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122 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University Medical Center”
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Public charity · Washington, DC
The Pew Charitable Trusts
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $330,422 · typical grant $75,000 to $174,257 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Policy; Matching Gift
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Public charity · New York, NY
Huntington's Disease Society
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $80,000 · typical grant $17,500 to $45,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Community services
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Private foundation · Chicago, IL
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $330,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program
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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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Community foundation · Mountain View, CA
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $25,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)
55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health; Education; Civic Participation; General Nonprofit Support; Environment
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Hymowitz Family Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $37,500 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable Event; School of Medicine Basic Sciences
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Private foundation · Parsons
The Ayers Foundation Trust
Takes applications
36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded: General/operating
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Private foundation · Nashville
Cal Turner Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
24 Tennessee grants totaling $8.7 million · typical grant $5,760 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
47% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
10 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Fra turner fellows; Capital support for new building; Capital support for building renovations - matching campaign; Recovery in community capital campaign; Fra turner fellows 2024-25
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Private foundation · San Diego, CA
Arendsee Family Foundation
Invitation only
8 Tennessee grants totaling $130,200 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Wca Charitable Foundation Tr
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $68,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Justin & Valere Potter Foundation
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $182,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted general
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Public charity · Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Foundation
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $482,150 · typical grant $7,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fundraising efforts and awareness organization for st. Jude children's research hospital.; Wetland conservation; Support of administrative costs to conduct the "power of...
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Public charity · Rochester, MN
Mayo Clinic Group Return
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $12,423 to $28,765 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support charitable programs
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Private foundation · Louisville, KY
Kindred Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
4 Tennessee grants totaling $450,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $400,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Scottsdale, NV
Flowerree Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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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Private foundation · Nashville
Henry Laird Smith Foundation
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33 Tennessee grants totaling $547,500 · typical grant $1,250 to $17,500 (tax year 2025)
18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Lavergne
1944 Foundation Inc.
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $348,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Promote scientific, educational, and other charitable activities
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation
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10 Tennessee grants totaling $392,300 · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
White Oak Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
8 Tennessee grants totaling $130,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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.