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122 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University Medical Center”

  1. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Assurant Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Shell USA Company Foundation

    Invitation only

    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

  18. 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

  19. 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)

  20. 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.