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1,090 foundations that funded “University”
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO
Virginia Grim Tuw
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,700 · typical grant $2,700 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Feb 22 · next Feb 22, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Public charity · Cookeville
Power of Putnam Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $69,901 · typical grant $33,447 to $36,454 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Federal subaward drug prevention
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Public charity · Greenwood Village, CO
Amg Charitable Gift Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
21 Tennessee grants totaling $77,000 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Medical & health; Education; Public assistance; Nature; Food/agricultural programs
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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 · Shreveport, LA
Community Foundation of North Louisiana
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $32,568 · typical grant $12,000 to $20,568 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For the minden, la fundraiser; general support; For the annual fund - general support, for william ralston listening room
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Nancy & Victor S Johnson Jr Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
81 Tennessee grants totaling $346,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign; School of nursing; Canby robinson society
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)
2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted grant
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation
Takes applications
34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and education.
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Private foundation · Morristown
Wallace Foundation
Takes applications
33 Tennessee grants totaling $99,875 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship; Wallace scholarship
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Corinne H Dale Family Foundation
Invitation only
20 Tennessee grants totaling $34,050 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted general
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Private foundation · Memphis
Charles H Boyle Fon Inc.
Invitation only
17 Tennessee grants totaling $956,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To further donee's 501(c)(3) purpose
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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 · Kingsport
Cornelia Chason Miller Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
7 Tennessee grants totaling $5,263 · typical grant $100 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Greatest needs
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Private foundation · Rocklin, CA
The Massie Family Foundation
Invitation only
7 Tennessee grants totaling $157,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $34,500 (tax year 2024)
43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General use and the betterment of the organization.
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Private foundation · Falls Church, VA
The Northrop Grumman Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $6,450 · typical grant $50 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General operating grants & matching gifts.
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Public charity · Oakland, CA
New Schools Fund
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $115,000 to $215,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Innovative schools; Learning differences
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Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Once Upon A Time Foundation
Invitation only
6 Tennessee grants totaling $42,642 · typical grant $651 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: The philanthropy lab
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Timothy 617 Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $138,895 · typical grant $1,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2024)
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Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Bobbie Solley Foundation
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5 Tennessee grants totaling $340,950 · typical grant $25,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Provide funding for education in tegucigalpa, honduras; Provide trainig for peru teachers and principals; Excellence in education program funding; Funding for christian...
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Private foundation · Memphis
Great Oaks Foundation
Invitation only
5 Tennessee grants totaling $108,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Various
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.