Tennessee · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Health & Medicine in Tennessee

Imperigo has identified 1,068 funders that made 7,187 grants totaling $9.4B to 314 health & medicine organizations in Tennessee, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Health & Medicine Funding in Tennessee

Total granted $9.4B
Funders 1,068
Grants 7,187
Organizations funded 314

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.9B · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.0B
2. Clarksville Volunteer Health Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $23.7M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$47.6M
3. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
123 grants to 27 organizations · largest $8.6M · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$72.3M
4. Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc
40 grants to 12 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2023 · 69.5% of their giving
$22.5M
5. Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc
34 grants to 9 organizations · largest $7.5M · through 2024 · 80.6% of their giving
$20.9M
6. Memphis Medical Center Air Ambulance Services Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15.7M · through 2022 · 33.3% of their giving
$15.7M
7. The Urban Child Institute
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 23.2% of their giving
$10.4M
8. Averitt Express Associates Charities Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.2M · through 2025 · 98.7% of their giving
$8.9M
9. Window World Cares Inc
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.2M
10. First Tennessee Development District Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 64.4% of their giving
$7.6M
11. Tennessee Charitable Care Network
71 grants to 23 organizations · largest $665K · through 2024 · 74.8% of their giving
$7.2M
12. West Tn Healthcare Foundation Inc
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 35.1% of their giving
$7.0M
13. Tennessee Hospital Association
101 grants to 27 organizations · largest $385K · through 2024 · 71.2% of their giving
$6.1M
14. Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2022 · 63.1% of their giving
$6.0M
15. St Jude Riders Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $912K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.2M
16. Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment & Retention Center Inc
32 grants to 25 organizations · largest $984K · through 2024 · 34.7% of their giving
$4.1M
17. National Gift Annuity Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 31.5% of their giving
$3.3M
18. United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc
31 grants to 5 organizations · largest $243K · through 2025 · 18.2% of their giving
$2.9M
19. East Tennessee Foundation
89 grants to 30 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$7.1M
20. The King's Daughters and Sons Home Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $480K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.4M
21. Marcum Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $809K · through 2024 · 52.1% of their giving
$2.3M
22. Richard a Odom Family Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2021 · 25.1% of their giving
$2.0M
23. Human Immunome Project Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2022 · 38.5% of their giving
$2.0M
24. Nashville Predators Foundation
29 grants to 17 organizations · largest $403K · through 2024 · 21.6% of their giving
$1.9M
25. United Way of the Mid South
60 grants to 14 organizations · largest $261K · through 2024 · 11.9% of their giving
$2.9M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to health & medicine 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. 19 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 health & medicine 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 health & medicine funding in Tennessee, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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