Tennessee · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Tennessee

Imperigo has identified 757 funders that made 9,950 grants totaling $954.9M to 866 human services organizations in Tennessee, with a median grant of $13K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Tennessee

Total granted $954.9M
Funders 757
Grants 9,950
Organizations funded 866

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Youth Villages Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $47.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$202.9M
2. United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc
477 grants to 83 organizations · largest $985K · through 2024 · 20.7% of their giving
$31.7M
3. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
273 grants to 73 organizations · largest $4.4M · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$48.0M
4. United Way of the Mid South
98 grants to 26 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 34.8% of their giving
$8.5M
5. Young Living Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.9M · through 2023 · 54.8% of their giving
$8.1M
6. Hospice of the South Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.0M
7. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc
1,846 grants to 182 organizations · largest $319K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$18.9M
8. United Way of Greater Chattanooga
52 grants to 17 organizations · largest $351K · through 2024 · 19.2% of their giving
$4.9M
9. Trousdale Living Communities Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 49.5% of their giving
$4.6M
10. Bota Foundation C/O William R Russell
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.9M
11. Community Alliance for the Homeless
21 grants to 4 organizations · largest $779K · through 2024 · 64.7% of their giving
$3.7M
12. Christian Community Foundation of Memphis
139 grants to 53 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$17.2M
13. Upper Cumberland Local Workforce Development Board Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.9M · through 2020 · 33.4% of their giving
$3.5M
14. Jewish Foundation of Memphis
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$5.9M
15. East Tennessee Foundation
172 grants to 66 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$7.8M
16. Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
17 grants to 3 organizations · largest $667K · through 2024 · 20.8% of their giving
$2.8M
17. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
76 grants to 61 organizations · largest $9.7M · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$30.5M
18. United Way of Blount County
41 grants to 8 organizations · largest $135K · through 2024 · 29.4% of their giving
$2.8M
19. First Baptist Housing of Bridgeport
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.4M
20. Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
96 grants to 45 organizations · largest $737K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$7.2M
21. American Gi Forum Casa De Esperanza Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.0M
22. Northeast Tennessee Regional Recovery Center
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.0M
23. Bromont Housing Corporation Olive Manor Senior Apartments
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.9M
24. This-N-That Thrift Shop Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $476K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
25. McNairy County Developmental Services Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 17 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 human services 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 human services funding in Tennessee, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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