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1,090 foundations that funded “University”

1. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

   Takes applications

   18 Tennessee grants totaling $8.2 million · typical grant $125,000 to $606,651 (tax year 2024)

   50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: K-12 education; Public awareness and analysis; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis; Postsecondary education

2. Private foundation · Nashville

   The Judith E and Joseph C Cook Jr Foundation Inc.

   Invitation only

   17 Tennessee grants totaling $760,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)

   Funded only returning groups in its latest year

   1 grant for buildings or equipment

   Funded: Unrestricted funds; Belmont innovation labs; Support for purchase of refrigerated van; Youth & family chaplain program and unrestricted funds; Outreach special projects

3. Private foundation · New York, NY

   The Simons Foundation Inc.

   Invitation only

   16 Tennessee grants totaling $393,251 · typical grant $8,400 (tax year 2024)

   86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Cognitive computational neuroscience (ccn) 2024 conference; Robust, reliable, and provably stable spectral element methods for nonlinear advection dominated problems; Discrete...

4. Public charity · Columbia, MO

   Midway USA Foundation Inc.

   How to apply: not stated

   16 Tennessee grants totaling $272,693 · typical grant $9,344 to $27,049 (tax year 2024)

   38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: To fund youth shoothing sports

5. Public charity · New York, NY

   Ernst & Young Foundation

   How to apply: not stated

   13 Tennessee grants totaling $275,310 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

   17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Matching gifts

6. Private foundation · Houston, TX

   Laura and John Arnold Foundation

   Invitation only

   13 Tennessee grants totaling $4.7 million · typical grant $43,867 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

   25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: To support grantee's states leading recovery grant program.; To support bail system data collection and data democratization, with the overall goal of providing an accurate and...

7. Private foundation · Battle Creek, MI

   Wk Kellogg Foundation

   Takes applications

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $17,500 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)

   No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

   10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Matching Grant; Health and Health Equity; Promise of an Equitable Future; Trustee Mini Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security

8. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

   Tch Paul Holbrook

   Invitation only

   11 Tennessee grants totaling $58,205 · typical grant $1,617 to $6,467 (tax year 2025)

   Funded only returning groups in its latest year

9. Private foundation · Oklahoma City, OK

   Fred Jones Family Foundation

   Takes applications

   10 Tennessee grants totaling $31,580 · typical grant $750 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

   No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

   80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

   Funded: Claws for paws and sunset safari benefactor; Claws for paws and jaws annual fund; 2024-2025 gridiron club; Western heritage awards - 2025; Even split b/w vanderbilt club sports...

10. Private foundation · Clarksville

    Virginia James and Jason Feltner Family Foundation

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    9 Tennessee grants totaling $856,000 · typical grant $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

11. Private foundation · Nashville

    M A@rikard Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $69,300 · typical grant $4,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

12. Private foundation · Nashville

    Mark and Martha Ezell Foundation

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $51,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

13. Private foundation · Franklin

    Robinson Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $31,150 · typical grant $1,900 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For educational institution's annual fund; For general operations of church; For wright length of service awards; massey school center; General operations of church; General...

14. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Violet Hampton Tuw #2

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $4,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Scholarships

15. Private foundation · Montgomery, AL

    Doy & Margaret Mccall Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $14,584 · typical grant $1,500 to $2,500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: College prep educational facility; Educational institution; Religious services; Rehab for abused, addicted women; Scholarship fund for the college of arts and sciences

16. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $163,405 to $330,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Expansion of pancreatlas connectivity platform and phenotyping of handel samples by cutting-edge single cell multiome technology; Defining molecular mechanisms of cell...

17. Private foundation · Memphis

    Robert E Tipton Jr Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $242,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

18. Private foundation · Nashville

    Julia Carell Stadler Foundation Tr

    Invitation only

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $216,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

19. Private foundation · Glendale, AZ

    Bechtel Group Foundation

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $144,959 · typical grant $300 to $43,059 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Social services

20. Public charity · Washington, DC

    American Chemical Society

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $352,106 · typical grant $20,535 to $74,160 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it