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838 foundations that funded “University Foundation”

  1. 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

  2. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Laura and John Arnold Foundation

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    13 Tennessee grants totaling $4.7 million · typical grant $43,867 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support grantee's states leading recovery grant program.; To support bail system data collection and data democratization, with the overall goal of providing an accurate and...

  3. 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...

  4. Private foundation · Nashville

    Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $51,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Montgomery, AL

    Doy & Margaret Mccall Family Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $14,584 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: College prep educational facility; Educational institution; Religious services; Rehab for abused, addicted women; Scholarship fund for the college of arts and sciences

  6. Private foundation · Memphis

    Robert E Tipton Jr Charitable Foundation

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $242,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Nashville

    Julia Carell Stadler Foundation Tr

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $216,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · New York, NY

    William Randolph Hearst Foundation

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...

  9. Private foundation · Paris

    Elizabeth Chenoweth Foundation Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $20,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $4,400 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship; Scholorship

  10. 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;...

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Mary Perkins Bradbury Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $53,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For use in the public charity

  12. 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

  13. Private foundation · Nashville

    Don R Elliott Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $58,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education

  14. Private foundation · Northville, MI

    Cooper-Standard Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  15. Private foundation · Smyrna, GA

    Anne and Clint Kibler Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $500 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 15 · next Mar 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Alfred P Sloan Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $249,418 · typical grant $25,000 to $194,418 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To help bring financial and investment literacy to diverse high school girls by providing access, support, and guidance through training, mentorship, and networking; To develop...

  17. Private foundation · Memphis

    Rosalie Conte Foundation 44-7300093

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education

  18. Private foundation · Gallatin

    Susan G Nokes Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $225,000 · typical grant $75,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Support of college with trustee scholarship; Support church missions

  19. Private foundation · Glenview, KY

    The Mattei-Rothschild Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $62,225 · typical grant $5,000 to $57,225 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship fundnon-cash donationdate of gift: 2/4/25description of property: 700 shares of kellanova stockbook value of property: $14,433method used to calculate book value:...

  20. Private foundation · Grundy, VA

    The Horizon Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $42,686 · typical grant $9,975 to $32,711 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

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.