Find funders
See who already funds work like yours in Tennessee, or start from a group like yours.
403 foundations that funded “Scholarship”
-
Private foundation · Glenview, IL
Lawrence T & Dorothy A Holmes Private Foundation
Invitation only
3 Tennessee grants totaling $0 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
-
Private foundation · Nashville
Gause Foundation
Invitation only
49 Tennessee grants totaling $90,050 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,800 (tax year 2025)
13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: General Charitable and Educational; General educational and support; Community development
-
Private foundation · Nashville
Horatio B & Willie J Buntin Foundation
Invitation only
49 Tennessee grants totaling $258,891 · typical grant $500 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)
16% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To further charitable activities
-
Private foundation · Nashville
Louisiana-Pacific Foundation
Takes applications
39 Tennessee grants totaling $341,773 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
-
Private foundation · Nashville
Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation
Invitation only
33 Tennessee grants totaling $35,960 · typical grant $250 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
-
Private foundation · Memphis
Rose Montgomery@johnston Family Foundation
Invitation only
31 Tennessee grants totaling $187,600 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Arts/cultural; Religion; Support religious activities; Education; Develop gardens in Memphis
-
Private foundation · Memphis
Belz Foundation
Invitation only
30 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $2,000 to $158,500 (tax year 2025)
13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Education; Health/welfare; Arts; Community; Religious
-
Private foundation · Nashville
Martha W Banker Charitable Trust
Invitation only
29 Tennessee grants totaling $39,350 · typical grant $500 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)
21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
-
Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
Assurant Foundation
Invitation only
26 Tennessee grants totaling $106,312 · typical grant $50 to $330 (tax year 2024)
92% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Financial Assistance
-
Private foundation · Hendersonville
J C Garrett III Family Foundation
Invitation only
24 Tennessee grants totaling $86,015 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,500 (tax year 2024)
42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support community programs; Support education programs; Support athletic programs; Support ministry programs
-
Private foundation · Germantown
Deborah Dunklin Tipton Charitable Foundation
Invitation only
24 Tennessee grants totaling $364,084 · typical grant $2,909 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
-
Private foundation · Union City
Bill and Carol Latimer Charitable Foundation
Invitation only
23 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · typical grant $3,750 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious; Educational
-
Private foundation · Brentwood
The Anita and Julian Saul Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
23 Tennessee grants totaling $258,558 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
-
Private foundation · Memphis
Fleetwood Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
22 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · typical grant $30,000 to $160,166 (tax year 2023)
Funded: Work with Believe Academy and Memphis College Preparatory school; Jack Gerber Fund; Lavinia Group fund, Hollywood; Lavinia travel expenses fund for PASH and PAHW; General fund...
-
Private foundation · Memphis
Brinkley Foundation
Invitation only
21 Tennessee grants totaling $220,000 · typical grant $5,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
-
Private foundation · Cleveland
Mcreynolds Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
21 Tennessee grants totaling $118,375 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Assistance
-
Private foundation · Cleveland
Mark E Smith Foundation Ua Dated 11-9-22
Takes applications
16 Tennessee grants totaling $154,486 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,490 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Various athletic program donations; Football program; General operating expenses and scholastics program; Sponsorship and a/v student program; Women's basketball program
-
Private foundation · Nashville
The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation
Invitation only
10 Tennessee grants totaling $392,300 · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
-
Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr
Invitation only
8 Tennessee grants totaling $460,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
-
Public charity · Memphis
Jewish Foundation of Memphis
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
62 Tennessee grants totaling $6.3 million · typical grant $13,000 to $73,200 (tax year 2024)
23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious; Educational; Arts & cultural; Health / welfare; 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.