Shaver Foundation Inc

The Dan Paul Foundation

Blountville, TN

Lindley Family

Algonquin, IL

The foundation supports charitable organizations, including housing, food assistance, and sports and inclusion programs, with 2025 grants in Indiana, Illinois, and Georgia. Its 13 grants ranged from $10 to $50,000, with a median of $4,300. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

W L Lyons Brown Foundation

Louisville, KY

The W L Lyons Brown Foundation’s 2025 grants supported varied charitable work, with 66% of grant dollars going to Kentucky and 33% to Tennessee; its reported grants ranged from $2,000 to $11.38 million, with a median of $12,000, though totals included large distributions during dissolution. It gave only to preselected organizations, did not accept unsolicited requests, and its final filing indicates it has wound down and stopped grantmaking.

Don Nierling Mem Fdn Tai

Chicago, IL

The foundation supports children in need and children’s healthcare, along with therapeutic and educational programs, science education, and arts and history organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $50,000, with a median of about $19,852; most funding went to Arizona, followed by Florida and North Dakota. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Lanier Family Foundation

West Point, GA

In 2024, the Lanier Family Foundation supported universities, schools, churches, and other charitable and religious organizations, with grants ranging from $100 to $280,000 and a median award of $1,475. Most grant dollars went to organizations in Georgia and Alabama. The profile does not state whether the foundation accepts unsolicited requests.

Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc

Montgomery, AL

The foundation funds religious, educational, health, disability-service, community-support, and cultural organizations, primarily in Alabama. Its 2025 grants ranged from $50 to $52,450, with a median of $1,500. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Nicklies Foundation Inc

Louisville, KY

The foundation supports parks, early-childhood education, public safety, basic needs, healthcare, veterans, and services for people with autism, primarily in Kentucky, with smaller grants in nearby states. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $25,000, with a median of $2,750. It has no formal application process and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.

Ma Rikard Charitable Trust

Nashville, TN

The Nashville-based trust funds a broad range of organizations, including schools and universities, libraries, children’s health, arts and cultural groups, and animal-welfare organizations, with grants primarily reported in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Hawaii, and Washington. In 2025, grants ranged from $200 to $65,000, with a median of $4,000. Its 2023 filing says to submit a letter to Frank A. Rikard with the organization’s latest determination letter; no deadline is listed.

Brown-Forman Foundation

Louisville, KY

The Brown-Forman Foundation funds arts and culture, lifelong learning, and community well-being, with a strong focus on Louisville and grants going to Kentucky organizations. Recent grants ranged from $25,000 to $1 million, with a median of $80,000. Its materials are mixed on unsolicited requests: a program listing says it does not accept them, while its guidelines say eligible nonprofits may apply once per fiscal year.

The Woodard Family Foundation

Eugene, OR

The Woodard Family Foundation funds arts, education, health, human services, environmental, and public-interest work, including projects, capital improvements, and operating support, with a longstanding focus on the greater Cottage Grove area and nearby North Douglas and South Lane Counties. In 2025, grants ranged from $500 to $50,000, with a median of $3,500. Its website says it accepts unsolicited requests within its service area, but its 2024 filing says it does not.

Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust

Crowley, LA

The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc

Louisville, KY

The Community Foundation of Louisville supports a broad range of causes, including arts, parks, education, social services, and libraries, with most 2025 grant dollars going to Kentucky organizations. Its 2025 grants had a median of $15,200 and ranged from $5,100 to over $2.3 million; the available information does not say whether it accepts unsolicited requests.