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
Active — Indicates current engagement; suggest contacting CFR Office first
Single — Accepts one submission per institution
Multi — Accepts more than one submission per institution
| Entity | Submission Type | Active |
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| Assisi Foundation | Single |
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| ASTEC | Single |
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| AutoZone | Single |
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| Baptist Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Single |
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| BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation | Single |
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| BlueOval SK | Single |
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| John Dustin Buckman Charitable Foundation | Single |
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| Campbell Clinic | Multi |
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| Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga | Single |
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| Community Foundation of Greater Memphis | Single |
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| Delta Dental of Tennessee | Single |
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| Dollar General | Single |
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| H. W. Durham Foundation | Multi |
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| FedEx | Single |
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| First Horizon/Foundation | Single |
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| Goddard Foundation | Multi |
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| Hyde Family Foundation | Single |
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| International Paper | Single |
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| Kosten Foundation | Single |
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| Lichterman-Loewenberg Foundation | Multi |
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| Lyndhurst Foundation | Multi |
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| McKee Foods | Single |
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| McKenzie Foundation | Single |
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| MicroPort Orthopedics | Multi |
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| MSB Cockayne Fund | Single |
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| Poplar Foundation | Multi |
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| Pyramid Peak Foundation | Single |
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| Rose Family Foundation | Single |
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| Seeding Success | Single |
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| Smith+Nephew/Foundation | Multi |
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| Dorothy Snider Foundation | Single |
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| Stryker | Multi |
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| SweetBio | Single |
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| Sylvamo | Single |
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| Tennessee Dental Association & Foundation | Multi |
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| Tractor Supply Company | Single |
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| Trinity Health Foundation | Single |
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| United Healthcare of Tennessee | Multi |
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| Unum Group Inc. | Single |
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| Urban Child Institute | Multi |
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| West Cancer Foundation | Multi |
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| Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation | Single |
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| Women’s Foundation of Greater Memphis | Multi |
| Entity | Submission Type | Active |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories/Foundation | Multi |
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| Abbvie | Multi |
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| A-dec & Foundation | Single |
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| Alcon & Foundation | Multi |
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| Warren Alpert Foundation | Multi |
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| American Society of Hospital Pharmacists Foundation | Multi |
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| Amgen/Foundation | Multi |
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| American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry | Single |
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| Annenberg Foundation | Multi |
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| AstraZeneca | Multi |
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| AT&T | Single |
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| ATEC Spine, Inc. | Multi |
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| Bedford Falls Foundation | Single |
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| Bioventus & Foundation | Multi |
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| Boehringer Ingelheim & Foundation | Multi |
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| Bridgestone Americas, Inc./Trust Fund | Single |
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| BrightFocus | Single |
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| W. L. Lyons Brown Foundation | Single |
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| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Multi |
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| Cardinal | Multi |
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| Annie E. Casey Foundation | Single |
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| Chrysalis Foundation | Single |
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| Cigna Corporation & Foundation | Single |
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| Coca-Cola Consolidated | Single |
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| Commercial Appeal (Gannett) | Single |
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| CVS Health/Foundation | Multi |
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| Dana Foundation | Multi |
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| Delta Dental of Arkansas | Single |
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| DENSO International America, Inc. | Single |
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| The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation | Single |
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| Doris Duke Foundation | Multi |
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| Edwards Lifesciences Foundation | Single |
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| Flintco | Single |
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| Focal Point Foundation | Single |
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| Ford Foundation | Multi |
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| Ford Motor Company | Single |
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| Foundation Fighting Blindness | Single |
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| Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts | Single |
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| Parker B. Francis Foundation | Multi |
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| Fresenius Kabi | Single |
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| Gates Foundation | ||
| Genentech/Foundation | Multi |
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| William T. Grant Foundation | Single |
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| The Hand Foundation | Single |
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| Hearst Foundations | Single |
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| Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation | Single |
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| International Retinal Research Foundation | Single |
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| Intuitive Foundation | Multi |
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| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Multi |
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| KaVo Kerr | Multi |
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| W. M. Keck Foundation | Single |
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| Knights Templar Eye Foundation | Single |
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| Charles Koch Foundation | Multi |
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| Kresge Foundation | Single |
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| Kroger | Multi |
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| Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation | Single |
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| Mastercard | Multi |
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| The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation | Multi |
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| James S. McDonnell Foundation | Single |
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| McKesson Foundation | Single |
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| Medtronic & Foundation | Multi |
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| Merck & Foundation | Multi |
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| Craig H. Neilsen Foundation | Single |
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| Nike | Multi |
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| Oracle | Single |
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| Owen Locke Foundation | Single |
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| Owens Medical Research Foundation | Multi |
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| Oxnard Foundation | Single |
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| Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. Foundation | Single |
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| Pew Charitable Trusts | Multi |
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| Pfizer | Multi |
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| Procter & Gamble | Multi |
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| Rare Impact Fund | Single |
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| Regeneron | Multi |
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| Research to Prevent Blindness | Multi |
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| James T. Robertson Foundation | Single |
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| Rockefeller Foundation | Single |
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| David Rockefeller Fund | Single |
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| RRF Foundation for Aging | Single |
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| Sanofi Foundation | Single |
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| Henry Schein, Inc./Foundation | Single |
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| Siemens & Foundation | Single |
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| Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation | Single |
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| Spencer Foundation | Multi |
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| Sun Life | Single |
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| John Templeton Foundation | Multi |
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| Thermo Fisher Scientific | Multi |
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| TrinetX | Single |
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| John and Mary Tu Foundation | Single |
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| UnitedHealth Foundation | Single |
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| UnitedHealth Group | Single |
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| U.S. Biologics | Single |
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| Veru | ||
| Volkswagen Group of America | Single |
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| Walgreens | Multi |
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| WalMart | Multi |
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| Walton Family Foundation | Single |
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| Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation | ||
| WITH Foundation | Single |
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| Zeiss | Multi |
Updated 8/18/2026