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425 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University”
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Scottsdale, NV
Flowerree Foundation
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
Shell USA Company Foundation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Private foundation · Nashville
The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.