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425 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University”
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Private foundation · Boca Grande, FL
The Hawthorne Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,500 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Law dean's discretionary fund; Religion
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Private foundation · Somerville, MA
Henry David Thoreau Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $6,500 · typical grant $6,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · No Andover, MA
Gardner Family Charitable Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,600 · typical grant $100 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support organization activities
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Private foundation · Lake Forest, IL
Frank P & Nancy B Smith Charitable Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,200 · typical grant $8,200 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical research
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Private foundation · Nashville
Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation
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33 Tennessee grants totaling $35,960 · typical grant $250 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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.