GrantmakersTennessee

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

These 68 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.

68organizations in this range
$2.0Bgranted between them
10,943funding 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$23,600746$308.5M
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga IncChattanooga$10,722642$87.7M
East Tennessee FoundationKnoxville$15,000505$73.6M
Southeast Community Capital CorporationNashville$16,689337$7.1M
Gary Sinise FoundationNashville$22,928302$28.3M
Jewish Foundation of MemphisMemphis$12,600219$34.8M
Nashville Predators FoundationNashville$8,000203$5.9M
Kingsway Charities IncBristol$23,652197$118.2M
SOLES4SOULS IncOld Hickory$13,248176$55.7M
Vitalogy FoundationNashville$20,000129$6.1M
United Way of the Mid SouthMemphis$18,87498$12.4M
Legacytree FoundationSpring Hill$12,11698$3.4M
Jewish Federation of Nashville andNashville$12,25093$11.0M
Baptist Memorial Health Care CorporationMemphis$12,67180$3.9M
West Tn Healthcare Foundation IncJackson$15,36771$13.4M
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
Eastman Credit UnionKingsport$15,00060$5.4M
Harmony Foundation International IncNashville$8,33056$2.9M
Slingshot Memphis IncMemphis$15,13156$3.0M
Looking Out FoundationNashville$20,00054$2.3M
Wellmont Health SystemJohnson City$16,88254$16.2M
Southwest Members Care IncBrownsville$7,76454$618K
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare IncMemphis$10,00051$2.6M
ArtsmemphisMemphis$19,14051$6.0M
Arts and Culture AllianceKnoxville$20,00048$3.8M
University Health System IncKnoxville$10,00043$1.8M
Mercy Multiplied America IncNashville$17,00043$2.4M
Southern Health Plan IncChattanooga$10,00041$608K
Bellevue Foundation IncCordova$20,00040$3.5M
Champions for LiteracyMemphis$11,16539$1.6M
ArtsbuildChattanooga$12,00038$3.6M
Tennessee Hospital AssociationBrentwood$15,00038$4.2M
Hello in There FoundationNashville$15,00038$964K
United Way of Sumner CountyHendersonville$14,54836$2.1M
Charity Circle of MurfreesboroMurfreesboro$15,00035$2.1M
Mountain States Health AllianceJohnson City$20,00035$18.4M
Acm Lifting LivesNashville$10,00035$2.1M
Civic TnNashville$20,00035$2.8M
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley IncOak Ridge$15,00034$2.8M
Lendlease US Community FundNashville$17,00031$977K
Variety of Eastern TennesseeKnoxville$10,00031$563K
The Chattanooga Tourism FoundationChattanooga$13,12530$1.1M
Tennessee Immigrant and RefugeeNashville$22,50029$2.0M
Gilliland Family Fund IncMemphis$10,00029$716K
Community Lift CorpMemphis$14,40028$1.1M
Retailroi IncFranklin$15,00028$1.2M
Ballad HealthJohnson City$15,00027$4.8M
The Turley FoundationMemphis$20,00027$3.0M
United Way of East TennesseeJohnson City$15,50027$1.0M
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper CumberlandLebanon$10,19426$955K
Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund IncNashville$10,00025$698K
Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford CountyShelbyville$7,50025$552K
Mission PossibleNashville$10,00025$811K
Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation IncFranklin$10,00025$425K
Rock the Ocean FoundationNashville$12,50024$952K
Covenant HealthKnoxville$12,25024$1.4M
Memorial Health Care System IncChattanooga$20,00023$2.9M
The Junior League of Nashville IncNashville$11,98921$3.4M
Mdcdc IncMemphis$10,00021$226K
Permobil FoundationLebanon$9,75021$667K
Governor's Early Literacy FoundationNashville$9,50020$199K
Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation IncFranklin$12,23920$1.9M
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.

New Tennessee organizations, as they file

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