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Tennessee Grantmaking Charities Making Grants of $5,000 - $25,000

These 75 organizations are based in Tennessee and reported a median grant between $5,000 and $25,000 on their most recent Form 990 Schedule I filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of an organization's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

75organizations in this range
$2.3Bgranted between them
11,747funding relationships mapped

A median grant in this range covers a meaningful program cost without asking for the multi-year commitment a capital campaign needs. A lot of general-operating and single-program requests land in this range.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific organization is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville$10,0002,614$262.9M
Community FoundationMemphis$23,1001,384$649.2M
Chattanooga Christian CommunityChattanooga$12,5001,233$149.5M
Christian Community Foundation ofMemphis$23,150908$418.1M
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga IncChattanooga$10,722642$87.7M
East Tennessee FoundationKnoxville$15,000505$73.6M
United Way of Middle Tennessee IncNashville$24,434480$126.3M
Southeast Community Capital CorporationNashville$16,689337$7.1M
Jewish Foundation of MemphisMemphis$13,767249$43.0M
Nashville Predators FoundationNashville$8,000231$7.2M
SOLES4SOULS IncOld Hickory$14,962217$68.2M
Kingsway Charities IncBristol$23,652197$118.2M
Vitalogy FoundationNashville$20,000129$6.1M
Legacytree FoundationSpring Hill$12,000127$4.7M
United Way of the Mid SouthMemphis$19,315101$15.1M
Jewish Federation of Nashville andNashville$12,25093$11.0M
Baptist Memorial Health Care CorporationMemphis$12,67187$5.1M
West Tn Healthcare Foundation IncJackson$15,00082$16.5M
Eastman Credit UnionKingsport$15,00072$6.3M
Greater Nashville FundingClarksville$10,75068$2.5M
Muttnation Foundation IncNashville$10,00067$1.6M
United Way of South Central TennesseeMurfreesboro$16,50066$3.5M
Delta Dental of Tennessee IncNashville$20,00062$19.8M
Wellmont Health SystemJohnson City$16,19161$17.1M
Harmony Foundation International IncNashville$8,33857$3.7M
Southwest Members Care IncorporatedBrownsville$8,00057$753K
Slingshot Memphis IncMemphis$15,13156$3.0M
ArtsmemphisMemphis$19,00055$7.6M
Looking Out FoundationNashville$20,00054$2.3M
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare IncMemphis$10,00051$2.6M
Arts and Culture AllianceKnoxville$20,00051$4.7M
Hello in There FoundationNashville$10,52050$1.1M
University Health System IncKnoxville$10,00043$1.8M
Mountain States Health AllianceJohnson City$20,00043$19.5M
Mercy Multiplied America IncNashville$17,00043$2.4M
Southern Health Plan IncChattanooga$10,00041$608K
Ballad HealthJohnson City$20,00041$6.7M
Bellevue Foundation IncCordova$20,00040$3.5M
Charity Circle of MurfreesboroMurfreesboro$13,00039$2.8M
Champions for LiteracyMemphis$11,16539$1.6M
ArtsbuildChattanooga$12,00038$4.2M
Tennessee Hospital AssociationBrentwood$15,00038$4.2M
Community Lift CorpMemphis$15,70436$1.6M
United Way of Sumner CountyHendersonville$14,54836$2.1M
Variety of Eastern TennesseeKnoxville$7,00036$775K
Acm Lifting LivesNashville$10,00035$2.1M
Civic TnNashville$20,00035$2.8M
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley IncOak Ridge$15,00034$2.8M
The Charlie Daniels JourneyMount Juliet$10,00033$773K
Lendlease US Community FundNashville$17,00031$977K
The Chattanooga Tourism FoundationChattanooga$13,75031$1.1M
Retailroi IncFranklin$15,00031$1.4M
Tennessee Immigrant and RefugeeNashville$22,50029$2.0M
Gilliland Family Fund IncMemphis$10,00029$716K
Mdcdc IncMemphis$10,00029$329K
Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund IncNashville$10,00027$862K
The Turley FoundationMemphis$20,00027$3.0M
United Way of East TennesseeJohnson City$15,50027$1.2M
Permobil FoundationLebanon$10,00027$892K
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper CumberlandLebanon$10,09026$1.2M
Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford CountyShelbyville$7,50025$552K
Mission PossibleNashville$10,00025$811K
Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation IncFranklin$10,00025$425K
Humanities TennesseeNashville$10,09425$1.3M
Rock the Ocean FoundationNashville$12,50024$952K
Covenant HealthKnoxville$12,25024$1.4M
Phoenix Benefit IncNashville$12,50024$463K
Governor's Early Literacy FoundationNashville$10,00023$238K
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis$20,00023$16.1M
Center for Contemplative JusticeNashville$13,00021$468K
The Junior League of Nashville IncNashville$11,98921$3.4M
Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation IncFranklin$12,23920$1.9M
Brentwood Rotary ClubBrentwood$10,00020$899K
The Cotton FoundationCordova$10,00020$1.0M
The Chairman ClubKnoxville$12,00020$260K
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Every median grant on this page describes the grants reported, not all of them, so the real typical grant is likely lower than shown. This is also why these figures cannot be compared to the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site.

Other grant sizes in Tennessee

$25,000 - $100,000Grantmaking Charities in Tennessee

Foundations report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so a private foundation's median reflects every grant it made, while the Schedule I figures on this page do not. See foundations in the same range anyway.

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