Tennessee foundations

708 foundations

1. Foundation · Franklin

   Yarbrough Family Foundation

   Invitation only

   20 Tennessee grants totaling $6.4M · typical grant $200–$10K (tax year 2025)

2. Foundation · Nashville

   Joe C Davis Foundation

   Takes applications

   106 Tennessee grants totaling $6M · typical grant $10K–$55K (tax year 2024)

   7 grants for buildings or equipment

   Funded: operating support; program support; capacity building & operating support; capital support; operating & capacity building support

3. Foundation · Bristol

   The Bill Gatton Foundation

   Takes applications

   4 Tennessee grants totaling $5.9M · typical grant $104K–$5.6M (tax year 2024)

   Funded: education; to support the mission of the organization

4. Foundation · Memphis

   Formanek Foundation

   Takes applications

   15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5M · typical grant $40K–$600K (tax year 2024)

   Funded: to promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits; to support the provision of health care for underinsured people; to improve memphis by the revival of...

5. Foundation · Chattanooga

   Maclellan Foundation Inc.

   Invitation only

   91 Tennessee grants totaling $5M · typical grant $1,000–$50K (tax year 2024)

   10 grants for buildings or equipment

   Funded: for general operating support; for various charitable purposes including spiritual formation, building capacity; for building organizational capacity; for outreach to families;...

6. Foundation · Germantown

   Crews Family Foundation

   Invitation only

   57 Tennessee grants totaling $5M · typical grant $5,000–$30K (tax year 2024)

   Funded: general - operating

7. Foundation · Maryville

   Clayton Homes Foundation

   Invitation only

   80 Tennessee grants totaling $4.9M · typical grant $5,000–$60K (tax year 2024)

8. Foundation · Nashville

   The Healing Trust

   Takes applications

   145 Tennessee grants totaling $4.8M · typical grant $15K–$45K (tax year 2024)

   Funded: to further the exempt purposes of the organization

9. Foundation · Madison

   Memorial Foundation Inc.

   Invitation only

   180 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3M · typical grant $8,000–$35K (tax year 2024)

   Funded: to further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

10. Foundation · Ooltewah

    Tucker Foundation

    Takes applications

    60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3M · typical grant $5,000–$30K (tax year 2024)

    Funded: scholarship - evan moore; scholarship fund; relay for life; pups4patriots tennessee; general support - imagine arts education initiative

11. Foundation · Hendersonville

    Carolyn Smith Foundation

    Takes applications

    146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2M · typical grant $8,000–$30K (tax year 2025)

    Funded: human services - local community; health - general; medical research; provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in middle tennessee; programs...

12. Foundation · Nashville

    Melkus Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    42 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9M · typical grant $10K–$100K (tax year 2024)

    Funded: to further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

13. Foundation · Nashville

    Milton and Denice Johnson Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    53 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9M · typical grant $5,000–$25K (tax year 2025)

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: operational support; capital campaign; reimagining community spaces in mnps; support for the mobile program and operations

14. Foundation · Franklin

    The Shepherds Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $3.9M · typical grant $20K–$3.1M (tax year 2024)

    Funded: legacy campaign; operating fund; medical costs

15. Foundation · Chattanooga

    Tennessee Health Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7M · typical grant $2,000–$20K (tax year 2024)

    Funded: 2024 hickey match; 2024 anderson match; 2024 pow scholar; 2024 reynolds match; 2024 ryans match

16. Foundation · Brentwood

    Speer Foundation

    Invitation only

    29 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5M · typical grant $25K–$130K (tax year 2024)

    Funded: operating support

17. Foundation · Signal Mountain

    Jack and Charlotte Frost Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    24 Tennessee grants totaling $3.4M · typical grant $25K–$250K (tax year 2025)

    Funded: program support

18. Foundation · Memphis

    Belz Foundation

    Invitation only

    30 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9M · typical grant $2,000–$158K (tax year 2025)

    Funded: education; health/welfare; arts; community; religious

19. Foundation · Chattanooga

    Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation

    Takes applications

    34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8M · typical grant $14K–$80K (tax year 2024)

    Funded: for general operating support; for education of youth and children; for outreach to families; for holistic community outreach and development; for outreach to the indigent

20. Foundation · Brentwood

    Jack C Massey Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2.7M · typical grant $2.7M–$2.7M (tax year 2025)

    Funded: charitable, education, welfare, etc