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838 foundations that funded “University Foundation”
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Private foundation · Bronxville, NY
Stefano La Sala Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
3 Tennessee grants totaling $2,700 · typical grant $300 to $1,400 (tax year 2023)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Charlestown, MA
Edward P Evans Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $677,500 to $775,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support scientific research
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
H Fort Flowers Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Unrestricted donation; For school of engineering joseph and lori flowers scholarship
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Private foundation · Pasadena, CA
Robert A Waller Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Harriman, NY
Gigi & Averell H Mortimer Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
The John and Rosemary Brown Family Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $575,000 · typical grant $75,000 to $500,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Lexington, KY
Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,900 · typical grant $400 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Cancer research; Post secondary education
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Private foundation · Washington, DC
The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Leesburg, VA
Diane & Michael Canney Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Advancing cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment, ensuring that families never receive a bill for care, travel,...
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Private foundation · Kansas City, MO
The Francis Family Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $170,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fellowship
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Private foundation · Charlottesville, VA
The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Help mankind; Education
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Private foundation · New York, NY
W P Carey Foundation Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Community foundation · Naples, FL
Collier Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
7 Tennessee grants totaling $245,371 · typical grant $11,155 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)
71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services; Environment & animals; Public, societal benefit; Education; Health
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Community foundation · Morristown, NJ
Community Foundation of New Jersey
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
6 Tennessee grants totaling $324,827 · typical grant $10,600 to $86,046 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hospitals, specialty hospitals & community clinics; Veterans & first responders; Various
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Community foundation · Syracuse, NY
Central New York Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
4 Tennessee grants totaling $49,100 · typical grant $11,600 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Program/project support; Student support
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Community foundation · Elkhart, IN
Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $67,262 · typical grant $5,462 to $51,800 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Community foundation · Tampa, FL
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $423,727 · typical grant $40,000 to $337,867 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support of mission
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Community foundation · Lakeland, FL
Givewell Community Foundation Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $772,165 · typical grant $60,000 to $634,415 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Environment; Education k-12; Education - college
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Private foundation · Nashville
Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation
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282 Tennessee grants totaling $2.4 million · typical grant $1,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Annual giving.; Alexis de tocqueville society.; Arch academy.; Annual giving fund.; "let's grow together" capital campaign.
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Maclellan Foundation Inc.
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91 Tennessee grants totaling $5 million · typical grant $1,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
10 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: For building organizational capacity.; For outreach to families.; For education of youth and children.; For outreach to the indigent.; For holistic community outreach and development.
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.