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122 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University Medical Center”
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
Assurant Foundation
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26 Tennessee grants totaling $106,312 · typical grant $50 to $330 (tax year 2024)
92% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial Assistance
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Tua the Anne Potter Wilson Fdn
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted general; Landscaping
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Private foundation · Nashville
Judy and Noah Liff Foundation
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17 Tennessee grants totaling $136,590 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)
82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
American Cancer Society Inc.
How to apply: not stated
14 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded: Patient Support; Health Eq Ambassador; Extramural Research; Support/Conv Sponsor; Support/Research
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Private foundation · Stamford, CT
Garden Homes Fund
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7 Tennessee grants totaling $211,500 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Lone Tree, CA
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
1,331 Tennessee grants totaling $106.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion related; Human services; Education; Health; Public, societal benefit
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Public charity · Charleston Sc, SC
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
45 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $6,300 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Sandra Schatten Foundation
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35 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)
31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Boston, MA
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
1,709 Tennessee grants totaling $165.1 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,250 (tax year 2024)
32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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 · Nashville
Mullins Family Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $19,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Jim and Leah Sohr Family Foundation
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8 Tennessee grants totaling $741,800 · typical grant $7,500 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Franklin
Stan & Suzanne St Pierre Foundation
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26 Tennessee grants totaling $8,900 · typical grant $150 to $300 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Donation for operations; Donation for research and activities; Donation for support of history and; Donation for operations-children; Donation for activities of boy scout
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Medical Education Fund Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $156,750 · typical grant $4,500 to $51,833 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Fullgraf Foundation
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26 Tennessee grants totaling $244,250 · typical grant $2,500 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Chattanooga green prix events including the goblin class for elementary school students and the f24 classes for middle school and high school students; To provide support for...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
2 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
Shell USA Company Foundation
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59 Tennessee grants totaling $480,847 · typical grant $400 to $2,400 (tax year 2024)
23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 1000; 500; 100; 50; 520
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Private foundation · Nashville
Ezell Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
35 Tennessee grants totaling $509,800 · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
T & T Family Foundation
Takes applications
70 Tennessee grants totaling $467,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: General funds; Madison campus; General funds, Nashville area; Academic remediation for disadvantaged students; Helping individuals with beginning again (ged + daycare while learning)
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Nancy & Victor S Johnson Jr Foundation Inc.
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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
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.