Grants awarded
Who does The Danner Foundation fund?
The Danner Foundation has awarded $2.3 million across 193 grants to 109 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $5,500, with most between $2,500 and $15,000.
Total awarded
$2.3M
Typical grant
$6K
Grantees
109
Grants
193
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| M Make a Wish Fndn Middle TN Chapter | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | AL | |
| M Middle Tennessee Council Bsa | $100K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Fndn Greater Huntsville | $80K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$80K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Harpeth Conservancy
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$76K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| S Southern Offroad Bicycle Association Middle TN Chapter | $75K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Harpeth Youth Cycling INC | $75K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Greenways for Nashville INC
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$67K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$55K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| Y YMCA Nashville and Middle Tennessee | $55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Family and Childrens Services | $55K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$50K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| S Southern Offroad Bicycle Association | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$45K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$42K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Pencil Foundation
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$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| N Nashville Urban Debate League | $40K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$40K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | TN | |
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$40K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
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$40K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| H Harpeth Youth Cycling Club | $36K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TN | |
| S Second Harvest Food Bk of Middle TN | $35K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Covenant School | $35K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Second Harvest Food Bk of Mid TN | $34K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank | $30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Cheekwood | $30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tennessee Performing Arts Center | $28K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $28K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$26K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| M Make a Wish Fndn Middle TN Chapter | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$24K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$22K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| P Pure INC DBA Pure Charity | $22K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
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$20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TN | |
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Williamson County Rescue Squad
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| U United Way of Greater Nashville | $20K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boy Scouts of America Middle TN Council | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A A Step Ahead Foundation Mid TN INC | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| C Community Fndn Middle TN INC | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A A Step Ahead Foundation of Middle Tennessee INC | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Community Fndn of Middle Tennessee | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Studio Tennessee Theatre Company | $12K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$12K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Brightstone INC
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$11K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| M Mental Health America Midsouth | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U United Way of Greater Nashville | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Nashville Antihuman Trafficking Co | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
| W Williamson Medical Center Foundation INC | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$10K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| N Nashville Symhony Association | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Southern Offroad Bicycle Association | $9K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tusculum Child Care Center | $8K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | TN | |
Belcourt Theatre INC
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$7K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Martha O'Bryan Center INC
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$6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
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$6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| M Monroe Carroll JR Childrens Hospital | $6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
Thistle Farms INC
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$6K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T TN Breast Cancer Coalition | $5K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Vanderbilt University Medical Ctr | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Nashville Children's Theatre | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| V Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Frist Center for the Visual Arts | $5K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| O Oz Arts Nashville | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W W O Smith Music School | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| G Give Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Oz Arts Nashville | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Mental Health Cooperative INC
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| B Battle Ground Academy | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Abe's Garden Community | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Corporation of Mercer University
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| M Make a Wish Foundation Middle TN Chapter | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Vumc Bill Wilkerson Center | $5K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| V Vumc Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Westminster Presbyterian Church | $4K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$4K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Friends of Radnor Lake
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$4K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| G Gordon Jewish Community Center | $3K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Conservancy for the Parthenon | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| C Conservncy for the Parthenon | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
First Steps INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
| G Glencliff Scholarship Fund | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TN | |
Special Olympics Tennessee INC
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN |
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