Tennessee · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Mental Health & Crisis Services in Tennessee

Imperigo has identified 190 funders that made 1,520 grants totaling $126.9M to 153 mental health & crisis services organizations in Tennessee, with a median grant of $12K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Mental Health & Crisis Services Funding in Tennessee

Total granted $126.9M
Funders 190
Grants 1,520
Organizations funded 153

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
21 grants to 7 organizations · largest $81K · through 2024
$555K
27. National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directorsdba Nastad
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $132K · through 2024
$292K
28. Steven Whitehouse and Friends
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 33.3% of their giving
$10K
29. Tennessee Bar Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$149K
30. Happy Cowboy Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 18.5% of their giving
$10K
31. East Tennessee Foundation
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $78K · through 2024
$419K
32. International Association of Special Investigation Units Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2024 · 18.6% of their giving
$9K
33. Lendlease US Community Fund
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $18K · through 2023 · 4.2% of their giving
$41K
34. Economic Club of Nashville Charities Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$38K
35. Lbmc Cares Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 16.4% of their giving
$10K
36. Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2025
$175K
37. The Junior League of Nashville Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$70K
38. Gary Sinise Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$270K
39. The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024
$161K
40. Ted & Drama Russell Family Foundation C/O East Tn Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2019 · 1.1% of their giving
$100K
41. Roane County United Way Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$23K
42. The Howard Fund
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022 · 2.0% of their giving
$40K
43. Nashville Predators Foundation
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $8K · through 2024
$74K
44. Hello in There Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$25K
45. Siu Credit Union
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$12K
46. The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023
$195K
47. Odom Family Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023
$60K
48. West Tn Healthcare Foundation Inc
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024
$89K
49. United Way of the Ocoee Region
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2025
$69K
50. Food City Charitable Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $8K · through 2025
$40K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to mental health & crisis 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. 11 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 mental health & crisis 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 mental health & crisis services funding in Tennessee, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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