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4,431 foundations in Shelby County

  1. Private foundation · Humble, TX

    Khushalani Foundation

    Invitation only

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Health Support; Health service

  2. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Honey Perkins Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $700 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $200 to $500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  3. Private foundation · Ligonier, PA

    Rk Mellon Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Private foundation · Green Bay, WI

    Schneider National Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $4,350 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $750 to $3,600 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Rye, NY

    Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Jrcharitable

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: All contributions are for the general support of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.

  6. Public charity · Winston Salem, NC

    The Presbyterian Hospital

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,040 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $8,040 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community outreach

  7. Public charity · El Segundo, CA

    Groundswell Charitable Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $35,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General purpose / unrestricted

  8. Private foundation · Western Springs, IL

    David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $7.5 million · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $200 to $7.5 million (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  9. Private foundation · Greenville, NC

    Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Environmental preservation

  10. Community foundation · Fremont, CA

    American Muslim Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General philanthropy

  11. Public charity · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

    Kingdom Fire Ministries

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,500 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $6,000 to $19,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · The Woodlands, TX

    The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To find cures and means of prevention for childhood catastrophic diseases through research and treatment

  13. Private foundation · Birmingham, MI

    The Rhoda Burke Andrews Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  14. Private foundation · Lincolnshire, IL

    Ted L Meyer Charitable Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $473,695 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $64,695 to $409,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Private foundation · San Francisco, CA

    The Foothills Foundation

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support the klamath basin initiative.; To support the blackhawk ducks unlimited event.

  16. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Gilchrist Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,401 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $901 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support charitable mission

  17. Public charity · San Diego, CA

    Sempra Employee Giving Network

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $51,079 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,663 to $35,416 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Jean & Lewis Wolff Family

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,100 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $100 to $10,000 (tax year 2023)

  19. Public charity · Utica, MS

    Mississippi Center for Cultural Production

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $50,000 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arts & wellness grant

  20. Public charity · Memphis

    Memphis-Shelby County Law Enforcement Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $51,897 · 2 in Shelby County · typical grant $16,186 to $35,711 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Drone package; Drone range enhancer/swat

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.