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343 foundations that funded “University Foundation”
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Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA
Future Standard Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $200 · typical grant $200 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Greensboro, NC
The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $12,500 · typical grant $12,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 15, Oct 31 · next Oct 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Duarte, CA
Prolacta Bioscience Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jun 30, Aug 31, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: 43rd annual neonatology symposium - advances and controversies in neonatal medicine.
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Private foundation · Grand Rapids, MI
Mojo Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Whitewater, WI
Kachel Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,250 · typical grant $7,250 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support education
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Private foundation · Austin, TX
Topfer Family Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support scholarships
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Private foundation · Chaska, MN
The Eagle Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,500 · typical grant $2,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Tuition reduction
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Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI
William E Mcelroy Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,125 · typical grant $9,125 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Community foundation · Springfield, MO
Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
3 Tennessee grants totaling $59,516 · typical grant $6,000 to $43,516 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Specific program
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Private foundation · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Bristol, VA
The United Company Foundation
Takes applications
22 Tennessee grants totaling $653,302 · typical grant $7,075 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jul 1, Dec 1 · next Dec 1, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Education - tuition; Education - books; Support for continuation of museum's extensive educational resource project; Sequoyah council capital program - camp davy crockett;...
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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
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Private foundation · Oklahoma City, OK
Fred Jones Family Foundation
Takes applications
10 Tennessee grants totaling $31,580 · typical grant $750 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Claws for paws and sunset safari benefactor; Claws for paws and jaws annual fund; 2024-2025 gridiron club; Western heritage awards - 2025; Even split b/w vanderbilt club sports...
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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...
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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
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Private foundation · Northville, MI
Cooper-Standard Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 (tax year 2025)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarship
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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
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Private foundation · New York, NY
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $249,418 · typical grant $25,000 to $194,418 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To help bring financial and investment literacy to diverse high school girls by providing access, support, and guidance through training, mentorship, and networking; To develop...
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Private foundation · Grundy, VA
The Horizon Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $42,686 · typical grant $9,975 to $32,711 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Scholarship
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
P&f Mc Courtney Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2023)
Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2023 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Scholarships
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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.