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1,090 foundations that funded “University”
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Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA
Everest Edwin Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $42,500 · typical grant $42,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Lexington, KY
Davis H Elliot Company Educational Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 15 · next Mar 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Greensboro, NC
The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $12,500 · typical grant $12,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 15, Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Palo Alto, CA
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support activities advancing understanding in how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping our national security, economy, and society
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Private foundation · Sunnyvale, CA
Intuitive Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $104,797 · typical grant $104,797 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: This followship program will provide fellows with the clinical expertise to manage complex abdoninal wall pathology
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Private foundation · Salt Lake City, UT
Aaron A Hofmann Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $63,500 · typical grant $63,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
Macdonald-Peterson Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · San Francisco, CA
March Conservation Fund
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Vero Beach, FL
The Vandeventer Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $30,000 · typical grant $30,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for wellness center
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Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI
William E Mcelroy Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,125 · typical grant $9,125 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Orlando, FL
B Schmitt Scholar Fd-Irr Tr(1453
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $89,392 · typical grant $89,392 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)
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Private foundation · Nashville
Gibson Gives
Takes applications
100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation
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96 Tennessee grants totaling $13.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Missions fund; Legacy dinner; Knox county imagination library; Data capacity building support; Community circle
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Private foundation · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Martha W Banker Charitable Trust
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29 Tennessee grants totaling $39,350 · typical grant $500 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Fidelity Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $37,436 · typical grant $170 to $750 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fidelity matching gifts to education
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Ann M Duffer Family Foundation
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23 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: North Carolina and Tennessee Hurricane Relief Efforts; Building Hope for Women & Children Campaign; Just Us program; Rheumatoid Arthritis Research; VUMC Pediatric rehabilitation program
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Private foundation · Memphis
Mcdonnell Family Foundation
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22 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program Services
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Private foundation · Bristol, VA
The United Company Foundation
Takes applications
22 Tennessee grants totaling $653,302 · typical grant $7,075 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jul 1, Dec 1 · next Dec 1, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Education - tuition; Education - books; Support for continuation of museum's extensive educational resource project; Sequoyah council capital program - camp davy crockett;...
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Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Takes applications
19 Tennessee grants totaling $18.9 million · typical grant $50,000 to $2 million (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Employee matching gift(s); Religion & cultural inst initiative; Youth on faith & service initiative; Capacity buildg-disaster relief orgs; Nurturing children-worship & prayer
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.