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838 foundations that funded “University Foundation”
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Hollyhock Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $532,000 · typical grant $245,000 to $287,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Policy manager & technical consultant; Literacy studies ph.d. Program scale-up
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Private foundation · Baltimore, MD
The Nabit Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Dayton, OH
The White Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2023)
Funded: Scholarship
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Public charity · Columbus, OH
Columbus Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $15,000 to $93,110 (tax year 2024)
70% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Social services; Education; Health; Neighborhood
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Community foundation · Irvine, CA
Orange County Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $105,830 · typical grant $15,000 to $28,330 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community improvement and development; Education; Human services; Arts and culture; Health and wellness
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Community foundation · Gainesville, GA
North Georgia Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $37,269 · typical grant $5,119 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Health; Education
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Public charity · Brunswick, GA
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Nashville
Washington Foundation
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81 Tennessee grants totaling $799,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $14,500 (tax year 2025)
2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Milton and Denice Johnson Family Foundation
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53 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign; Reimagining community spaces in mnps; Support for the mobile program and operations
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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 · 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 · Atlanta, GA
Cs Foundation Inc.
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16 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2 million · typical grant $75,000 to $450,000 (tax year 2025)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Irvine, CA
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $84,050 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Research, general support & education
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Private foundation · Irving, TX
Celanese Foundation
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $13,298 · typical grant $26 to $500 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Nashville
We Are One World Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
11 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
How to apply: not stated
9 Tennessee grants totaling $22.6 million · typical grant $79,804 to $189,305 (tax year 2024)
11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Advancing soil health in Tennessee; Restoring cumberland plateau grasslands & savannas; Restoring abandoned and legacy mine lands; Coastal habitat restoration; Remove fish...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Jim and Leah Sohr Family Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $741,800 · typical grant $7,500 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Covington, LA
Fidelis Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $68,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Religious; Educational; Assist with character building program; Assist their mission to provide for the homeless, hungry, and hurting neighbors in the Knoxville area; Assist...
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Public charity · Memphis
Methodist Healthcare Foundation
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $110,730 to $348,600 (tax year 2024)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Various programs and operational support; Professorship, Research, & IRB Fees; Clinic Support; Endovascular Fellowship; Capital Acquisitions
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Private foundation · Nashville
Conway - Welch Family Foundation
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $614,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $225,000 (tax year 2024)
83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Nurse career scholarship fund; Serve women in crisis; Simulation lab for nursing school; Scholarship pledge
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.