Corporation and Foundation Clearance list

You are encouraged to contact the University of Tennessee Foundation (UTFI) Advancement Office on the UT Health Sciences campus to discuss funding requests for the corporate and foundation prospects listed below.  The grant management contact is N. Michelle Shiver (nshiver@uthsc.edu).

Corporations and foundations in the list will be updated on an every other month basis. Note the foundations listed below almost exclusively give philanthropic gifts, with few exceptions to support individual research studies. Proposals for philanthropic gifts must be submitted through the UTFI.

CLEARANCE LIST KEY

Active — Indicates current engagement; suggest contacting CFR Office first
Single — Accepts one submission per institution
Multi — Accepts more than one submission per institution

Tennessee-Based Entities
Entity Submission Type Active
Assisi Foundation Single

ASTEC Single

AutoZone Single

Baptist Memorial Healthcare Foundation Single

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation Single

BlueOval SK Single

John Dustin Buckman Charitable Foundation Single

Campbell Clinic Multi

Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Single

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Single

Delta Dental of Tennessee Single

Dollar General Single

H. W. Durham Foundation Multi

FedEx Single

First Horizon/Foundation Single

Goddard Foundation Multi

Hyde Family Foundation Single

International Paper Single

Kosten Foundation Single

Lichterman-Loewenberg Foundation Multi

Lyndhurst Foundation Multi

McKee Foods Single

McKenzie Foundation Single

MicroPort Orthopedics Multi

MSB Cockayne Fund Single

Poplar Foundation Multi

Pyramid Peak Foundation Single

Rose Family Foundation Single

Seeding Success Single

Smith+Nephew/Foundation Multi

Dorothy Snider Foundation Single

Stryker Multi

SweetBio Single

Sylvamo Single

Tennessee Dental Association & Foundation Multi

Tractor Supply Company Single

Trinity Health Foundation Single

United Healthcare of Tennessee Multi

Unum Group Inc. Single

Urban Child Institute Multi

West Cancer Foundation Multi

Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation Single

Women’s Foundation of Greater Memphis Multi

National Entities
Entity Submission Type Active
Abbott Laboratories/Foundation Multi

Abbvie Multi

A-dec & Foundation Single

Alcon & Foundation Multi

Warren Alpert Foundation Multi

American Society of Hospital Pharmacists Foundation Multi
Amgen/Foundation Multi

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Single

Annenberg Foundation Multi

AstraZeneca Multi

AT&T Single
ATEC Spine, Inc. Multi
Bedford Falls Foundation Single

Bioventus & Foundation Multi

Boehringer Ingelheim & Foundation Multi

Bridgestone Americas, Inc./Trust Fund Single

BrightFocus Single

W. L. Lyons Brown Foundation Single

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Multi

Cardinal Multi

Annie E. Casey Foundation Single

Chrysalis Foundation Single

Cigna Corporation & Foundation Single

Coca-Cola Consolidated Single

Commercial Appeal (Gannett) Single

CVS Health/Foundation Multi

Dana Foundation Multi

Delta Dental of Arkansas Single

DENSO International America, Inc. Single

The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation Single

Doris Duke Foundation Multi

Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Single

Flintco Single

Focal Point Foundation Single

Ford Foundation Multi

Ford Motor Company Single

Foundation Fighting Blindness Single

Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Single

Parker B. Francis Foundation Multi

Fresenius Kabi Single

Gates Foundation

Genentech/Foundation Multi

William T. Grant Foundation Single

The Hand Foundation Single

Hearst Foundations Single

Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Single

International Retinal Research Foundation Single

Intuitive Foundation Multi

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Multi

KaVo Kerr Multi

W. M. Keck Foundation Single

Knights Templar Eye Foundation Single

Charles Koch Foundation Multi

Kresge Foundation Single

Kroger Multi

Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Single

Mastercard Multi

The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation Multi

James S. McDonnell Foundation Single

McKesson Foundation Single

Medtronic & Foundation Multi

Merck & Foundation Multi

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Single

Nike Multi

Oracle Single

Owen Locke Foundation Single

Owens Medical Research Foundation Multi

Oxnard Foundation Single

Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. Foundation Single

Pew Charitable Trusts Multi

Pfizer Multi

Procter & Gamble Multi

Rare Impact Fund Single

Regeneron Multi

Research to Prevent Blindness Multi

James T. Robertson Foundation Single

Rockefeller Foundation Single

David Rockefeller Fund Single

RRF Foundation for Aging Single

Sanofi Foundation Single

Henry Schein, Inc./Foundation Single

Siemens & Foundation Single

Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation Single

Spencer Foundation Multi

Sun Life Single

John Templeton Foundation Multi

Thermo Fisher Scientific Multi

TrinetX Single

John and Mary Tu Foundation Single

UnitedHealth Foundation Single

UnitedHealth Group Single

U.S. Biologics Single

Veru

Volkswagen Group of America Single

Walgreens Multi

WalMart Multi

Walton Family Foundation Single

Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation

WITH Foundation Single

Zeiss Multi

 Updated 8/18/2026