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122 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University Medical Center”

  1. Private foundation · Ball Ground, GA

    Mickey T Dunn Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Vanderbilt university medical center development has a fund that goes towards curing thyroid cancer through their research of otolaryngology & the head & neck cancer.

  2. Private foundation · Princeton, NJ

    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $2.6 million · typical grant $25,256 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 82000 rwjf healthy communities -- site visit grant; 82534 advancing economic inclusion and family wellbeing across Appalachia; 80655 using measuring love to train leaders in...

  3. Private foundation · Hendersonville

    Carolyn Smith Foundation

    Takes applications

    146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2 million · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Human services - local community; Health - General; Medical research; Provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in Middle Tennessee; Programs...

  4. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Justice Center Inc.

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $232,625 · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Nutrition advocacy; Health advocacy

  5. Public charity · Brentwood

    Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment & Retention Center Inc.

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    27 Tennessee grants totaling $4.4 million · typical grant $49,384 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community incentive; Conference sponsorship; Community incentive/sponsorship

  6. Private foundation · Jupiter, FL

    The John J and Lillian M Taylor Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Medical research

  7. Private foundation · San Antonio, TX

    Robert J & Helen C Kleberg Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $583,333 · typical grant $583,333 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Support medical study

  8. Public charity · Nashville

    Dialysis Clinic Inc.

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Medical research related to kidney function; Donation for general support

  9. Private foundation · Stamford, CT

    Martha Washington Straus-Harry H Straus Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Medical research

  10. Public charity · Oakland, CA

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $479,035 · typical grant $25,000 to $241,535 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Research / Project Support; Medical Respite Initiative, Po - Grants Splits Wit

  11. Private foundation · Leesburg, VA

    Diane & Michael Canney Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Advancing cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment, ensuring that families never receive a bill for care, travel,...

  12. Private foundation · Villanova, PA

    The Counihan Family Foundation

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    23 Tennessee grants totaling $950,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support regular operations; To provide quality programs and services to impact the lives of children, adolescents, and seniors throughout Middle Tennessee; To provide a...

  13. Community foundation · Nashville

    The Community Foundation of Middle

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    1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    55 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: 2024 support; To provide 1st time support for your important mission; General giving; Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and...

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Michael M and Eve K Ossoff Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $51,000 · typical grant $51,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  15. Private foundation · Lexington, KY

    William T Young Foundation Inc.

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Subsidy

  16. Private foundation · Louisville, KY

    Roger and Camille Blume Fdn

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  17. Private foundation · St Louis, MO

    Adele Braun Charitable Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $500,000 · typical grant $500,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  18. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    The Howard Johnson Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Cancer research

  19. Private foundation · Chicago, IL

    Paul P Carbone Md Memorial Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Lung Screening Program in Radiology

  20. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    John M & Janie R Lee Charitable Tr

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $312,055 · typical grant $312,055 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

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.