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1,274 foundations in Shelby County
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Private foundation · Golden Valley, MN
Pentair Foundation
How to apply: not stated
18 Tennessee grants totaling $939 · 18 in Shelby County · typical grant $51 to $61 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Matching Gift
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Private foundation · Memphis
H W Durham Foundation
Takes applications
21 Tennessee grants totaling $414,045 · 17 in Shelby County · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support for seniors; Providing flowers to spread joy and inspire kindness; Community support services; Medical care for seniors; Legal services
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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Center City Development Corporation
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · 16 in Shelby County · typical grant $30,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)
94% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Storefront grants; Tenant improvement grant; Good neighbor grant; Special grant incentive; Pre development assistance grant
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Public charity · Memphis
Community Lift Corp
How to apply: not stated
16 Tennessee grants totaling $500,000 · 16 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Cdc; Empowerment
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Fidelity Foundation
Takes applications
29 Tennessee grants totaling $37,436 · 15 in Shelby County · typical grant $170 to $750 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fidelity matching gifts to education
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Public charity · Memphis
The Turley Foundation
How to apply: not stated
15 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · 15 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,000 to $125,000 (tax year 2024)
13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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United Way · Nashville
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
315 Tennessee grants totaling $17.4 million · 14 in Shelby County · typical grant $11,250 to $61,000 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Program opns (cif); Donor directed designations; Sub-recipient grants
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Tennessee Health Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
69 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · 13 in Shelby County · typical grant $2,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)
69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2024 hickey match; 2024 anderson match; 2024 reynolds match; 2024 ryans match; 2024 pow scholar
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Public charity · Wellesley, MA
Givinga Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
21 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · 13 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,000 to $85,000 (tax year 2024)
52% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Memphis
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation
How to apply: not stated
14 Tennessee grants totaling $6.1 million · 13 in Shelby County · 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
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Private foundation · Germantown
Irvin Lansky Foundation
Takes applications
13 Tennessee grants totaling $575,000 · 13 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Jobs for life; Pcn program education; Teach reading skills to elementary children; Personal and career development; Jewish family services
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Public charity · Memphis
Memphis Jewish Federation
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · 13 in Shelby County · typical grant $26,700 to $135,298 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Memphis
Formanek Foundation
Takes applications
15 Tennessee grants totaling $5.5 million · 12 in Shelby County · typical grant $40,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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...
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.