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838 foundations that funded “University Foundation”

  1. 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

  2. Private foundation · Charlestown, MA

    Edward P Evans Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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,...

  10. 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

  11. Private foundation · Charlottesville, VA

    The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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.

  20. 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.