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834 foundations that funded “University Foundat Ion Inc”

  1. Private foundation · Pleasanton, CA

    Aida Miller Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education and Research

  2. Private foundation · Austin, TX

    Topfer Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support scholarships

  3. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Rise Opportunity Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500,000 · typical grant $500,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Private foundation · San Francisco, CA

    Troper Wojcicki Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $228,000 · typical grant $228,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Circulating tumor cell derived organoids for nsclc

  5. 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

  6. Private foundation · Chaska, MN

    The Eagle Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Tuition reduction

  7. Private foundation · Sarasota, FL

    Kosloski Family Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $29,700 · typical grant $29,700 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Public charity · Lancaster, PA

    Faithful Journey Foundation

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

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $41,050 · typical grant $12,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the mission of the charity

  9. Private foundation · Wayne, PA

    E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2023)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Futhur educational purpose; Further educational purposes

  10. Private foundation · Lexington, KY

    Davis H Elliot Company Educational Foundation

    Invitation only

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

    Stated deadlines: Mar 15 · next Mar 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  11. Private foundation · Greensboro, NC

    The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $12,500 · typical grant $12,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 15, Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarship

  12. Private foundation · Nashville

    Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $51,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. Private foundation · Montgomery, AL

    Doy & Margaret Mccall Family Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $14,584 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: College prep educational facility; Educational institution; Religious services; Rehab for abused, addicted women; Scholarship fund for the college of arts and sciences

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Julia Carell Stadler Foundation Tr

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $216,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Private foundation · New York, NY

    William Randolph Hearst Foundation

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...

  16. Private foundation · Nashville

    Lifeworks Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $224,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $192,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Further charity purpose

  17. Private foundation · Nashville

    Mary Perkins Bradbury Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $53,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For use in the public charity

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    Don R Elliott Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $58,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Education

  19. Private foundation · Smyrna, GA

    Anne and Clint Kibler Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $500 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 15 · next Mar 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Alfred P Sloan Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $249,418 · typical grant $25,000 to $194,418 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To help bring financial and investment literacy to diverse high school girls by providing access, support, and guidance through training, mentorship, and networking; To develop...

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.