Tennessee · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Health & Medicine in Tennessee

Imperigo has identified 1,089 funders that made 7,387 grants totaling $9.5B to 315 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 $9.5B
Funders 1,089
Grants 7,387
Organizations funded 315

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Greene County United Way Inc
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $67K · through 2025 · 25.6% of their giving
$532K
52. Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $502K · through 2024 · 59.2% of their giving
$502K
53. The Dunavant Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $735K · through 2023 · 6.4% of their giving
$1.5M
54. Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
37 grants to 16 organizations · largest $432K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$3.5M
55. The Chicago Community Trust
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $12.0M · through 2024
$28.7M
56. Ffmc Support Organization
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $178K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$443K
57. Trousdale Living Communities Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $830K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$830K
58. Knoxville Firefighters Association Local 65
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2025 · 26.6% of their giving
$360K
62. Pledgeling Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $776K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$2.3M
72. Hyundai Hope on Wheels
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $425K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$1.7M
73. Charities Aid Foundation America
57 grants to 22 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024
$8.8M
77. United Way Worldwide
11 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2020 · 1.2% of their giving
$2.7M
86. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
29 grants to 5 organizations · largest $432K · through 2023
$4.6M
111. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
116 grants to 31 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$12.0M
130. The US Charitable Gift Trust
16 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024
$3.3M
145. Community Foundation of New Jersey
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.8M
146. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $637K · through 2024
$2.1M
153. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $442K · through 2025
$1.7M
161. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2025
$3.7M
264. Mayo Clinic Group Return
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$3.4M
284. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$3.9M
709. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
110 grants to 33 organizations · largest $18.5M · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$108.3M
710. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
288 grants to 106 organizations · largest $25.1M · through 2024
$139.5M
711. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
183 grants to 55 organizations · largest $16.0M · through 2024
$62.8M
712. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
71 grants to 27 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024
$12.8M

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. 20 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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