Tennessee · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Tennessee

Imperigo has identified 213 funders that made 1,456 grants totaling $111.3M to 92 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in Tennessee, with a median grant of $11K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in Tennessee

Total granted $111.3M
Funders 213
Grants 1,456
Organizations funded 92

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Buckingham Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$31K
52. The Howard Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$30K
53. Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $69K · through 2022
$85K
54. Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$133K
55. Mission Possible
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$15K
56. Jewish Foundation of Memphis
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2024
$125K
57. United Way Worldwide
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $216K · through 2020
$257K
58. East Tennessee Foundation
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $48K · through 2024
$165K
59. Wellmont Health System
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2023
$68K
60. Christian Community Foundation of Memphis
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $81K · through 2024
$323K
61. GiveClear Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $81K · through 2024
$89K
62. United Way of Sumner County
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024
$24K
63. National Council on Aging Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$240K
66. Charities Aid Foundation America
23 grants to 12 organizations · largest $92K · through 2024
$624K
67. Speedway Children's Charities
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$48K
69. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $163K · through 2024
$556K
71. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
15 grants to 6 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025
$647K
75. Give Back Foundation
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2025
$205K
80. Highmark Health
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$45K
84. Foundation for the Carolinas
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $357K · through 2024
$357K
89. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024
$304K
94. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2020
$61K
99. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024
$95K
103. The Winston-Salem Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2020
$70K
106. Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2020
$54K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to food, agriculture & nutrition work in Tennessee, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 14 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering food, agriculture & nutrition work, with an address in Tennessee. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable food, agriculture & nutrition funding in Tennessee, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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