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122 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University Medical Center”

  1. Private foundation · Northbrook, IL

    Three Lakes Foundation Trust

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $616,320 · typical grant $616,320 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: B4PF2.0 Imaging Phase II

  2. Private foundation · Ann Arbor, MI

    Cayman Biomedical Research Institute

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $60,000 · typical grant $60,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Research grant

  3. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Colonel (il) James N Pritzker

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $175,000 · typical grant $175,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Private foundation · West Hollywood, CA

    Kardashian Jenner Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $36,611 · typical grant $36,611 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide support for charitable and educational activities consistent with the mission of the foundation.

  5. Private foundation · Duarte, CA

    Prolacta Bioscience Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 30, Aug 31, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: 43rd annual neonatology symposium - advances and controversies in neonatal medicine.

  6. Private foundation · Richmond, VA

    Red Gates Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2 million · typical grant $2 million (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  7. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Ann M Duffer Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  8. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $163,405 to $330,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Expansion of pancreatlas connectivity platform and phenotyping of handel samples by cutting-edge single cell multiome technology; Defining molecular mechanisms of cell...

  9. Public charity · Arlington, VA

    American Diabetes Association

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $784,889 · typical grant $73,652 to $199,337 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Innovative Research to Support the Psychological and Emotional Needs of People with Diabetes; Postdoctoral Fellowship; Innovative Clinical or Translational Science Nutrition;...

  10. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Tch Ruth Mcbride Polk

    Invitation only

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $56,238 · typical grant $5,624 to $19,683 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  11. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Tch Jural Couey Carter

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $9,200 · typical grant $3,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  12. Private foundation · Rye Brook, NY

    The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $785,553 · typical grant $223,682 to $252,199 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Research project

  13. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    The Vingo Trust III

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  14. Public charity · Redmond, WA

    Child's Play

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $211,929 · typical grant $58,981 to $152,948 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Gift, grant - pediatric gaming technology specialist; Gift, grant - equipment

  15. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    The Adele P Azar Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,500 · typical grant $7,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: General operating budget

  16. Private foundation · Petersburg, VA

    Abraham S Ende Research Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $8,635 · typical grant $8,635 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

    Funded: Cancer research

  17. Community foundation · Chicago, IL

    The Chicago Community Trust

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

    29 Tennessee grants totaling $32.5 million · typical grant $15,000 to $342,704 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Charleston, SC

    Coydog Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,000 · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  19. Public charity · Philadelphia, PA

    Abim Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Building trust - discover, decipher, demonstrate; Vivid health connect - clinical training

  20. Public charity · Houston, TX

    Retina Research Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · typical grant $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

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.