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122 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University Medical Center”

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Hymowitz Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Wca Charitable Foundation Tr

    Invitation only

    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

  11. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Justin & Valere Potter Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  12. 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...

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Private foundation · Scottsdale, NV

    Flowerree Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  16. 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

  17. Private foundation · Nashville

    Henry Laird Smith Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  18. Private foundation · Lavergne

    1944 Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    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

  19. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  20. 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.