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'''The Lyndhurst Fundation''', located in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], is a charitable[[grant (money)|grant]]-making [[foundation (charity)|foundation]] organized in [[1938]] as ''The Memorial Welfare Foundation'' by [[Coca-Cola Bottling Company]] magnate [[Cartter Lupton]]. It was the first private foundation in [[Tennessee]]. Upon the death of Cartter Lupton in [[1977]] the Foundation's name was changed to The Lyndhurst Foundation by [[Jack Lupton]], the son of Cartter Lupton, who named it for the family mansion of the same name built by his grandfather [[John Thomas Lupton]].<ref>{{cite_encyclopedia|title=Lyndhurst Foundation |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=L061 |encyclopedia=The Tennessee Encyclopedia |author=Ned L. Irwin |date=last retrieved 2007}}</ref>
 
The Lyndhurst Foundation has played a major role in the revitalization process of Chattanooga, Tennessee's downtown.<ref>{{cite_newspaper|title=Luptons, Lyndhurst Foundation Honored |url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/absolutenm/templates/local.aspx?articleid=25239&zoneid=77 |newspaper=The Chattanooga Times Free Press |author=Yolanda Putnam |date=last retrieved 2007}}</ref>
 
 
 
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