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425 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University”
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Public charity · Nashville
The Junior League of Nashville Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $7,000 to $25,660 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Literacy programs; Pediatric rehab unit; Diaper bank; Educational programs
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Private foundation · Grosse Pointe, MI
Richard A Sterban & Donna L
Invitation only
4 Tennessee grants totaling $12,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Athletics.; Cancer research.
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Private foundation · High Point, NC
The Wilson Family Foundation
Invitation only
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 · Mount Juliet
Queener Family Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $33,051 · typical grant $100 to $31,671 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To assist education expenses for individuals; Church contribution
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Private foundation · Nashville
Patricia C & Thomas F Frist Jr Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $7,500 · typical grant $2,500 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Franklin
Dunn Family Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $96,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $46,000 (tax year 2025)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support eductional excellence at Brentwood academy; Children support; Support overall education and research activities
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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
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Community foundation · Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,250 · typical grant $5,250 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Boise, ID
J R Simplot Company Foundation Inc.
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education
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Public charity · New York, NY
Huntington's Disease Society
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $17,500 to $45,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community services
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $330,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program
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Public charity · New York, NY
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $83,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $47,500 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community safety fund innovation grant; To provide funding to support domestic violence prevention work; To support the be smart evaluation project
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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
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Community foundation · Houston, TX
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
18 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $201,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Educational; Arts; Public benefit; Human services; Health
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Community foundation · Lakeland, FL
Givewell Community Foundation Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $772,165 · typical grant $60,000 to $634,415 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Environment; Education k-12; Education - college
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Private foundation · Nashville
Henry Laird Smith Foundation
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33 Tennessee grants totaling $547,500 · typical grant $1,250 to $17,500 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · typical grant $133,000 to $308,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: For general scholarship support.; For nursing scholarships.; For nursing and allied health scholarships.; For general and nursing scholarships.
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Hymowitz Family Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $37,500 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable Event; School of Medicine Basic Sciences
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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
55 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
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Private foundation · Parsons
The Ayers Foundation Trust
Takes applications
36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded: General/operating
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.