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425 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University”
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Private foundation · Harriman, NY
Gigi & Averell H Mortimer Foundation
Invitation only
2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Grand Rapids, MI
Leslie Tassell Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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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
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Public charity · Philadelphia, PA
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $998,030 · typical grant $344,155 to $653,875 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Research
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Private foundation · Washington, DC
The Freedom Forum Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Trustee initiatives
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Private foundation · Leesburg, VA
Diane & Michael Canney Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Advancing cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment, ensuring that families never receive a bill for care, travel,...
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Private foundation · Radnor, PA
E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $120,000 · typical grant $35,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 31, Jul 15 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To help with the cost of the exhibition, "suchitra mattai: phala,its related programming.; Fund scholarships and stipends for three students completing a three-year master of...
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Private foundation · Greensboro, NC
Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $3,500 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
Wm Keck Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $1,000 to $1.3 million (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To understand the neural circuits that link oral sensation to feeding behavior
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Public charity · Greenwood Village, CO
Amg Charitable Gift Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
21 Tennessee grants totaling $77,000 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical & health; Education; Public assistance; Nature; Food/agricultural programs
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Public charity · Boston, MA
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
6 Tennessee grants totaling $596,890 · typical grant $10,000 to $140,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: DAF - Health Care & Research; DAF - Education; DAF - Religious Institutions - Synagogues; DAF - Environment
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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
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Private foundation · West Conshohocken, PA
John Templeton Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $615,323 · typical grant $23,434 to $167,527 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Tokens show: public theology, human flourishing, the good life; Mental health first responders for spiritual yearning among "religious dones"; Understanding the dynamical...
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
Willard and Ruth Johnson Charitable Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $382,500 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Oakland, CA
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $479,035 · typical grant $25,000 to $241,535 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Research / Project Support; Medical Respite Initiative, Po - Grants Splits Wit
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Community foundation · Jackson, MS
Community Foundation for Mississippi
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General oper support
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Private foundation · Kingsport
Cornelia Chason Miller Family Foundation Inc.
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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
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Once Upon A Time Foundation
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $42,642 · typical grant $651 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: The philanthropy lab
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Timothy 617 Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $138,895 · typical grant $1,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2024)
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Ann and Monroe Carell Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $50,000 to $400,000 (tax year 2025)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To further charitable activities
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.