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3 foundations that funded “Steel”

  1. Private foundation · Fort Wayne, IN

    Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Spark expansion campaign

  2. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Loveland, CO

    Tom Adjutant and Ariel Steele Foundation Inc.

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100 · typical grant $100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General charitable contribution

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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.