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1,274 foundations in Shelby County

  1. Private foundation · Evansville, IN

    Koch Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $2,103 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $100 to $1,883 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Charitable Operations

  2. Public charity · Chicago, IL

    National Center for Teacher Residencies

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $719,629 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $170,000 to $329,629 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Teacher residency

  3. Private foundation · Boston, MA

    Wolf & Company Charitable Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $1,000 to $2,750 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Community foundation · Oklahoma City, OK

    Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,250 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,250 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  5. Public charity · New Orleans, LA

    Igivecatholic

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $145,213 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $40,681 to $52,565 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Participant in the #igivecatholic campaign

  6. Public charity · Beaverton, OR

    National Network of Abortion Funds Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $438,775 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $60,000 to $190,821 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support reproductive health access

  7. Private foundation · Camden, SC

    Wateree Floodlands Memorial Forest

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $20,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support the operations of the org; To promote gospel music; Alleviate poverty

  8. Public charity · Agawam, MA

    The Harold Grinspoon Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $99,508 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $9,978 to $45,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Life & legacy grants; Pjl grants

  9. Public charity · Hoover, AL

    Servant Life Missions Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $220,590 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $26,155 to $118,605 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Facilitate camps and activities in foreign countries for the organization's volunteers mission trips

  10. Private foundation · Bluefield, WV

    Jam Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $11,500 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational

  11. Public charity · Phoenix, AZ

    Make-A-Wish Foundation of America

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $1.5 million · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $307,810 to $744,958 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  12. Private foundation · Birmingham, AL

    O'sullivan Family Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $65,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $15,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  13. Public charity · New York, NY

    American Council of Learned Societies

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $133,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $8,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Stipends/fellowships

  14. Private foundation · Naples, FL

    Kaye Family Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $2,800 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 to $1,800 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: None

  15. Public charity · Columbia, MD

    Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $132,985 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $26,918 to $75,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Upward mobility - cross sector partnerships; Community partner capacity; Resilience - general

  16. Public charity · Charlottesville, VA

    Cfa Institute

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $75,394 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $16,524 to $37,846 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Gen support

  17. Public charity · Tacoma, WA

    Leadership Foundations

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $109,972 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $7,229 to $60,793 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Mentoring and training

  18. Private foundation · Smyrna, GA

    Anne and Clint Kibler Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $500 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 15 · next Mar 15, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  19. Public charity · Inverness, FL

    Us Family Foundation Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $514,898 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $7,000 to $500,000 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; General funding; Medical research

  20. Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK

    Butterfield Memorial Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $36,586 · 1 in Shelby County · typical grant $10,000 to $14,586 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Student confernce re; Ou chapter support; Equipment

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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.