle Creek, MI
Wk Kellogg Foundation
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11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $17,500 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching Grant; Health and Health Equity; Promise of an Equitable Future; Trustee Mini Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security
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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.