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487 foundations that funded “University”

  1. United Way · Paramus, NJ

    United Way of Bergen County

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $132,709 · typical grant $6,500 to $113,789 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Donor designation

  2. Public charity · New York, NY

    American Council of Learned Societies

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $133,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Stipends/fellowships

  3. Public charity · Nashville

    Christmas Village

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $766,000 · typical grant $76,600 to $536,200 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To fund education; To fund research and patient care

  4. 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

  5. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    Clyde W Harrell Educational Fund

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $38,927 · typical grant $500 to $37,927 (tax year 2023)

    Stated deadlines: Apr 30 · next Apr 30, 2027 (from its 2023 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded: Scholarships

  6. Public charity · Cambridge, MA

    The Broad Institute Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $932,921 · typical grant $241,232 to $691,689 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Research

  7. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    H Fort Flowers Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Unrestricted donation; For school of engineering joseph and lori flowers scholarship

  8. 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

  9. Public charity · Philadelphia, PA

    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $998,030 · typical grant $344,155 to $653,875 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Research

  10. 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

  11. Private foundation · Kansas City, MO

    The Francis Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $170,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Fellowship

  12. Public charity · Duffield, VA

    Appalachian Sustainable Development

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $37,344 · typical grant $8,508 to $28,836 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Beginning farmer

  13. Private foundation · Radnor, PA

    E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $120,000 · typical grant $35,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jan 31, Jul 15 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To help with the cost of the exhibition, "suchitra mattai: phala,its related programming.; Fund scholarships and stipends for three students completing a three-year master of...

  14. 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

  15. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Georgia Power Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $84,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Feeding programs for whitfield county, georgia; Veteran employment and health and wellness project

  16. United Way · Chicago, IL

    United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $22,592 · typical grant $10,092 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  17. Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO

    Virginia Grim Tuw

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,700 · typical grant $2,700 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Feb 22 · next Feb 22, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  18. Public charity · Cookeville

    Power of Putnam Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $69,901 · typical grant $33,447 to $36,454 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Federal subaward drug prevention

  19. Community foundation · Syracuse, NY

    Central New York Community Foundation Inc.

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

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $49,100 · typical grant $11,600 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Program/project support; Student support

  20. 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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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.