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4,431 foundations in Shelby County

  1. Private foundation · Memphis

    Give to Live Foundation

    Invitation only

    15 Tennessee grants totaling $150,400 · 12 in Shelby County · typical grant $900 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Memphis

    Mary Galloway Home

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $741,700 · 12 in Shelby County · typical grant $35,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Memphis

    The Bornblum Foundation

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · 12 in Shelby County · typical grant $3,000 to $17,000 (tax year 2024)

    58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program Services

  4. Private foundation · Memphis

    Hohenberg Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $85,500 · 12 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: No Specific Designation; Fund Tuition Scholarships; Operating Support Towards Work on Behalf of Unhoused People in Memphis; Capital Campaign to Fund Rust Hall Expansion; Fund...

  5. Private foundation · Nashville

    Tennessee Titans Foundation

    Takes applications

    124 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · 11 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    84% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating budget

  6. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Select Equity Group Foundation

    Invitation only

    15 Tennessee grants totaling $123,648 · 11 in Shelby County · typical grant $300 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift; Celebration grant

  7. Public charity · Cordova

    Bellevue Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    13 Tennessee grants totaling $700,083 · 11 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    77% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Public charity · Memphis

    Second Presbyterian Church Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · 11 in Shelby County · typical grant $30,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Private foundation · Shreveport, LA

    Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $24,500 · 11 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Jan 5, Jul 21 · next Jan 5, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating expenses; Program services; Operating expense

  10. Private foundation · Memphis

    Hohenberg Charity Trust

    Invitation only

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $216,500 · 11 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support for the operations of the mid south food bank; Support for the operations of christian brothers university; Support for the operations of the regional one foundation;...

  11. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Christoval Foundation

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $104,600 · 11 in Shelby County · typical grant $2,500 to $12,600 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Business scholarship fund

  12. Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI

    Baird Foundation Inc.

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    133 Tennessee grants totaling $196,451 · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $250 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health and human services; Ethnic and religious; Education; Youth organizations; Charitable operations expenses

  13. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Shell USA Company Foundation

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    59 Tennessee grants totaling $480,847 · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $400 to $2,400 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 1000; 500; 100; 50; 520

  14. Private foundation · Dewitt, AR

    Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $38,500 · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Lacrosse program; Prissy wallace; School of applied sciences

  15. Public charity · Memphis

    Memphis Education Fund Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $31,250 to $400,000 (tax year 2025)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational support

  16. Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX

    Bnsf Railway Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $59,340 · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $240 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts 1; Civic; Health & human services; United way/red cross; Youth

  17. Private foundation · Germantown

    Arthur Halle Memorial Foundation

    Invitation only

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 to $1,500 (tax year 2024)

    80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Institution awards scholarship

  18. Private foundation · Memphis

    Herbert Shainberg Foundation

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Public charity · Memphis

    The Canale Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 to $126,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Elonged note receivable

  20. Public charity · Memphis

    Mdcdc Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $73,336 · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $7,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)

    90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community Development

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.