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156 foundations that funded “Vanderbilt University”

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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;...

  10. Private foundation · New York, NY

    William Randolph Hearst Foundation

    Takes applications

    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...

  11. 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

  12. Private foundation · Rye Brook, NY

    The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers

    Takes applications

    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

  13. 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

  14. Private foundation · Smyrna, GA

    Anne and Clint Kibler Foundation

    Takes applications

    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

  15. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Tr Uw Blanche A Robinson-Char

    Takes applications

    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

  16. Private foundation · Pennington, NJ

    Goodwin Meissner Fam Fdn Inc.

    Takes applications

    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

  17. 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

  18. Private foundation · Austin, TX

    Nelson Puett Foundation

    Takes applications

    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

  19. Private foundation · Scottsdale, AZ

    The Michelson Foundation

    Takes applications

    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

  20. Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH

    Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation

    Takes applications

    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.