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487 foundations that funded “University”
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Public charity · Franklin
Tennessee Golf Foundation
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $193,436 · typical grant $13,000 to $34,190 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Foundation
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $482,150 · typical grant $7,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fundraising efforts and awareness organization for st. Jude children's research hospital.; Wetland conservation; Support of administrative costs to conduct the "power of...
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...
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Public charity · Memphis
Seeding Success
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $290,703 to $728,782 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Full service community schools program
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Public charity · Knoxville
Smoky Mountain Christian Men's Fellowship
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $88,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Miami, FL
The Miami Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
6 Tennessee grants totaling $394,330 · typical grant $18,610 to $118,305 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Jackson
Farris Family Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $49,800 · typical grant $3,000 to $16,400 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital Campaign
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Private foundation · Halls
Eleanor and Warren Nunn Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $237,000 · typical grant $27,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public education donation
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Private foundation · Nashville
The Morris Family Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $51,750 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Nov 1 · next Nov 1, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Pleasanton, CA
The Duffield Family Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,000 to $330,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community conversations - october 2024 - monthly winner; National foster survey 2024; 2024 hurricane relief grant; Aligncare's 5-year strategic plan through 2029; Open arms...
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Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Medical Education Fund Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $156,750 · typical grant $4,500 to $51,833 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Memphis
The Dunavant Foundation
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $147,000 · typical grant $12,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Chattanooga
Southern Health Plan Inc.
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $36,649 · typical grant $5,600 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Alabama Power Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $95,085 · typical grant $1,000 to $7,308 (tax year 2024)
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General/operating
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Public charity · Rochester, MN
Mayo Clinic Group Return
How to apply: not stated
5 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $12,423 to $28,765 (tax year 2024)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support charitable programs
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Private foundation · Nashville
Williams Family Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $12,600 · typical grant $500 to $6,600 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating fund
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Oliver & Evelyn Smith Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: A church sharing the message of jesus christ.; To preserve and promote the history of Tennessee, focusing on East Tennessee, to educate and connect the region; Education
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $262,500 to $400,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: As a final grant to build science instructional capacity and services; For project support to Nashville Public Library to expand reach and services through their English as a...
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Public charity · Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
How to apply: not stated
4 Tennessee grants totaling $134,550 · typical grant $20,000 to $53,550 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the family safety center; General support, for the matthew and catherine saurage vanderbilt venture fund for entrepreneurship
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $180,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024-2025 grantmakers for southern progress annual membership; Directors cancer innovation fund (general fund)
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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.