Find funders

See who already funds work like yours in Tennessee, or start from a group like yours.

410 foundations that funded “Community Foundations Inc”

  1. Private foundation · Merrill, WI

    Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,250 · typical grant $100 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hattie's luncheon fundraiser

  2. Community foundation · Mountain View, CA

    Silicon Valley Community Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $25,000 to $105,000 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Health; Education; Civic Participation; General Nonprofit Support; Environment

  3. Community foundation · Houston, TX

    Greater Houston Community Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    18 Tennessee grants totaling $1.9 million · typical grant $10,000 to $201,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational; Arts; Public benefit; Human services; Health

  4. Community foundation · Raleigh, NC

    North Carolina Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $693,863 · typical grant $12,000 to $103,721 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the organization's stated mission

  5. Private foundation · Lebanon

    Precision Rubber Products Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    25 Tennessee grants totaling $92,700 · typical grant $3,000 to $4,600 (tax year 2024)

    24% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide funds for charity's purpose; Scholarships; Provide funds for entity's purpose; Provide funds for special project; Scholarship

  6. Public charity · Oak Ridge

    Y12 Fcu Gives Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    22 Tennessee grants totaling $202,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating funds

  7. Public charity · Jacksonville, FL

    Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    20 Tennessee grants totaling $525,266 · typical grant $12,980 to $39,280 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  8. Private foundation · Goodlettsville

    Randall & Rhonda Ann Toney Charitable Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $102,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  9. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Frank P Pierce Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $360,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable distribution for 2025 medal of honor celebration; Charitable distribution; Charitable distribution for 75th anniversary campaign; Charitable distribution, abc event...

  10. Public charity · Jackson

    West TN Healthcare Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $9,394 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)

    49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: $6,000.00 women who care grant; $5,000.00 for general support; $250.00 windows of hope sponsorship; $2,093.53 for repair of ac unit; $1,500.00 steak n burger sponsorship;...

  11. Public charity · Newark, DE

    American Online Giving Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    571 Tennessee grants totaling $34.4 million · typical grant $7,299 to $20,213 (tax year 2025)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Athens

    Athens Federal Foundation

    Takes applications

    43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    9 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...

  13. Private foundation · San Francisco, CA

    The Gap Foundation

    Takes applications

    9 Tennessee grants totaling $9,100 · typical grant $250 to $300 (tax year 2024)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: For civic & community engagement; For health & nursing services

  14. Community foundation · Incline Village, NV

    Tahoe Community Foundation

    How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $8,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Environment; Well-Being

  15. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Frist Foundation

    Letter first

    128 Tennessee grants totaling $32.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    15 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General support directed by lauren elcan ingram; Operating support for 2024; General support directed by julie and tommy frist; General support directed by jennifer and billy...

  16. Private foundation · Basking Ridge, NJ

    Verizon Foundation

    Invitation only

    76 Tennessee grants totaling $106,304 · typical grant $135 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Other civic / community

  17. Public charity · Memphis

    Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $6.1 million · typical grant $29,729 to $715,828 (tax year 2024)

    7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Various medical and community programs; Various research studies; Scholarships & tuition deferral; Various community programs; Hospice house and bereavement center

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    Lucius E Burch III Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $142,258 · typical grant $6,758 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General contribution; Recovery in community program

  19. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Elma Music Foundation (us)

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Project support for sub-grants and capacity building to three-to-four community based, music oriented youth development organizations.; Project support for stax music academy,...

  20. Public charity · Hudson, OH

    American Endowment Foundation

    Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

    320 Tennessee grants totaling $23 million · typical grant $10,000 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Health, general; Arts, culture

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.