Find funders

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

55 foundations that funded “American Association Colleges”

  1. Public charity · Nashville

    Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Event sponsorship; Event sponsorship and donation to the general fund; Donation to the general fund; Event sponsorship and donation to the capital campaign

  2. Private foundation · Nashville

    Wtc Foundation

    Invitation only

    15 Tennessee grants totaling $934,755 · typical grant $1,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Financial support; Scholarships

  3. Private foundation · Oak Hill

    Pfeffer Foundation

    Invitation only

    32 Tennessee grants totaling $54,590 · typical grant $250 to $2,578 (tax year 2025)

    78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General funds

  4. Private foundation · Maryville

    Clayton Homes Foundation

    Invitation only

    80 Tennessee grants totaling $4.9 million · typical grant $5,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)

    60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  5. Private foundation · Nashville

    T & T Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    70 Tennessee grants totaling $467,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: General funds; Madison campus; General funds, Nashville area; Academic remediation for disadvantaged students; Helping individuals with beginning again (ged + daycare while learning)

  6. Private foundation · Jackson

    H&m Foundation

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $127,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Capital Campaign

  7. Public charity · Johnson City

    Wellmont Health System

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $109,150 · typical grant $8,250 to $27,500 (tax year 2024)

    83% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury victims; School of Nursing patient simulators; Programs for free/reduced healthcare

  8. Private foundation · Franklin

    Community Health Systems Foundation

    Invitation only

    53 Tennessee grants totaling $366,166 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching grant or gift

  9. Private foundation · Franklin

    Nissan Foundation

    Invitation only

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $385,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Celebrate chinese new year in Nashville; Kids first; Maria magdalena campos-pons: behold exhibition programming; Passport to understanding; Conversations @npl

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Gibson Gives

    Takes applications

    100 Tennessee grants totaling $674,714 · typical grant $2,999 to $7,297 (tax year 2025)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program use & fundraising efforts

  11. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    91 Tennessee grants totaling $835,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    3 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Hope gala; Knoxville go red for women luncheon + kids cook with heart program; Annual golf tournament; 2025 - niswonger radiothon sponsorship; The classic tee sponsor / clays...

  12. Public charity · Nashville

    Nashville Predators Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    58 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $6,553 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    71% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    10 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Fy24-25 donation, general purposes; Fy24-25 hfc donation: donation for pediatric rehabilitation project + general purposes; Funding for thrive studios, which empowers children...

  13. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Ann M Duffer Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $455,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: North Carolina and Tennessee Hurricane Relief Efforts; Building Hope for Women & Children Campaign; Just Us program; Rheumatoid Arthritis Research; VUMC Pediatric rehabilitation program

  14. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.

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

    20 Tennessee grants totaling $5.3 million · typical grant $30,000 to $210,500 (tax year 2024)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General operating support and project support; Project support

  15. Private foundation · Houston, TX

    Horlock Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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.