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156 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University”
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Private foundation · Greenwich, CT
The Walter and Monica Noel Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Educational
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $40,000 · typical grant $40,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Advancement of violin studies
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Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI
Dale Krueger Scholarship Fund
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Apr 1 · next Apr 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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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
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Public charity · New York, NY
Ernst & Young Foundation
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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
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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
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Private foundation · Glendale, AZ
Bechtel Group Foundation
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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
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Public charity · Washington, DC
American Chemical Society
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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
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
American Diabetes Association
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6 Tennessee grants totaling $784,889 · typical grant $73,652 to $199,337 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Innovative Research to Support the Psychological and Emotional Needs of People with Diabetes; Postdoctoral Fellowship; Innovative Clinical or Translational Science Nutrition;...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
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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 · Los Altos, CA
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $310,500 · typical grant $13,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Just Societies; Environment and Science; Families and Communities
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Private foundation · Rye Brook, NY
The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers
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4 Tennessee grants totaling $785,553 · typical grant $223,682 to $252,199 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Research project
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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
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Private foundation · Smyrna, GA
Anne and Clint Kibler Foundation
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3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $500 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Mar 15 · next Mar 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Tr Uw Blanche A Robinson-Char
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $800 to $11,200 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Pennington, NJ
Goodwin Meissner Fam Fdn Inc.
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $7,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted general
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Public charity · Redmond, WA
Child's Play
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $211,929 · typical grant $58,981 to $152,948 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Gift, grant - pediatric gaming technology specialist; Gift, grant - equipment
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Private foundation · Austin, TX
Nelson Puett Foundation
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2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
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Private foundation · Scottsdale, AZ
The Michelson Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $453,140 · typical grant $453,140 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Contribution to support their organization
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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.