Funding search · EIN 263670335 · Nashville, TN
Tennessee State Collaborative On
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 78
- grants reported
- $18.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $150,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Pencil Foundation3 grants · $2.1M
- Kipp Nashville3 grants · $1.7M
- Nashville Classical Charter School3 grants · $1.3M
- Memphis Education Fund3 grants · $1.2M
- Prep Public Schools2 grants · $1.1M
- Volunteer Schools Dba Nashville Incubator2 grants · $1.0M
- Nashville Public Education Foundation3 grants · $866,667
- Nashville Charter Collaborative2 grants · $850,000
- Lead Public Schools3 grants · $850,000
- Chattanooga 202 grants · $700,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 78 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.6M
Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $789,753
Kipp Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $750,000
Memphis Education Fund · Memphis, TN · 2023
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- $600,000
Nashville Charter Collaborative · Nashville, TN · 2024
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- $583,110
Prep Public Schools · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
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- $500,000
Volunteer Schools Dba Nashville Incubator · Nashville, TN · 2024
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- $500,000
Prep Public Schools · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
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- $500,000
Volunteer Schools Dba Nashville Incubator · Nashville, TN · 2023
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- $477,400
Kipp Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $465,000
Nashville Classical Charter School · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $456,231
Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $437,500
Nashville Classical Charter School · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $400,000
Chattanooga 20 · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Award
- $400,000
Lead Public Schools · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $400,000
Kipp Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
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- $400,000
Nashville Public Education Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $393,600
Memphis Teacher Residency · Memphis, TN · 2024
Award
- $375,000
Memphis Lift Parent Institute · Memphis, TN · 2024
Award
- $347,969
Nashville Classical Charter School · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $340,000
Memphis Education Fund · Memphis, TN · 2022
Award
- $300,000
Nashville Public Education Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $300,000
Nashville Public Educationfoundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $300,000
Chattanooga 20 · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Award
- $250,000
Lead Public Schools · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $250,000
Nashville Charter Collaborative · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $226,832
Aventura Community Schools · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $224,000
The Memphis Lift Parent Institute · Memphis, TN · 2022
Award
- $206,610
Tennessee Career Academy · Memphis, TN · 2024
Award
- $200,000
Pivot School Improvement Leaders · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $200,000
Niswonger Foundation · Greenville, TN · 2023
Award
- $200,000
Lead Public Schools · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $178,500
Aventura Community Schools · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $178,000
Aventura Community Schools · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $170,268
Montessori Elementary Highland Park · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Award
- $166,667
Nashville Public Education Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $160,000
Libertas School of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
Award
- $150,385
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Award
- $150,000
Little Wonders Early Learning Center Llc · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $150,000
Memphis Education Fund · Memphis, TN · 2024
Award
- $150,000
Nashville Propel Parent Institute · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $150,000
Niswonger Foundation · Greenville, TN · 2024
Award
- $150,000
Persist Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $150,000
Little Wonders Early Learning Center Llc · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $150,000
Persist Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $150,000
Pivot School Improvement Leaders · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $138,000
STEM Prep · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $125,000
Invictus Nashville Charter School · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $125,000
Knox Education Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Award
- $125,000
Memphis Teacher Residency · Memphis, TN · 2022
Award
- $120,000
Chattacademy Community School · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Award
- $115,640
Southwest Tn Community College Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
Award
- $100,000
Man Up Teacher Fellowship · Cordova, TN · 2024
Award
- $100,000
Middle Tennessee State University · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Award
- $100,000
Tnachieves · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Award
- $95,000
Hamilton County Schools Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Award
- $92,975
Middle Tennessee State University · Murfreesboro, TN · 2023
Award
- $89,000
Tennessee Charter School Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $88,440
Motlow State Community College · Tullahoma, TN · 2023
Award
- $80,000
Nashville Teacher Residency · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $75,000
Relay Graduate School of Education · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $66,500
Joe C Davis Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
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- $64,000
Persist Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Award
- $61,796
Tipton County School · Covington, TN · 2022
Award
- $50,250
Clarksville-Montgomery Co School System · Clarksville, TN · 2022
Award
- $50,000
Intrepid College Preparatory · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $50,000
Tnachieves · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Award
- $50,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
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- $50,000
Maslow Development · Memphis, TN · 2022
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- $50,000
Tnachieves · Knoxville, TN · 2022
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- $45,000
Lauderdale County School District · Ripley, TN · 2022
Award
- $41,650
Knox Eeducation Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Award
- $40,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
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- $32,500
Tennessee Charter School Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
Award
- $25,000
Explore Community School · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $25,000
STEM Preparatory Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $25,000
Tennessee Nature Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024
Award
- $23,440
Memphis Teacher Residency · Memphis, TN · 2023
Award
- $20,000
Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
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