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13 foundations that funded “Elementary”
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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)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Union City Elementary Pto
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
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Private foundation · Canton, OH
Timken Foundation of Canton
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $194,624 · typical grant $24,624 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 1 Tennessee grant, such as New Market Elementary Pto
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Playground improvement program; The love kitchen - new refrigeration unit for walk-in freezer and new sign for front of building.; Hurricane helene disaster relief
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Private foundation · Marietta, GA
Charles O Pyron Family Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Dan Mills Elementary School Pto
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · New York, NY
New York Life Foundation
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $71,500 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Algood Middle School Pto, Sycamore Elementary Pto
95% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educ. General; Cca general
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Public charity · Los Angeles, CA
Round It Up America Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,083 · typical grant $10,083 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 1 Tennessee grant, such as George Whitten Elementary Pto
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community service programs
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Public charity · Knoxville
East Tennessee Foundation
How to apply: not stated
250 Tennessee grants totaling $12.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Knox Education Foundation, Sevier Cty High School Foundation, Greeneville City Schools Foundation
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Disaster relief; Arts & culture; Education; Youth development
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Private foundation · Nashville
Louisiana-Pacific Foundation
Takes applications
39 Tennessee grants totaling $341,773 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Julia Green Elementary Pto, Hunters Bend Elementary School Pto, Brentwood High School Pto
52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Northbrook, IL
The Allstate Foundation
Takes applications
36 Tennessee grants totaling $129,500 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Middle Valley Elementary Pto
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
61% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Agent - individual hh; Employee helping hands; Helping hands group grants; Disaster relief - hurricane helene and milton
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education
How to apply: not stated
31 Tennessee grants totaling $7.1 million · typical grant $100,000 to $375,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Knox Education Foundation, Nashville Public Education Foundation, Knox Eeducation Foundation
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Award
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Fidelity Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $37,436 · typical grant $170 to $750 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Farmington Elementary School Pto, Franklin High School Band Boosters Inc.
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fidelity matching gifts to education
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Private foundation · Nashville
Gibson Gives
Takes applications
100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Glendale Pto, Germantown Education Foundation, Warner Arts Magnet Pto
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts
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Public charity · Goodlettsville
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
How to apply: not stated
81 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $8,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Adult Education Foundation of Bloun
44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: English as a second; Atoz family; Literacy support for; Bim family literacy; Literacy changes liv
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Private foundation · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (PTO, booster club or school foundation): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Pto of Glendale Elementary
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
39% 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.