Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Tennessee

These 115 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.

115grantmaking charities
$3.5Bgranted between them
15,425funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

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$23,600924$308.5M
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga IncChattanooga$10,722642$87.7M
East Tennessee FoundationKnoxville$15,000560$73.6M
United Way of Middle Tennessee IncNashville$25,000449$106.6M
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TnNashville$58,584400$149.5M
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville$74,628398$418.4M
Southeast Community Capital CorporationNashville$16,689337$7.1M
Gary Sinise FoundationNashville$22,928319$28.3M
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville$55,892296$243.0M
SOLES4SOULS IncOld Hickory$13,248220$55.7M
Jewish Foundation of MemphisMemphis$12,600219$34.8M
Nashville Predators FoundationNashville$8,000203$5.9M
Kingsway Charities IncBristol$23,652198$118.2M
Churches of Christ Disaster ReliefNashville$41,865197$13.7M
Tennessee Technology Development CorpNashville$100,000137$30.2M
Vitalogy FoundationNashville$20,000130$6.1M
West Tn Healthcare Foundation IncJackson$15,367118$13.4M
Accelerate - the National CollaborativeNashville$75,000117$35.0M
United Way of Greater KnoxvilleincKnoxville$50,000111$26.2M
United Way of Greater ChattanoogaChattanooga$27,502104$17.5M
United Way of the Mid SouthMemphis$18,87498$12.4M
Legacytree FoundationSpring Hill$12,11698$3.4M
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare IncMemphis$10,00097$2.6M
Jewish Federation of Nashville andNashville$12,25093$11.0M
Baptist Memorial Health Care CorporationMemphis$12,67183$3.9M
Memphis Center City Development CorporationMemphis$30,00080$5.6M
The Urban Child InstituteMemphis$50,00075$28.2M
Women's Foundation for a Greater MemphisMemphis$25,00068$5.9M
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
National Health Care for HomelessNashville$80,80161$7.7M
Smile 180 FoundationNashville$46,14460$14.7M
United Way of the Ocoee RegionCleveland$30,00060$7.0M
Eastman Credit UnionKingsport$15,00060$5.4M
Harmony Foundation International IncNashville$8,33058$2.9M
Slingshot Memphis IncMemphis$15,13157$3.0M
Trinity Health FoundationKnoxville$55,00056$4.9M
Looking Out FoundationNashville$20,00054$2.3M
Wellmont Health SystemJohnson City$16,88254$16.2M
Southwest Members Care IncBrownsville$7,76454$618K
Elgin Children's Foundation IncKnoxville$30,00052$5.0M
ArtsmemphisMemphis$19,14051$6.0M
Arts and Culture AllianceKnoxville$20,00050$3.8M
Champions for LiteracyMemphis$11,16549$1.6M
Tennessee Chapter of Children's AdvocacyNashville$54,51349$5.8M
Tennessee State Collaborative onNashville$150,00048$20.9M
United Way of Greater Kingsport IncKingsport$36,12448$8.9M
Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment &Brentwood$50,00047$16.7M
Clarksville-Montgomery County CommunityClarksville$50,00046$7.8M
The Cma FoundationNashville$25,00045$4.7M
For Others Collective IncFranklin$88,50544$18.1M
University Health System IncKnoxville$10,00043$1.8M
Memphis Jewish FederationMemphis$40,00043$6.4M
Mercy Multiplied America IncNashville$17,00043$2.4M
Bellevue Foundation IncCordova$20,00042$3.5M
Southern Health Plan IncChattanooga$10,00041$608K
Memphis Equity Through Arts IncMemphis$25,00041$2.5M
Tennessee Bar FoundationNashville$25,00040$5.6M
ArtsbuildChattanooga$12,00038$3.6M
Tennessee Hospital AssociationBrentwood$15,00038$4.2M
Hello in There FoundationNashville$15,00038$964K
United Way of Sumner CountyHendersonville$14,54836$2.1M
Charity Circle of MurfreesboroMurfreesboro$15,00035$2.1M
Tennessee Charitable Care NetworkFranklin$64,97335$9.6M
Mountain States Health AllianceJohnson City$20,00035$18.4M
Acm Lifting LivesNashville$10,00035$2.1M
Civic TnNashville$20,00035$2.8M
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley IncOak Ridge$15,00034$2.8M
Memphis Education Fund IncMemphis$175,00033$10.8M
United Way of Blount CountyMaryville$33,75032$6.3M
Lendlease US Community FundNashville$17,00031$977K
Variety of Eastern TennesseeKnoxville$10,00031$563K
Tennessee Immigrant and RefugeeNashville$22,50030$2.0M
Jobs for America's Graduates TennesseeNashville$40,75630$2.8M
The Chattanooga Tourism FoundationChattanooga$13,12530$1.1M
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)Nashville$72,37130$3.4M
Gilliland Family Fund IncMemphis$10,00029$716K
Community Lift CorpMemphis$14,40028$1.1M
Baptist Memorial Health CareMemphis$97,64828$26.7M
Retailroi IncFranklin$15,00028$1.2M
Ballad HealthJohnson City$15,00027$4.8M
The Turley FoundationMemphis$20,00027$3.0M
United Way of East TennesseeJohnson City$15,50027$1.0M
Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation IncFranklin$10,00026$425K
Dialysis Clinic IncNashville$135,05326$36.0M
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper CumberlandLebanon$10,19426$955K
The Howard FundChattanooga$25,00026$1.7M
Philanthropic Impact FoundationFranklin$150,00026$91.8M
The Darryl Worley Foundation IncSavannah$4,75025$281K
Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund IncNashville$10,00025$698K
Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford CountyShelbyville$7,50025$552K
Mission PossibleNashville$10,00025$811K
The Dunavant FoundationMemphis$250,00025$23.9M
Habitat for Humanity of Tn IncMurfreesboro$37,00025$3.0M
Rock the Ocean FoundationNashville$12,50024$952K
Covenant HealthKnoxville$12,25024$1.4M
The Canale Foundation IncMemphis$27,00024$10.7M
Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation IncFranklin$12,23923$1.9M
Memorial Health Care System IncChattanooga$20,00023$2.9M
Alpha Omicron Pi Properties IncBrentwood$125,00022$4.0M
Kappa Delta Foundation IncorporatedMemphis$50,40022$6.6M
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
Mdcdc IncMemphis$10,00021$226K
Permobil FoundationLebanon$9,75021$667K
We Are One World Foundation IncNashville$50,00021$2.5M
Governor's Early Literacy FoundationNashville$9,50020$199K
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.

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