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343 foundations that funded “University Foundation”
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Private foundation · Phoenix, MD
Mary Jean and Oliver Travers Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Saint Louis, NV
The Elmer R Deaver Foundation Idt
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $31,800 · typical grant $31,800 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Apr 5, Jun 1 · next Apr 5, 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 · Bristol, VA
The Jesse Walker Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,500 · typical grant $1,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Contribution to scholarship fund
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
Florence and William K Mcgee Jr Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $300,000 · typical grant $300,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Career advancement & engagement
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Private foundation · Tuscaloosa, AL
James W & Jean Hartley Hallmon Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $35,000 · typical grant $35,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · Greenwich, CT
Robert G Burton Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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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 · 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
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Private foundation · Franklin
Richard Siegel Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $198,830 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,210 (tax year 2025)
35% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship; Richard siegel foundation grant; Richard seigel foundation grant
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Private foundation · Memphis
Hohenberg Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
12 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: No Specific Designation; Fund Tuition Scholarships; Operating Support Towards Work on Behalf of Unhoused People in Memphis; Capital Campaign to Fund Rust Hall Expansion; Fund...
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Private foundation · Niles, OH
The Wm M & A Cafaro Family Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $6,500 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Kohler, WI
Kohler Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $72,195 · typical grant $5,000 to $40,195 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Sep 15 · next Sep 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Stella waitzkin 2021; Individual scholarship paid directly to the educatioinal institution; Barbara rossi collection
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Private foundation · Northbrook, IL
Dr Scholl Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Oct 1 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area Wetland Restoration project; Urban service internships for students; Safety and biocompatibility testing for the Nasal-TEEE prototype
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Private foundation · Walnut Creek, CA
Heffernan Group Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,035 · typical grant $35 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Matching donation; Scholarship
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Private foundation · Portland, OR
The Renaissance Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Freeman Foundation P-01644-00-7
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $77,500 · typical grant $25,000 to $52,500 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Walske Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · St Louis, MO
The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $42,006 · typical grant $42,006 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Community foundation · Shreveport, LA
Community Foundation of North Louisiana
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $32,568 · typical grant $12,000 to $20,568 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: For the minden, la fundraiser; general support; For the annual fund - general support, for william ralston listening room
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Community foundation · Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health services; Education & children
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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.