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9 foundations that funded “Endowment”
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $18.9 million · typical grant $50,000 to $2 million (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Employee matching gift(s); Religion & cultural inst initiative; Youth on faith & service initiative; Capacity buildg-disaster relief orgs; Nurturing children-worship & prayer
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Public charity · Cordova
Dow Endowment Fund Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $90,764 · typical grant $25,764 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Pediatric intensive; Childlife foundation; Ped ward
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Public charity · Galveston, TX
Permanent Endowment Fund of the Moody Memorial First United Method
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $36,850 · typical grant $16,150 to $20,700 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Vocational Development Ministry Network; Business Accelerator
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Private foundation · Lafayette, LA
Randon Costello Scholarship Endowment Fund A Nonprofit Corpora
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $2,500 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Education
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Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Identifying Brain Circuits that Connect Respiration and Cognitive State. Principal Investigator: Lindsey Schwarz
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Private foundation · Charlotte, NC
The Duke Endowment
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $106,500 · typical grant $106,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To expand an evidence-informed program that helps people discuss divisive issues.
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Public charity · Smyrna
The Smyrna Rotary Club Charitable Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $39,000 · typical grant $9,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial assistance; Scholarship funds
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Private foundation · Charlottesville, VA
Allen Family Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1 million · typical grant $1 million (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Paris
Adams Family Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $43,550 · typical grant $2,225 to $3,225 (tax year 2025)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support program; Education; Education and assistance; Support after school programs; Support food distribution
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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.