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4 foundations that funded “Trustees University”
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV
Trustee Uw William F Cooper Fbo
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,750 · typical grant $1,750 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Feb 15 · next Feb 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Pinkerton Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $15,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2023)
No fixed deadline, per its 2023 IRS filing
Funded: Trustee Discretionary
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Private foundation · New Orleans, LA
The Booth-Bricker Fund
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,520 · typical grant $2,760 to $3,760 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching trustee's gift and contribution; Matching trustee's gift
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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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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.