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52 foundations that funded “Initiative”
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Public charity · Louisville, KY
Lee Initiative Inc.
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Racial justice srrj
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Public charity · New York, NY
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $177,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $49,960 · typical grant $24,960 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Aug 14 · next Aug 14, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Germantown
Breast Cancer Eradication Initiative Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $176,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Breast cancer research/educ/treatment
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Public charity · Punta Gorda, FL
Open Sats Initiative Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $216,018 · typical grant $66,018 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Free and open source software developmentfree and open source software development; Free and open source software development
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Research- cardiac initiative; Research- newborn screening
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Private foundation · Salt Lake City, UT
One Against Childhood Hunger
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $13,047 · typical grant $13,047 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Childhood hunger initiative
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Community foundation · Sioux Falls, SD
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $37,274 · typical grant $9,500 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Preserve our prairies initiative; General support, bibles
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Private foundation · Winter Park, FL
Jacarlene Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $75,000 · typical grant $75,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: 2025 grant award fbo southeast wetlands initiative florida
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Public charity · Washington, DC
Aarp
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $144,583 · typical grant $8,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
91% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community Challenge Grant to support AARP's Livable Communities initiative; Sponsorship of event; Sponsorship of the free rides to the polls on election day event; "Sponsorship...
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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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Private foundation · Washington, DC
Public Welfare Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $100,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for gideon's trumpet redux-continued; Support for justice, not just surviving; Support for mississippi prison reform coalition; Support for towards a people's justice;...
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Public charity · Oakland, CA
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $479,035 · typical grant $25,000 to $241,535 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Research / Project Support; Medical Respite Initiative, Po - Grants Splits Wit
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Public charity · Jackson
Leaders Education Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $33,500 · typical grant $6,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Allowed united way's read team program to assist students with reading initiatives and give books to elementary school-aged children; The education connection (formerly...
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Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation
Takes applications
60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $162,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Sep 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Curatorial research fellowship: dr. Patricia lee daigle; Program support (over 2 years); Warhol re-granting initiative
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Public charity · Nashville
The Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $202,363 to $981,607 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: K-12 & post secondary education - career readiness (jpmorgan chase); K-12 & post secondary education - career readiness (jpmorgan chase), partnership 2030 initiative, &...
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Public charity · Chapel Hill
International Association of Lions Clubs
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $72,696 · typical grant $10,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support local high school athletics; To support hurricane disaster relief; To support sight services and other community initiatives; To support the local community
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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...
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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.