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5 foundations that funded “Worldwide”
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Public charity · Syracuse, NY
Proliteracy Worldwide
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $25,725 · typical grant $6,000 to $7,725 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Literacy programs
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Public charity · New York, NY
Dress for Success Worldwide
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $20,751 · typical grant $8,465 to $12,286 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Support of member organization
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Private foundation · Sioux Falls, SD
Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: May 1 · next May 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Nochera Fam Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To preserve, enhance, and promote shelby park and bottoms, a nearly 1300 acre park, containing miles of trails, multiple playgrounds, facilities and historic structures for...
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Private foundation · Twinsburg, OH
The Dalton Family Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $15,690 · typical grant $1,020 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donation for general operations
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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.