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4,431 foundations in Shelby County

  1. Private foundation · Morristown

    Wallace Foundation

    Takes applications

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $99,875 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship; Wallace scholarship

  2. Private foundation · Oak Hill

    Pfeffer Foundation

    Invitation only

    32 Tennessee grants totaling $54,590 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $250 to $2,578 (tax year 2025)

    78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General funds

  3. Public charity · San Antonio, TX

    Petco Love

    How to apply: not stated

    31 Tennessee grants totaling $670,083 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $25,678 (tax year 2024)

    81% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Public charity · Nashville

    Jobs for America's Graduates Tennessee

    How to apply: not stated

    28 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $21,157 to $69,406 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide payment for salaries of job specialists

  5. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Devine-Majors Foundation

    Invitation only

    21 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    76% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Corinne H Dale Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    20 Tennessee grants totaling $34,050 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted general

  7. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    Takes applications

    18 Tennessee grants totaling $8.2 million · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $125,000 to $606,651 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: K-12 education; Public awareness and analysis; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness and analysis; Postsecondary education

  8. Public charity · Franklin

    Tennessee Charitable Care Network

    How to apply: not stated

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $305,504 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,050 to $25,990 (tax year 2025)

    6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To improve health care services offered to low-income, underserved tennesseans.

  9. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Simons Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $393,251 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $8,400 (tax year 2024)

    86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Cognitive computational neuroscience (ccn) 2024 conference; Robust, reliable, and provably stable spectral element methods for nonlinear advection dominated problems; Discrete...

  10. Public charity · Columbia, MO

    Midway USA Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    16 Tennessee grants totaling $272,693 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $9,344 to $27,049 (tax year 2024)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To fund youth shoothing sports

  11. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Share Our Strength

    How to apply: not stated

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $208,095 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: School Meals

  12. Public charity · New York, NY

    Ernst & Young Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $275,310 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts

  13. Public charity · Indianapolis, IN

    National Collegiate Athletic Association

    How to apply: not stated

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $9.9 million · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,478 to $30,478 (tax year 2024)

    8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Grants; Grants/Scholarships

  14. Private foundation · Johnston, RI

    Citizens Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $29,301 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $103 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts

  15. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Laura and John Arnold Foundation

    Invitation only

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $4.7 million · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $43,867 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support grantee's states leading recovery grant program.; To support bail system data collection and data democratization, with the overall goal of providing an accurate and...

  16. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $630,349 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $22,300 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Pubint; Tvprg

  17. Public charity · El Segundo, CA

    Hispanic Scholarship Fund

    How to apply: not stated

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $375,490 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,316 to $67,428 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To provide scholarships for students

  18. Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN

    Wells Fargo Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $205,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Affordable Homeownership Program; Financial Empowerment: Finance Park Meets Stock Market Challenge; Project Return Opportunities for Employment; Community Land Trust _...

  19. Private foundation · Spartanburg, SC

    J M Smith Foundation

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $32,800 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted charitable contribution

  20. Public charity · Independence, OH

    Peyback Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $90,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which lists the grants they paid and how to apply. Community foundations, United Ways and other public charities file Form 990, and we use its Schedule I (grants over $5,000). We include every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee groups. Corporate and community-foundation grant rounds are in the grant search.