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425 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University”

  1. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  2. Private foundation · Evansville, IN

    Koch Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $2,103 · typical grant $100 to $1,883 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable Operations

  3. Private foundation · Scottsdale, NV

    Flowerree Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Public charity · New Orleans, LA

    The Greater New Orleans Foundation

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

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $92,600 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health; Environment; Health support; Film & video; Education

  5. 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...

  6. Community foundation · Tulsa, OK

    Tulsa Community Foundation

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

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $282,507 · typical grant $9,155 to $23,250 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Community foundation · Morristown, NJ

    Community Foundation of New Jersey

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

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $324,827 · typical grant $10,600 to $86,046 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hospitals, specialty hospitals & community clinics; Veterans & first responders; Various

  8. Community foundation · Tampa, FL

    Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc.

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

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $423,727 · typical grant $40,000 to $337,867 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support of mission

  9. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Shell USA Company Foundation

    Invitation only

    59 Tennessee grants totaling $480,847 · typical grant $400 to $2,400 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 1000; 500; 100; 50; 520

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    28 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Public charity · Brentwood

    Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment & Retention Center Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    27 Tennessee grants totaling $4.4 million · typical grant $49,384 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community incentive; Conference sponsorship; Community incentive/sponsorship

  12. Private foundation · Norwalk, CT

    Ge Foundation

    Takes applications

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $60,401 · typical grant $129 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift

  13. Private foundation · Nashville

    Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation

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    22 Tennessee grants totaling $107,750 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. 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

  15. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $392,300 · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Public charity · Dallas, TX

    Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $344,332 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: This grant is designated for general support.

  17. Public charity · Charleston Sc, SC

    The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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

    45 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $6,300 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Public charity · Atlanta, GA

    Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc.

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

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $148,056 · typical grant $10,000 to $27,556 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Private foundation · Nashville

    Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation

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    282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    5 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Annual giving.; Alexis de tocqueville society.; Arch academy.; Annual giving fund.; "let's grow together" capital campaign.

  20. Private foundation · Radnor, PA

    Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    65 Tennessee grants totaling $7,784 · typical grant $50 to $104 (tax year 2025)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts

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.