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60 foundations that funded “Region”

  1. Public charity · Columbia

    Maury Regional Heathcare Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $82,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $16,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Free home visitation; Handicap ramps; Program and services; Medication assistanc; Trauma therapy

  2. Private foundation · Hermitage, PA

    Buhl Regional Health Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,360 · typical grant $7,360 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Public charity · St Louis, MO

    Saint Thomas Regional Hospitals

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $42,000 · typical grant $12,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Support of mental health assistance for uninsured and underinsured; Support of mobile pantry mass food distributions

  4. Community foundation · Winfield, KS

    Legacy A Regional Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $27,123 · typical grant $9,186 to $17,937 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health care

  5. Public charity · Kingsport

    Northeast Tennessee Regional Economic

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $452,000 · typical grant $125,000 to $327,000 (tax year 2022)

    Funded: To provide funds for regional marketing programs; To provide funds for a workfoce investment program and other economic development programs

  6. United Way · Cleveland

    United Way of the Ocoee Region

    How to apply: not stated

    25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $15,000 to $68,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Community health; Partner agency; Community health/parnter agency

  7. Community foundation · Appleton, WI

    Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $42,543 · typical grant $5,100 to $21,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Human services; Philanthropy, voluntarism; Health care

  8. Public charity · Boston, MA

    Jobs for the Future Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $421,622 · typical grant $30,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support ares regional challenge; To support pwc charitable foundation; To support dol growth opportunities 5; To support wre walmart networks development & workforce...

  9. Private foundation · St Paul, MN

    The Bush Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $787,500 · typical grant $787,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To implement an innovative model for regional conservation of grasslands that is designed to benefit farmers and ranchers across south dakota

  10. Private foundation · Columbia

    West Tennessee Young Farmers & Homemakers Leadership Development

    Takes applications

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $27,300 · typical grant $2,750 to $3,250 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Governors school; Scholarships; Leadership development; Regional livestock expo/jr showcase; 4-h congress sponsorship

  11. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    South Arts Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $343,478 · typical grant $5,250 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: In These Mountains - Cargill 3rd Grant; FY25 SA/NEA Regional Engagement / Arts in Community; FY24 SA/NEA Regional Engagement / Arts in Community; FY25 NEA ArtsHERE; Southern...

  12. Private foundation · Memphis

    International Paper Company Foundation

    Takes applications

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $148,535 · typical grant $2,252 to $13,683 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Carter county food for kids backpack program; Donated shipping for menstrual health program; Junior achievement biz town; Habitat improvement along rivers in greater Nashville...

  13. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Oliver & Evelyn Smith Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: A church sharing the message of jesus christ.; To preserve and promote the history of Tennessee, focusing on East Tennessee, to educate and connect the region; Education

  14. Private foundation · Cleveland

    George R Johnson Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    72 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Advocate training program; Children educational program; Art education; Unity center; Harbor safe house

  15. Public charity · Johnson City

    Ballad Health

    How to apply: not stated

    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...

  16. Private foundation · Oshkosh, WI

    Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $45,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide immediate financial support to families of towing operators who lose their lives in the line of service in our industry.; To support East Tennessee disaster relief...

  17. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $636,720 · typical grant $300,000 to $336,720 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Appalachia service project received $300,000 from the cdp truist foundation's western north carolina recovery and resiliency fund for their western north carolina helene...

  18. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship; The classic tee sponsor / clays...

  19. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Bailey Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...

  20. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Truist Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    26 Tennessee grants totaling $715,970 · typical grant $10,000 to $31,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    13 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Building career pathways to; Thriving communities; Strengthening small; Presidential honors; Special programs

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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.