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834 foundations that funded “University Foundat Ion Inc”

  1. Community foundation · Syracuse, NY

    Central New York Community Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $49,100 · typical grant $11,600 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Program/project support; Student support

  2. Private foundation · Lebanon

    Precision Rubber Products Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    25 Tennessee grants totaling $92,700 · typical grant $3,000 to $4,600 (tax year 2024)

    24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide funds for charity's purpose; Scholarships; Provide funds for entity's purpose; Provide funds for special project; Scholarship

  3. Private foundation · Kingsport

    Cornelia Chason Miller Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $5,263 · typical grant $100 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Greatest needs

  4. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Oliver & Evelyn Smith Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: A church sharing the message of jesus christ.; To preserve and promote the history of Tennessee, focusing on East Tennessee, to educate and connect the region; Education

  5. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024-2025 grantmakers for southern progress annual membership; Directors cancer innovation fund (general fund)

  6. Private foundation · St Louis, MO

    The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $42,006 · typical grant $42,006 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 1, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  7. Community foundation · St Louis, MO

    St Louis Community Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $181,450 · typical grant $8,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General support, general support specifically for missouri first responders; Sigma chi golf scholarship, college of arts and science, annual campaign; For credit to gamma chi...

  8. Community foundation · Venice, FL

    Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $145,033 · typical grant $10,000 to $59,033 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Human services; Health

  9. Community foundation · Mclean, VA

    The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $107,700 · typical grant $6,500 to $92,200 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community health systems; Hospital (specialty); Education nec

  10. Private foundation · Memphis

    J R Hyde III Foundation

    Takes applications

    108 Tennessee grants totaling $12.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    4 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General operating support/support for a strategic plan; General operating support/support for the Mid-South development district's organizational reboot; Support for allmemphis...

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Cal Turner Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    24 Tennessee grants totaling $8.7 million · typical grant $5,760 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Fra turner fellows; Capital support for new building; Capital support for building renovations - matching campaign; Recovery in community capital campaign; Fra turner fellows 2024-25

  12. Private foundation · Huntingdon

    The Jones Hertiage Foundation Inc.

    IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · Invitation only

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $37,131 (tax year 2024)

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Religious purposes; Helping people believe, belong, trust, and come to be who god called them to be; To nurture survivor healing and strategically combat human trafficking in...

  13. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    J William & Elizabeth S Robinson Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $17,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: For the promotion of educational development; Bishop watson scholarship fund

  14. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    The Lindsay and Carter Hawkins Foundation Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $106,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational

  15. Private foundation · Stamford, CT

    Martha Washington Straus-Harry H Straus Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Medical research

  16. Private foundation · Lake Forest, IL

    Frank P & Nancy B Smith Charitable Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,200 · typical grant $8,200 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Medical research

  17. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Nancy & Victor S Johnson Jr Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    81 Tennessee grants totaling $346,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Capital campaign; School of nursing; Canby robinson society

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    26 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    4 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern Tennessee from hurricane helene; Recovery in community capital campaign; Capital fund support - new building; Fall bash -...

  19. Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN

    Gerald D and Edna E Mann Family Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $102,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship & operating expenses

  20. Private foundation · Brentwood

    The Anita and Julian Saul Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $258,558 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

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.