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 4 of 4

701. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
68 grants to 29 organizations · largest $4.5M · through 2024
$25.2M
702. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
67 grants to 30 organizations · largest $3.5M · through 2024
$15.1M
703. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
122 grants to 21 organizations · largest $724K · through 2024
$5.5M
707. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
20 grants to 9 organizations · largest $619K · through 2024
$3.0M
715. Vanderbilt UniversityRegrantor
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $54.3M · through 2024 · 63.0% of their giving
$242.7M
716. Ballad Health FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $17.1M · through 2024 · 97.8% of their giving
$33.8M
717. Le Bonheur Children's Hospital FoundationRegrantor
15 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.3M · through 2024 · 60.0% of their giving
$27.9M
718. Chc Creating Healthier CommunitiesRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 30.9% of their giving
$16.6M
719. St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncRegrantor
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10.0M · through 2024 · 80.1% of their giving
$14.1M
720. The Regional Medical Center at Memphis FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 99.9% of their giving
$12.8M
721. The Curetivity FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.9M
722. Erlanger FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.5M
723. Smile 180 FoundationRegrantor
94 grants to 27 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 60.6% of their giving
$10.0M
724. Sky High for Kids IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.1M · through 2023 · 41.1% of their giving
$9.9M
725. Saint Thomas West HospitalRegrantor
27 grants to 6 organizations · largest $4.6M · through 2024 · 41.5% of their giving
$9.7M
726. Methodist Healthcare FoundationRegrantor
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 55.7% of their giving
$5.3M
727. Covenant Health FoundationRegrantor
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 95.6% of their giving
$4.5M
728. Alexs Lemonade Stand FoundationRegrantor
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2025 · 7.9% of their giving
$8.9M
729. Fellowship Adventures OpportunitiesRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.2M
730. Smile Train IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.3M · through 2021 · 22.3% of their giving
$2.3M
731. Nashville Wine AuctionRegrantor
28 grants to 6 organizations · largest $215K · through 2025 · 49.2% of their giving
$2.2M
732. Hope SmilesRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $703K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
733. Chc Creating Healthier Communities LocalRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $515K · through 2024 · 50.6% of their giving
$1.7M
734. Baptist Memorial Health Care CorporationRegrantor
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $242K · through 2023 · 31.8% of their giving
$1.6M
735. Livelikelou FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $570K · through 2024 · 48.3% of their giving
$1.5M

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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