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1,274 foundations in Shelby County

  1. Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX

    Bnsf Railway Foundation

    Takes applications

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $59,340 · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $240 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gifts 1; Civic; Health & human services; United way/red cross; Youth

  2. Public charity · Memphis

    The Canale Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 to $126,500 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Elonged note receivable

  3. Public charity · Memphis

    Mdcdc Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $73,336 · 10 in Shelby County · typical grant $7,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)

    90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community Development

  4. Community foundation · Nashville

    The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · 9 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    55 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...

  5. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Technology Development Corp

    How to apply: not stated

    64 Tennessee grants totaling $12.4 million · 9 in Shelby County · typical grant $100,000 to $300,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Sbir; Sbir, intern stipend; Ttac; Network partners, survey stipend, intern stipend; Network partners, survey stipend

  6. Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK

    Feed the Children Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $5.7 million · 9 in Shelby County · typical grant $23,726 to $152,603 (tax year 2024)

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Necessities for children and families experiencing hunger and hardship

  7. Public charity · Denver, CO

    Charter Fund Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    23 Tennessee grants totaling $9.9 million · 9 in Shelby County · typical grant $100,000 to $600,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Charter school capacity-building; Impact and innovation; Charter school growth

  8. Private foundation · Germantown

    Agape North Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    12 Tennessee grants totaling $72,100 · 9 in Shelby County · typical grant $2,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2023)

    Funded: Assisting with necessaryapparel for thechildren; Assisting with necessaryapparel for the children; Serve adoptive and fosterchildren and familiesproviding holistic care.;...

  9. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Homer Skelton Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $111,980 · 9 in Shelby County · typical grant $4,580 to $18,000 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable Event

  10. Public charity · Memphis

    The Collective Blueprint

    IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · How to apply: not stated

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $280,000 · 8 in Shelby County · typical grant $25,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Partnership in the Memphis workforce intermediary project

  11. Public charity · Memphis

    Community Alliance for the Homeless

    How to apply: not stated

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $2.3 million · 8 in Shelby County · typical grant $112,259 to $638,441 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To pass through expenditure grants to sub grantees.

  12. Public charity · Germantown

    Breast Cancer Eradication Initiative Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $176,000 · 8 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Breast cancer research/educ/treatment

  13. Public charity · Goodlettsville

    Dollar General Literacy Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    81 Tennessee grants totaling $2.5 million · 7 in Shelby County · typical grant $8,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2025)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: English as a second; Atoz family; Literacy support for; Bim family literacy; Literacy changes liv

  14. Public charity · Nashville

    Smile 180 Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    47 Tennessee grants totaling $3.5 million · 7 in Shelby County · typical grant $21,541 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    19 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Grant for dental clinic operations; Grant for dental clinic operations, capital improvements, and dental safety net payments; Grant for dental clinic operations and capital...

  15. Private foundation · Northbrook, IL

    The Allstate Foundation

    Takes applications

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $129,500 · 7 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    61% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Agent - individual hh; Employee helping hands; Helping hands group grants; Disaster relief - hurricane helene and milton

  16. Private foundation · New York, NY

    New York Life Foundation

    Takes applications

    19 Tennessee grants totaling $71,500 · 7 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    95% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educ. General; Cca general

  17. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Ford Foundation

    Takes applications

    14 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · 7 in Shelby County · typical grant $375 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Matching gift; Core support for an exhibition by tabitha arnold on the history of workers rights and labor struggles in Chattanooga; Core support for peoples advocacy...

  18. Public charity · Bartlett

    Lakeland Lions Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    11 Tennessee grants totaling $264,275 · 7 in Shelby County · typical grant $22,385 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Public charity · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

    Pga Tour Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    10 Tennessee grants totaling $3.7 million · 7 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $142,942 (tax year 2024)

    90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Public charity · Memphis

    Methodist Healthcare Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    8 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · 7 in Shelby County · typical grant $110,730 to $348,600 (tax year 2024)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Various programs and operational support; Professorship, Research, & IRB Fees; Clinic Support; Endovascular Fellowship; Capital Acquisitions

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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.