Private foundation · Chattanooga
Tennessee Health Foundation Inc.
Takes applications. See how to apply below.
Key facts
- Grants in Tennessee
- 69 totaling $3.7 million · 13 in Shelby County
- Typical grant
- $2,000 to $20,000 (the middle half of its Tennessee grants)
- A realistic first ask
- About $8,000, its middle Tennessee grant. First-time winners usually get less than repeat ones.
- Where it gives
- Davidson County, Hamilton County, Shelby County, Knox County, Washington County, Sullivan County, Madison County, Marion County and 5 more · plus 6 grants outside Tennessee
- Buildings & equipment
- None of its Tennessee grants in this filing were for buildings or equipment
- Funds new groups?
- 69% of the Tennessee groups it funded in 2024 were new (not funded in 2023): 47 of 68.
- Total giving that year
- $3.8 million
Giving by year
| Tax year | Total grants paid | To Tennessee | Tennessee grants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.7M | 69 |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | 28 |
How to apply
- Contact
- Chelsea johnson · Chattanooga · 4235351897
- What to send
- Www.bcbst.com/about/in-the-community/healthy-places/funding-criteria
- Deadlines
- May, november for community trust funding and august for healthy place funding
- Limits
- Www.bcbst.com/about/in-the-community/healthy-places/funding-criteria
As the foundation reported to the IRS for tax year 2024. Check its website or call before sending anything, because contacts and deadlines change.
Board and officers
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- Chelsea JohnsonDirector
- Jd HickeyPresident & ceo, board member
- Jill LangstonSecretary
- James HobbsAssistant secretary
- Amy AndrewsTreasurer/cro
- Mandy SavageAssistant treasurer
- David CriswellCfo
- Dalya Qualls WhiteExecutive director
- Daniel GregoryController & cao
- Emily J ReynoldsChairperson
- Bruce A BosseVice chairperson
- Calvin L AndersonBoard member
- Michael D BrookshireBoard member
- Miles A BurdineBoard member
- Reginald W CoopwoodBoard member
- Decosta E JenkinsBoard member
- Jack B MccallieBoard member
- Johnny B Moore JrBoard member
- Lottie F RyansBoard member
- Martha S WallenBoard member
- Jamie R WoodsonBoard member
As listed in its 2024 IRS filing. Many foundations decide through their board, so a personal connection often matters more than a perfect application.
What it funds most often
- 2024 hickey match
- 2024 anderson match
- 2024 reynolds match
- 2024 ryans match
- 2024 pow scholar
- 2024 bosse match
- 2024 moore match
- Teamblue gives donation
Tennessee organizations it funded
Shelby County grants are listed first, then the largest. Past winners are good people to ask what the foundation looks for. Select a group to see who else funds it.
| Past winner | Where | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pure Youth Athletics Alliance | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 coopwood match | $23K |
| United Way of the Mid-South | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 moore match | $18K |
| Church Health Center of Memphis Inc. | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 church health center printing gift | $10K |
| Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 anderson match | $10K |
| Rhodes College | Memphis, Shelby County | Moore match 2024 | $10K |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc. | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 coopwood match | $8,000 |
| National Civil Rights Museum | Memphis, Shelby County | Jmoore 2024 match | $5,000 |
| University of Memphis Foundation | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 anderson match | $3,000 |
| Memphis Child Advocacy Center | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 holiday donation drive | $2,500 |
| Shelby Farms Park Conservancy | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 anderson match | $2,000 |
| The Overton Park Shell Inc. | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 anderson match | $2,000 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, Shelby County | Support for operations | $500 |
| Mid-South Food Bank | Memphis, Shelby County | 2024 food drive donation | $306 |
| Community Foundation of Middle TN Inc. | Nashville, Davidson County | Voices for safer TN (#221382) | $1.7M |
| Chattanooga Chamber Foundation | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | 2024 cha future fund | $1M |
| Ballad Health Foundation | Johnson City, Washington County | 2024 hickey match | $110K |
| Chattanooga Hamilton County Public Education Fund | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | 2024 hickey match | $110K |
| First TN Dev District Foundation | Johnson City, Washington County | Helene disaster response | $100K |
| United Way of East TN Highlands | Johnson City, Washington County | 2024 ryans match (hurricane response) | $54K |
| American Red Cross | Nashville, Davidson County | 2024 bosse match | $52K |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Ne TN | Kingsport, Sullivan County | Disaster relief funding | $50K |
| Greater Kingsport Family YMCA | Kingsport, Sullivan County | Hurricane helene response | $50K |
| United Way of Greater Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | 2024 united way cha gift | $50K |
| The University of TN Foundation Inc. | Knoxville, Knox County | 2024 woodsen match | $42K |
| Belmont University | Nashville, Davidson County | 2024 reynolds match | $30K |
It also made 1 grant to individual people. We don't list their names.