← All foundations

Private foundation · Las Vegas, NV (gives in Tennessee from out of state)

Amin Foundation

EIN 80-0075857 · IRS record · Latest filing: tax year 2025

Takes applications · Mostly scholarships or aid to individuals

In 2025 it gave 2 grants worth $12,500 to Tennessee groups. A typical grant was $2,500 to $10,000.

Takes applications. See how to apply below.

Key facts

Grants in Tennessee
2 totaling $12,500
Typical grant How we figure this
$2,500 to $10,000 (the middle half of its Tennessee grants)
A realistic first ask How we figure this
About $6,250, its middle Tennessee grant. First-time winners usually get less than repeat ones.
Where it gives
Davidson County, Shelby County · plus 30 grants outside Tennessee
Buildings & equipment
None of its Tennessee grants in this filing were for buildings or equipment
Total giving that year
$159,000

Giving by year

Giving by year from its IRS filings
Tax yearTotal grants paidTo TennesseeTennessee grants
2025$159K$12K2
2024$161K$15K2
2023$150K$12K2

All grants paid To Tennessee

How to apply

Contact
Chirag Amin Md · Las vegas · (909) 208-5655
What to send
Please see attached grant guidelines
Deadlines
Please see attached grant guidelines
Limits
Please see attached grant guidelines

As the foundation reported to the IRS for tax year 2025. Check its website or call before sending anything, because contacts and deadlines change.

Board and officers

Does your board know anyone here?

Checked in your browser only. The names are kept on this device for other foundation pages and are never sent to GrantMe.

  • Chirag AminTrustee
  • Alicia AminTrustee
  • Narayan AminTrustee
  • Nirmala AminTrustee
  • Elizabeth DeringTrustee

As listed in its 2025 IRS filing. Many foundations decide through their board, so a personal connection often matters more than a perfect application.

What it funds most often

  1. For fellowship (1 grant)
  2. For assistance to indigent children (1 grant)

Tennessee organizations it funded

Largest first. Past winners are good people to ask what the foundation looks for. Select a group to see who else funds it.

It also made 2 grants to individual people. We don't list their names.

All its IRS filings (ProPublica) Sign in to save