Find funders

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

2,917 foundations

  1. Private foundation · Clarksville

    Sree Charitable Foundation Tr

    How to apply: not stated · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,101 · typical grant $1,000 to $15,001 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Educational; Religious; Helping Needy

  2. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hart Charitable Trust

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $3,200 · typical grant $500 to $1,100 (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hearing & speech illness & disability; Student ministry support; Church ministry; Clean water ministry

  3. Private foundation · Bristol

    The Bill Gatton Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $5.9 million · typical grant $103,608 to $5.6 million (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; To support the mission of the organization

  4. Private foundation · Nashville

    Williams Family Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $12,600 · typical grant $500 to $6,600 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating fund

  5. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Oliver & Evelyn Smith Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: A church sharing the message of jesus christ.; To preserve and promote the history of Tennessee, focusing on East Tennessee, to educate and connect the region; Education

  6. Private foundation · La Follette

    Andrew & Wilma Sharp Scholarship Fund

    Takes applications · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $2,000 · typical grant $500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded: Scholarship

  7. Private foundation · Fayetteville

    Creek Bed Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $135,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational opportunity for afghan g; Facilitating opportunities for young; Legal expenses challenging gravel pi; Landscaping costs-centennial park

  8. Private foundation · Pulaski

    Suzanne Sneed Lamon Scholarship Fund

    IRS revoked its tax-exempt status · Takes applications · Mostly scholarships for individuals

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $2,000 · typical grant $500 (tax year 2025)

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

    Funded: Scholarship

  9. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    The Oehmig Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Help to conserve, protect and enhance wetland habitat in norrth america.; Ensure that Tennessee's water, wildlife, and wild places will thrive for generations to come.

  10. Private foundation · Sparta

    Christian Scholarships Missions and Projects Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $20,165 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,165 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Missions; 127 MinistryMissions

  11. Private foundation · Memphis

    Julie & Marty Belz Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $5,557 · typical grant $40 to $3,692 (tax year 2025)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Religious

  12. Private foundation · Vonore

    Hauck Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $29,022 · typical grant $3,744 to $13,200 (tax year 2025)

    25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Rescue the poor & needy; Help recover from addiction; Ministry; Ministries

  13. Private foundation · Shelbyville

    The Tennessee Walking Horse National Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $51,450 · typical grant $500 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program sponsorship; Progran sponsorship

  14. Public charity · Syracuse, NY

    Proliteracy Worldwide

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $25,725 · typical grant $6,000 to $7,725 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Literacy programs

  15. Public charity · Berea, KY

    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $97,000 to $523,086 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Grant for participation in several health/wellness working groups and also travel funds

  16. Public charity · Johnson City

    Ballad Health Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $5.7 million · typical grant $50,000 to $5.5 million (tax year 2024)

    75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Disaster relief funding; $4,048,500 for capital needs and $1,483,907 for miscellaneous other projects; General assistance

  17. Public charity · Brunswick, GA

    Map International Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $165,504 · typical grant $11,747 to $124,529 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship Funding

  18. Public charity · Memphis

    Literacy Mid-South Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $40,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Program expenses

  19. Public charity · Washington, DC

    The Pew Charitable Trusts

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $330,422 · typical grant $75,000 to $174,257 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Policy; Matching Gift

  20. Private foundation · New York, NY

    Harnisch Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $172,750 · typical grant $11,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

6,655 invitation-only foundations hidden. Show them

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.