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 3 of 4

51. Servant Life Missions Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2025 · 19.6% of their giving
$442K
52. The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc
218 grants to 30 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$2.7M
53. West Tn Healthcare Foundation Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $379K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$1.3M
54. United Way of Loudon County Inc
26 grants to 6 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024 · 34.5% of their giving
$392K
55. Amherst Towne Senior Apartments Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $366K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$366K
56. United Way of West Tennesseinc Starks
8 grants to 8 organizations · largest $94K · through 2019 · 31.6% of their giving
$295K
57. Blackberry Farm Foundation
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $140K · through 2024 · 21.6% of their giving
$269K
58. We Are One World Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 12.7% of their giving
$415K
59. Kappa Delta Sorority - Alpha Epsilon Chapter
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $84K · through 2024 · 82.8% of their giving
$257K
60. Speedway Children's Charities
66 grants to 24 organizations · largest $27K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$737K
61. The Kevin Carter Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $110K · through 2022 · 87.4% of their giving
$225K
62. Home Instead Charities
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $68K · through 2023 · 12.2% of their giving
$362K
63. United Way of Humphreys County
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20K · through 2023 · 32.3% of their giving
$215K
64. Roane County United Way Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $34K · through 2024 · 36.1% of their giving
$214K
65. Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$1.0M
66. United Way of Franklin County
26 grants to 6 organizations · largest $13K · through 2024 · 34.0% of their giving
$207K
67. Mary Kate Shannon Benevolent Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2025 · 26.7% of their giving
$201K
79. America First Works Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2020 · 2.6% of their giving
$1.0M
81. Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $358K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.2M
85. The Urban Child Institute
14 grants to 8 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$990K
91. Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $612K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$776K
114. East Bay Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2023
$2.5M
153. Charities Aid Foundation America
118 grants to 66 organizations · largest $257K · through 2024
$2.4M
162. Boston Foundation Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.6M
182. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
7 grants to 7 organizations · largest $722K · through 2024
$773K

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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