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838 foundations that funded “University Foundation”

  1. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Hollyhock Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    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

  2. Private foundation · Baltimore, MD

    The Nabit Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  3. Private foundation · Dayton, OH

    The White Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2023)

    Funded: Scholarship

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Private foundation · Nashville

    Washington Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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...

  17. 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

  18. Private foundation · Covington, LA

    Fidelis Foundation

    Invitation only

    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...

  19. 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

  20. 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.