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5 foundations that funded “Taco”

  1. Public charity · Irvine, CA

    Taco Bell Foundation Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide support services and programs for underprivileged children, to help them grow up; To provide financial support at the local level for boys and girls clubs throughout...

  2. Public charity · Sheffield, MA

    Berkshire Taconic Community

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Philanthropy, voluntarism, and grantmaking; Human services

  3. Public charity · Tacoma, WA

    Leadership Foundations

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $109,972 · typical grant $7,229 to $60,793 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Mentoring and training

  4. Private foundation · Tacoma, WA

    Stewardship Foundation C D A B & W T Weyerhaeuser Ttees

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $30,000 · typical grant $30,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

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

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Tacoma, WA

    Gary E Milgard Family Foundation - Mark

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

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Building the bulls

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.