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342 foundations that funded “University Foundat Ion Inc”

  1. Private foundation · Cleveland

    Mark E Smith Foundation Ua Dated 11-9-22

    Takes applications

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $154,486 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,490 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Various athletic program donations; Football program; General operating expenses and scholastics program; Sponsorship and a/v student program; Women's basketball program

  2. Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH

    The Scripps Howard Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)

    54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend

  3. Public charity · Towson, MD

    Players Philanthropy Fund Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $941,490 · typical grant $10,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General support to further the organization's purpose.

  4. Public charity · Chattanooga

    Southern Health Plan Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    5 Tennessee grants totaling $36,649 · typical grant $5,600 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Boynton Beach, FL

    Nat R & Martha M Knaster Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Unrestricted $10,000now campaign beta pi chapter $2,500; College fund for haslam business school at university of Tennessee; Haslam facility expense fund for new business...

  6. Community foundation · Springfield, MO

    Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $59,516 · typical grant $6,000 to $43,516 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Specific program

  7. Community foundation · Greenville, NC

    The Community Foundation of Nc East Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Community foundation · Elkhart, IN

    Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $67,262 · typical grant $5,462 to $51,800 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  9. 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...

  10. Community foundation · N Charleston, SC

    Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $52,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Human needs; Environment; Education

  11. Private foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

    Takes applications

    60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative

  12. 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...

  13. Private foundation · Athens

    Athens Federal Foundation

    Takes applications

    43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    9 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...

  14. Public charity · Goodlettsville

    Dollar General Literacy Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    81 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $8,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: English as a second; Atoz family; Literacy support for; Bim family literacy; Literacy changes liv

  15. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Bailey Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...

  16. 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)

  17. Public charity · San Antonio, TX

    San Antonio Area Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $54,594 · typical grant $24,594 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Public charity · Washington, DC

    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $22.6 million · typical grant $79,804 to $189,305 (tax year 2024)

    11% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Advancing soil health in Tennessee; Restoring cumberland plateau grasslands & savannas; Restoring abandoned and legacy mine lands; Coastal habitat restoration; Remove fish...

  19. Private foundation · Los Altos, CA

    The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

    Takes applications

    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

  20. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Wm Keck Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $1,000 to $1.3 million (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To understand the neural circuits that link oral sensation to feeding behavior

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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.