97 Foundations that have given Research and Evaluation grants in Tennessee

TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OFFERING HIGH QUALITY UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION, RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO THOSE BORN WITH A GENETIC DISORDER CALLED ANIRIDIA SYNDROME, WHICH DUE TO UNDERDEVELOPED EYE STRUCTURES RENDERS THE CHILD TO LIVE LIFE WITH LOW VISION OR BLINDNESS AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS. THE MEDICAL CONFERENCES PROVIDES ALL ASPECTS: EDUCATION, CRITICAL SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SEEN BY EXPERT OPHTHALMOLOGISTS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME. IT ALSO GIVES PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCHERS QUALITY TIME TO DISCUSS AND BRAINSTORM IN EFFORTS TO WORK TOGETHER. ANIRIDIA FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL (AFI) ALSO FUNDS ANIRIDIA RESEARCH AND PROVIDES IMPORTANT DATA TO RESEARCHERS IN HOPES THAT ADVANCING RESEARCH WILL IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE UNTIL THERE IS A CURE. ANIRIDIA SYNDROME IS COMPRISED OF CONDITIONS WHICH CAN CAUSE FURTHER LOSS OF VISION AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS ANYTIME FROM BIRTH ONWARD. THOSE WITH THIS GENETIC DISORDER STRUGGLE WITH DIFFICULT TO CONTROL GLAUCOMA, CHILDHOOD CATARACTS, CORNEAL SCARRING, RETINAL DETACHMENTS OR ANIRIDIA FIBROSIS

THE HARTWELL FOUNDATION CORPORATION ("HARTWELL") GRANTS AWARDS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR INNOVATIVE AND CUTTING-EDGE BIOMEDICAL APPLIED RESEARCH THAT POTENTIALLY BENEFITS CHILDREN. HARTWELL HAS FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WHO MAINTAIN SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT IN SELECTING, SCREENING, INVESTIGATING AND INTERVIEWING ALL NOMINATED RESEARCHERS AS PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS. THEY REVIEW RESEARCH AND MEET AT LEAST QUARTERLY WITH RESEARCHERS BY VIDEO CONFERENCE AND BY TRAVELING TO THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS. THEY MANAGE, SUPERVISE AND DIRECT THE RESEARCH, MONITOR ITS PROGRESS AND KEEP THE RESEARCHERS ON COURSE. THE EMPLOYEES HAVE SPECIALIZED SKILLS, EXPERTISE AND INVOLVEMENT IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. THERE IS AN ANNUAL MEETING IN WHICH RESULTS ARE PRESENTED AND SHARED.

TO ENCOURAGE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN STATE BUDGETING, TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND PROMOTE COOPERATION TOWARD MORE EFFECTIVE BUDGET PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT, AND TO ATTAIN GREATER EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THROUGH IMPROVED TECHNIQUES OF ALLOCATING AND MANAGING AVAILABLE RESOURCES.

TO PROMOTE A SPIRIT OF REVIVAL AND RENEWAL AMONG CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND RELATED AGENCIES THROUGH THE CONDUCTING OF RESEARCH, THE PUBLICATION OF MATERIALS, THE ARTICULATION OF MORAL/SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF RELIGIOUS MEETINGS.