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834 foundations that funded “University Foundat Ion Inc”
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Private foundation · Los Altos, CA
The Heising-Simons Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $880,033 · typical grant $125,000 to $206,691 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: For grantmakers for southern progress; To implement phase two of the astrophysics postdoctoral launch program; To enhance mathematics learning in early childhood classrooms;...
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Private foundation · Stamford, CT
Point72 Employee Directed Giving Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $185,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $160,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Mcentire family dean's faculty fellow
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Community foundation · Irvine, CA
Orange County Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $105,830 · typical grant $15,000 to $28,330 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community improvement and development; Education; Human services; Arts and culture; Health and wellness
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Public charity · San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Area Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $54,594 · typical grant $24,594 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Woonsocket, RI
Cvs Foundation
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22 Tennessee grants totaling $124,385 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Volunteer challenge grants; Small grant; Scholarship - pharmacy; Scholarship grants
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
How to apply: not stated
9 Tennessee grants totaling $22.6 million · typical grant $79,804 to $189,305 (tax year 2024)
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Advancing soil health in Tennessee; Restoring cumberland plateau grasslands & savannas; Restoring abandoned and legacy mine lands; Coastal habitat restoration; Remove fish...
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Private foundation · High Point, NC
The Wilson Family Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $22,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Los Altos, CA
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $310,500 · typical grant $13,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Just Societies; Environment and Science; Families and Communities
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV
Smith Pete and Sally Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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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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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Ann M Duffer Family Foundation
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23 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: North Carolina and Tennessee Hurricane Relief Efforts; Building Hope for Women & Children Campaign; Just Us program; Rheumatoid Arthritis Research; VUMC Pediatric rehabilitation program
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Private foundation · Johnston, RI
Citizens Charitable Foundation
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13 Tennessee grants totaling $29,301 · typical grant $103 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching gifts
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Private foundation · Oklahoma City, OK
Fred Jones Family Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $31,580 · typical grant $750 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Claws for paws and sunset safari benefactor; Claws for paws and jaws annual fund; 2024-2025 gridiron club; Western heritage awards - 2025; Even split b/w vanderbilt club sports...
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Goodfriend Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $677,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General support for mission; Support business school at twu; Buildings/imprvt to facilities; Gen support for mission - religious; Goodfriend tennis reno
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...
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Private foundation · Bristol, VA
The United Company Foundation
Takes applications
22 Tennessee grants totaling $653,302 · typical grant $7,075 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jul 1, Dec 1 · next Dec 1, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Education - tuition; Education - books; Support for continuation of museum's extensive educational resource project; Sequoyah council capital program - camp davy crockett;...
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $8.2 million · typical grant $125,000 to $606,651 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: K-12 education; Public awareness and analysis; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis; Postsecondary education
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Private foundation · Pleasanton, CA
The Duffield Family Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,000 to $330,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community conversations - october 2024 - monthly winner; National foster survey 2024; 2024 hurricane relief grant; Aligncare's 5-year strategic plan through 2029; Open arms...
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $843,000 · typical grant $150,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Imagination library for the mt program; Scaling climate smart ranching practices and; Good governance
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Private foundation · Memphis
Dorothy Snider Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $120,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Monthly hopital meals; Health science ctr
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.