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343 foundations that funded “University Foundation”

  1. 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...

  2. Private foundation · Morristown

    Wallace Foundation

    Takes applications

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $99,875 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship; Wallace scholarship

  3. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Myers Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    7 Tennessee grants totaling $11,200 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donate various items to needy families; Educational scholapships; Help communities in need; Provide housing for families; School supplies-needy families

  4. Private foundation · West Conshohocken, PA

    John Templeton Foundation

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $615,323 · typical grant $23,434 to $167,527 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Tokens show: public theology, human flourishing, the good life; Mental health first responders for spiritual yearning among "religious dones"; Understanding the dynamical...

  5. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    The Gertrude E Skelly Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Emergency fund

  6. Public charity · Oakland, CA

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $479,035 · typical grant $25,000 to $241,535 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Research / Project Support; Medical Respite Initiative, Po - Grants Splits Wit

  7. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Robert H & Monica M Cole Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $176,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $175,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  8. Private foundation · St Louis, MO

    Fischer-Bauer-Knirps Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,000 · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  9. Private foundation · Grand Rapids, MI

    Leslie Tassell Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  10. Private foundation · Annapolis, MD

    Alvin and Louise Myerberg Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $13,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Public charity · Frisco, TX

    National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $30,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Screening & diagnostics

  12. Private foundation · Tulsa, OK

    The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,750 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Feb 15, Jul 15 · next Feb 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  13. 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

  14. Community foundation · Jackson, MS

    Community Foundation for Mississippi

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $55,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General oper support

  15. Public charity · Columbus, OH

    Columbus Foundation

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

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $15,000 to $93,110 (tax year 2024)

    70% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social services; Education; Health; Neighborhood

  16. Public charity · Brunswick, GA

    Communities of Coastal Georgia 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 $15,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  17. Private foundation · Norwalk, CT

    Ge Foundation

    Takes applications

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $60,401 · typical grant $129 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift

  18. Private foundation · Irvine, CA

    Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

    Takes applications

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $84,050 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Research, general support & education

  19. Private foundation · Irving, TX

    Celanese Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $13,298 · typical grant $26 to $500 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Public charity · Nashville

    We Are One World Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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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.