Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Tennessee

These 125 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Tennessee that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

125grantmaking charities
$4.0Bgranted between them
16,720funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific grantmaker is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville$10,0002,666$262.9M
Community FoundationMemphis$23,1001,535$649.2M
Chattanooga Christian CommunityChattanooga$12,5001,413$149.5M
Christian Community Foundation ofMemphis$23,1501,109$418.1M
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga IncChattanooga$10,722642$87.7M
East Tennessee FoundationKnoxville$15,000560$73.6M
United Way of Middle Tennessee IncNashville$24,434484$126.3M
Gary Sinise FoundationFranklin$25,000445$45.3M
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville$81,659438$543.5M
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TnNashville$58,584400$149.5M
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville$55,295342$334.3M
Southeast Community Capital CorporationNashville$16,689337$7.1M
SOLES4SOULS IncOld Hickory$14,962261$68.2M
Jewish Foundation of MemphisMemphis$13,767250$43.0M
Nashville Predators FoundationNashville$8,000231$7.2M
Kingsway Charities IncBristol$23,652198$118.2M
Churches of Christ Disaster ReliefNashville$41,865197$13.7M
Tennessee Technology Development CorpNashville$100,500160$43.2M
West Tn Healthcare Foundation IncJackson$15,000141$16.5M
Vitalogy FoundationNashville$20,000130$6.1M
Legacytree FoundationSpring Hill$12,000128$4.7M
Chattanooga Area Food Bank IncChattanooga$31,435120$19.2M
Accelerate - the National CollaborativeNashville$75,000117$35.0M
United Way of Greater KnoxvilleincKnoxville$50,000111$26.2M
Humanities TennesseeNashville$10,094109$1.3M
Greater Nashville FundingClarksville$10,750108$2.5M
United Way of Greater ChattanoogaChattanooga$27,502104$17.5M
United Way of the Mid SouthMemphis$19,315101$15.1M
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare IncMemphis$10,00097$2.6M
Memphis Center CityMemphis$30,00094$6.7M
Jewish Federation of Nashville andNashville$12,25093$11.0M
Baptist Memorial Health Care CorporationMemphis$12,67192$5.1M
The Urban Child InstituteMemphis$50,00075$28.2M
Women's Foundation for a Greater MemphisMemphis$25,00074$8.1M
Eastman Credit UnionKingsport$15,00072$6.3M
National Health Care for HomelessNashville$80,00068$8.6M
Muttnation Foundation IncNashville$10,00067$1.6M
United Way of South Central TennesseeMurfreesboro$16,50067$3.5M
Delta Dental of Tennessee IncNashville$20,00062$19.8M
Wellmont Health SystemJohnson City$16,19161$17.1M
Smile 180 FoundationNashville$46,14460$14.7M
United Way of the Ocoee RegionCleveland$30,00060$8.6M
Harmony Foundation International IncNashville$8,33859$3.7M
Elgin Children's Foundation IncKnoxville$30,00057$6.6M
Slingshot Memphis IncMemphis$15,13157$3.0M
Southwest Members Care IncorporatedBrownsville$8,00057$753K
Trinity Health FoundationKnoxville$55,00056$4.9M
ArtsmemphisMemphis$19,00055$7.6M
Arts and Culture AllianceKnoxville$20,00055$4.7M
Looking Out FoundationNashville$20,00054$2.3M
Hello in There FoundationNashville$10,52050$1.1M
Champions for LiteracyMemphis$11,16549$1.6M
United Way of Greater Kingsport IncKingsport$35,88249$10.8M
Tennessee Chapter of Children's AdvocacyNashville$79,58649$9.6M
Tennessee State Collaborative onNashville$150,00048$20.9M
Tennessee Bar FoundationNashville$25,00048$8.8M
Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment &Brentwood$50,00047$16.7M
Clarksville-Montgomery County CommunityClarksville$50,00046$7.8M
Memphis Jewish FederationMemphis$40,00046$8.9M
The Cma FoundationNashville$25,00045$4.7M
For Others Collective IncFranklin$88,50544$18.1M
University Health System IncKnoxville$10,00043$1.8M
Memphis Education Fund IncMemphis$175,00043$15.0M
Mountain States Health AllianceJohnson City$20,00043$19.5M
Mercy Multiplied America IncNashville$17,00043$2.4M
Bellevue Foundation IncCordova$20,00042$3.5M
Southern Health Plan IncChattanooga$10,00041$608K
Ballad HealthJohnson City$20,00041$6.7M
Memphis Equity Through Arts IncMemphis$25,00041$2.5M
Charity Circle of MurfreesboroMurfreesboro$13,00039$2.8M
ArtsbuildChattanooga$12,00038$4.2M
Tennessee Hospital AssociationBrentwood$15,00038$4.2M
Community Lift CorpMemphis$15,70436$1.6M
United Way of Sumner CountyHendersonville$14,54836$2.1M
Variety of Eastern TennesseeKnoxville$7,00036$775K
Tennessee Charitable Care NetworkFranklin$57,68535$9.9M
Acm Lifting LivesNashville$10,00035$2.1M
Civic TnNashville$20,00035$2.8M
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley IncOak Ridge$15,00034$2.8M
The Charlie Daniels JourneyMount Juliet$10,00033$773K
United Way of Blount CountyMaryville$33,75032$6.3M
Lendlease US Community FundNashville$17,00031$977K
The Chattanooga Tourism FoundationChattanooga$13,75031$1.1M
Retailroi IncFranklin$15,00031$1.4M
Tennessee Immigrant and RefugeeNashville$22,50030$2.0M
Jobs for America's Graduates TennesseeNashville$40,75630$2.8M
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)Nashville$72,37130$3.4M
Habitat for Humanity of Tn IncMurfreesboro$46,50030$15.0M
Gilliland Family Fund IncMemphis$10,00029$716K
Mdcdc IncMemphis$10,00029$329K
Baptist Memorial Health CareMemphis$94,95928$33.6M
Dialysis Clinic IncNashville$124,19628$44.1M
Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund IncNashville$10,00027$862K
The Turley FoundationMemphis$20,00027$3.0M
Brentwood Rotary ClubBrentwood$10,00027$899K
United Way of East TennesseeJohnson City$15,50027$1.2M
Permobil FoundationLebanon$10,00027$892K
Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation IncFranklin$10,00026$425K
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper CumberlandLebanon$10,09026$1.2M
The Howard FundChattanooga$25,00026$1.7M
Philanthropic Impact FoundationFranklin$150,00026$91.8M
The Darryl Worley Foundation IncSavannah$4,75025$281K
Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford CountyShelbyville$7,50025$552K
Mission PossibleNashville$10,00025$811K
The Dunavant FoundationMemphis$250,00025$23.9M
Rock the Ocean FoundationNashville$12,50024$952K
Covenant HealthKnoxville$12,25024$1.4M
The Canale Foundation IncMemphis$27,00024$10.7M
Phoenix Benefit IncNashville$12,50024$463K
Governor's Early Literacy FoundationNashville$10,00023$238K
Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation IncFranklin$12,23923$1.9M
Alpha Omicron Pi Properties IncBrentwood$150,00023$7.6M
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis$20,00023$16.1M
Center for Contemplative JusticeNashville$13,00022$468K
Kappa Delta Foundation IncorporatedMemphis$50,40022$6.6M
Mountain Ways IncGatlinburg$70,00022$4.0M
Chi Psi Educational Trust IncNashville$50,00021$3.2M
United Way of Bristol Tn-Va IncBristol$26,00021$2.5M
The Junior League of Nashville IncNashville$11,98921$3.4M
Nashville Zoo IncNashville$25,00021$1.2M
The Cotton FoundationCordova$10,00021$1.0M
We Are One World Foundation IncNashville$50,00021$2.5M
Boys & Girls Clubs in TennesseeKnoxville$214,27820$42.0M
Pi Kappa Alpha FoundationMemphis$64,69820$3.8M
The Chairman ClubKnoxville$12,00020$260K
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

Browse by typical grant size

Filtered to organizations whose median grant falls in a given range, so you can start from the size of your ask instead of scanning all 125.

$5,000 - $25,000Tennessee grantmakers$25,000 - $100,000Tennessee grantmakers

Get Tennessee funders by email

We email you funders that gave to organizations in your state and cause, up to five at a time each week and never the same one twice, from their own IRS filings. Free. The weekly email has not started yet.

Unsubscribe in one click from any email. We never sell or share your address. To match on your organization and typical grant size too, keep a private profile.

Looking for private foundations instead? Foundations in Tennessee that accept applications.